Vulnerable Bodies and Embodied Boundaries -- Rural Women's Bodies and Invisible Hands: Neoliberalism and Population Control in China -- Arrogant Perceptors, World-Travellers, and World-Backpackers: Rethinking María Lugones' Theoretical Framework through Lukas Moodysson's Mammoth -- Embodied Vulnerability in Large Scale Technical Systems - Vulnerable Dam Bodies, Water Bodies and Human Bodies -- Toxic Skin and Animal Mops: Ticks and Humanimal Vulnerabilities -- Mothering With Neuroscience in a Neoliberal Age: Child Disorders and Embodied Brains -- Sexual Arousal, Danger and Vulnerability -- The Author's Body: Almodóvar, auteur, and the Film Object -- Performativity and Expression: The Case of David Cronenberg's M. Butterfly.