Minor Matters: Disabled Youth, Care, and Technologies of Shame

• In Event: Rage Against the Machine: Navigating the Abolition of Systems of Care

Abstract

This presentation will consider the politics of “dependence,” ownership, and subordination under an increasingly digitized neoliberalism. I point to the effects of globalized, instantaneous social media on the scope of this exploitation, querying the “autism parent,” social media account, the figure of the “mommy blogger/vlogger,” and the January 2021 Twitter “Bean Dad” phenomenon. Lastly, drawing on my ongoing work in the areas of transMad liberation, I will point toward possibilities for reclamation, reinvention, and resistance for Bean Kids.

Presenter

• Cavar S, UC Davis