This study analyzes the narratives of people living with systemic sclerosis, a government-designated intractable disease in Japan, to examine how they narrate illness and reconstruct life within biomedical, institutional, and social frameworks. Using Rabinow’s biosociality, Rose’s biological citizenship, and Mol’s logic of care, the study draws on posts from an anonymous online peer support forum. Findings show that antibody profiles and skin scores served as the basis for forming collective identities and digital biosocial ties. Participants used this knowledge to adjust treatment and daily life, enacting informational and digital biocitizenship, concretizing Rose’s "somatic individual." Simultaneously, narratives revealed hesitation, relational dependence, and care practices that exceeded optimization. Peer interactions functioned as spaces of mutual adjustment and emotional acknowledgment. Integrating biosociality and the logic of care highlights life with systemic sclerosis as a continual reconfiguration of everyday living, instead of mere disease management.

Female bodies have long been the focus of attention and regulation under male-dominant social structures, as societal narratives and norms have repeatedly constructed images of appropriate behavior for women. This study focuses on the genre of go-go dancing in contemporary Japan, where the female body is displayed provocatively. Through interviews with go-go dancers and members of their audiences, this paper explores how the female body of the dancer, combined with their costumes and shoes, can create an agency that generates alternative gender roles and performances beyond those expected in Japanese society. Drawing on Judith Butler’s theory of performativity and Alfred Gell’s concept of distributed agency, this study explores how performative and material agency contribute to the reconfiguration, and potential normalization, of gender narratives surrounding women’s bodies and sensuality.