Midwest U.S. SWIP is pleased to announce our Fall 2013 Program Program of the Annual Meeting of U.S. Midwest SWIP 2013 University at Buffalo, The State University of New York (North Campus) Park Hall, Room 280 Saturday, November 2 Fictions and the Self 9:00-9:50 “Freud on Femininity: Between Theory of Penis Envy and Theory of Identification,” Jingchao Ma, Villanova University 9:50-10:00 Break 10:00-10:50 “LOST Stories, Rāmāyaṇa Stories, and Fan Fiction as Disruptive Genre,” Brooke Schueneman, University of Georgia 10:50-11:00 Break 11:00-11:50 “A Roiling Madness: Normalizing the Muddle of Resistant Subjectivity,” Jennifer Benson, Washington College 11:50-1:50 Lunch Break Feminist Analysis of Bioethics and Reproduction 2:00-2:50 “Reasons to Prefer a Consent-as-Relational-Autonomy Model of Informed Consent,” Pamela J. Lomelino, Loyola University Chicago 2:50-3:00 Break 3:00-3:50 “Social Reproduction, Economic Value, and Fair Wages in Transnational Gestational Surrogacy,” Gillian Crozier, Laurentian University, Canada 3:50-4:00 Break 4:00-4:50 “Disciplined Birth,” Allison B. Wolf, Simpson College 4:50-5:00 Break 5:00-6:00 Business Meeting Sunday, November 3 9:00-9:50 “Talking about the Lived Experience of Violence,” Paula Popovici, York University 9:50-10:00 Break 10:10-11:00 “Firestonian Futures and Trans Affirming Presents,” Loren Cannon, Humboldt State University 11:0-11:10 Break 11:10-12:00 “Theorizing Trans Identities using Lugones’ Logic of Curdling,” Crista Lebens, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Hotel Information: DoubleTree by Hilton Buffalo-Amherst 10 Flint Road Amherst, New York 14226-1047 (716) 689-4414 The rate is $100/per night and must be made by October 14. In order to make reservations you must call the number provided and indicate that you are attending the SWIP conference. If anyone has any problems with this, please have them email me. Also, just an FYI the hotel does offer a free shuttle service to/from the airport. They also provide a shuttle service in the neighboring areas as long as it is within a 5 mile radius of the hotel. They do not have breakfast, but we will be providing food throughout the conference. For questions about local arrangements, please contact our team at SUNY Buffalo: "Stephanie Rivera-Berruz" <[log in to unmask]> and Jessica Otto <[log in to unmask]> For questions about Midwest US SWIP membership or travel grants, please contact Jennifer Benson <[log in to unmask]> Dr. Jennifer Benson Assistant Professor, Philosophy Washington College 300 Washington Ave Chestertown, MD 21620 Office: 116 Smith Hall Phone: (410) 810-7474 E-mail: [log in to unmask] ############################ To unsubscribe from the FEAST-L list: write to: mailto:[log in to unmask] or click the following link: https://listserv.jmu.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=FEAST-L&A=1