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Due 2/10/12. Contact me if you want more details. All proposals must relate to aging and or ageism. They will be reviewed. Selected papers will be forwarded to NWSA for a 2nd review round. Papers/panels that are accepted will be part of the NWSA Annual Conference in Oakland, CA, November 8-11, 2012

#1 Women in the Fourth Stage—Harbingers of Decline or Feminist Heralds of a Revolutionary Future?

#2 Older Women: Networked for Change or Kicked to the Social Media Curb?

#3 Imagining a Future that Deprivileges Youth: Decolonizing Knowledge to Overcome Hegemonic Norms of Western Beauty Culture

#4 Stuck in “The Middle”: Class Status and the Female Caregiver in American Popular Culture

#5 Women Growing Older in the Perilous Realm: Science Fiction and Re-imagining Old Age