General Conference / Theme 1: Rethinking the Nation

Susan Cumings, State University of New York, Albany

“I Wouldn’t Want to Be Anyone Else”: Disabled Exceptionalism and Biopolitical Technologies of Affective Belonging in HBO’s "Miss You Can Do It" - Anastasia Todd, Arizona State University

State Killing, Labor Exploitation and Teenage Rebellion in the Hunger Games Franchise - Kellie Herson, Arizona State University

“…Even If He Sincerely Identifies as a Girl”: California’s Assembly Bill 1266 and the Biopolitics of Transgender Childhoods - Rachel Reinke, Arizona State University

“It’s Not Just About Making Sure They’re Not Sexually Abused Again”: The Emergence of a Biopolitics of Risk in Child Protection Practice - Rosemary Rushbrook Carlton, Université de Montréal