POP girls! (Sunday 1pm-2:30pm)

Reconsidering the Feminine in Popular Genres and Media Forms
Moderated by: Susan Kirtley (Portland State)

Christina Knopf (SUNY Potsdam), “A Fatal Femme: How Bomb Queen Re-Genders Politics and War”

Michelle Parinello-Cason (Forest Park College), “May the Best Woman Win: Love Triangles in Pop Songs and the Nature of Desire”

Kamila Tuszyńska PhD(University of Warsaw in absentia) :“Trust me, I’m a woman”: the Image of Women in Contemporary Polish Comics and Graphic Novels