<<Slide 1 Opening>> <<Slide 2 Quote>> “No one prepared me for living life as a fat person.” I re-read that statement from Jacqueline Brady several times and reflected on how her mother prepared her for life as a black woman but didn’t warn her of the teasing, taunting, and judgment she would face as a … [Read more…]
Barr, Liz. “Feminism, Epistemic Authority, and Biomedical Activism.” Feminist Rhetorical Science Studies: Human Bodies, Posthumanist Worlds, Southern Illinois University Press, 2018, pp. 205–226. Barr coins the term “embodied vernacularity” which “accounts for the speaking body in addition to the spoken word” (206). The scholarly conversation in which Barr is contributing is a body of research on … [Read more…]
Buchanan, Lindal. Regendering Delivery: The Fifth Canon and Antebellum Women Rhetors. Southern Illinois University Press, 2005. Buchanan calls scholars to action to contribute research into the rhetorical constraints of marginalized groups. In the article, Buchanan specifically calls for scholars to look beyond what has traditionally counted as evidence in scholarly inquiry. Buchanan herself contributes a … [Read more…]
Mountford, Roxanne. The Gendered Pulpit: Preaching in American Protestant Spaces. Carbondale: Southern Illinois UP, 2003. Print. Mountford addresses the gap in the scholarly conversation of rhetorical space by purporting that the pulpit is a masculine rhetorical space and this is problematic for women. She seamlessly brings together disparate forms of research on “rhetorical space” (as defined … [Read more…]
My Story I was five years old when I discovered my dad’s stash of pornography in the laundry bin in my parent’s bathroom. It was my fault. I was implicitly told I was not allowed to use the bathroom in my parent’s bedroom. I disobeyed. But I had no idea of the horror stacked … [Read more…]
Book Review: Food, Feminisms, Rhetoric by Melissa Goldwaithe by Stacy Cacciatore Historically, the study of women and food has been deemed unworthy of scholarly attention. Melissa Goldwaithe turns this on its’ head with Food, Feminisms, Rhetorics. In the past feminist scholars have been reluctant to study the intersection of gender and food. Goldwaithe acknowledges this at … [Read more…]