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Coalition of Feminist Scholars in the History of Rhet & Comp

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The Coalition of Feminist Scholars in the History of Rhetoric & Composition fosters inquiry in feminist histories, theories, and pedagogies. https://cfshrc.org/

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Coalition of Feminist Scholars in the History of Rhet & Comp @cfshrc.bsky.social · 7d ago

In light of NCTE’s recent decision to de-charter CCCC, this #FeministFriday we will be highlighting feminist scholarship published in CCC over the past decades.

The image states, "Published in 1999, “Feminism in Composition: Inclusion, Metonymy, and Disruption,” by Joy Ritchie and Kathleen Boardman develops a critical historical survey of feminism’s emergence in composition from the 1970s and argues for the importance of feminist energy for disruption and sustaining coalitions for change."

The image states, "Published in 2002, "Substantive and Feminist Girlie Action': Women Online" by Jacqueline Rhodes explores radical feminist textuality and its benefits in writing studies scholarship and the classroom."

The image states, "Published in 2025, “Because We’re Going to Mess Up’: Practices for Accountability—Not a Piecemeal Approach,” by Beth Godbee and Rasha Diab asks how the field of rhetoric, writing, and literacy studies can disrupt everyday structural injustices and invest in accountability."

Coalition of Feminist Scholars in the History of Rhet & Comp @cfshrc.bsky.social · 2w ago

Statement from the CFSHRC's Executive Board #SaveCCCC 💔

The Executive Board of the Coalition of Feminist Scholars in the History of Rhetoric and Composition has been watching the social media posts regarding NCTE’s intention to dissolve the Conference on College Composition and Communication into their College Section. We too have found this news incredibly disheartening. We urge NCTE to take the time to hear from Cs leadership and our larger scholarly community before they make any decisions regarding the future of Cs.

While we await official statements and clarity from leadership of both NCTE and Cs, we wanted to express our appreciation for the immense impact Cs has had on the formation, growth, and sustainability of our field for over three quarters of a century.

During this painful time, we see the deep care we have for our work and the endless generosity of time, talent, and expertise that so many in our community have donated to Cs and to us all over the years. We deeply appreciate the executive board and Cs leadership for their work during this difficult time. Any organization is made up of people, and we will persist and thrive.
It is our hope that the Coalition of Feminist Scholars in the History of Rhetoric and Composition can be a place to gather, process, and support our colleagues.

In solidarity,
Coalition of Feminist Scholars in the History of Rhetoric and Composition
Cristy Beemer, President
Rebecca Richards, Immediate Past President
Jess Enoch, Former President
Jen Almjeld, Vice President
Risa Applegarth, Secretary
David Gold, Treasurer
Kate Pantelides, Member-at-Large
Leslie Beegle, Graduate Student Representative

Kendall Gerdes 📚🦕@kendalljoy.bsky.social · 2w ago

Thank you to the leaders of @rhetsoc.bsky.social for their Letter of Solidarity with the members of CCCC. Read it here: mailchi.mp/rhetoricsoci...

A Letter of Solidarity from the RSA Executive Board

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Josh Rea @reajm.bsky.social · 2w ago

The Disability Studies Standing Group of Cs also put out a statement

Statement reading: The Disability Studies Standing Group (DSSG) of the Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC) joins our colleagues across the field in expressing our deep concern regarding NCTE leadership’s reported plans to dissolve CCCC and integrate its work into NCTE’s College Section. While the exact status and future of CCCC remain unclear, we are alarmed by the lack of transparency surrounding this decision-making process and by the absence of meaningful communication and consultation with CCCC officers, Committees and Committee chairs, Standing Groups, Task forces, and the broader CCCC membership.

For DSSG in particular, CCCC has provided an essential scholarly home for researchers, teachers, and activists working at the intersections of critical disability studies, disability rhetoric, and composition studies. Through CCCC’s support of Standing Groups, DSSG has developed and sustained mentoring relationships, maintained shared resources, coordinated disability-focused panels and workshops, advocated for access, and built a community for scholars whose work has historically been marginalized within academic institutions.

The proposal to dissolve CCCC’s - especially without the communication and collaboration necessary to safeguard and sustain the organization’s long history of knowledge- and resource-building - threatens the relationships and intellectual networks cultivated through DSSG’s operations. For early-career scholars and graduate students, the community built through DSSG and other CCCC’s standing groups provides an introduction to the field and supportive mentorship. We are deeply saddened by the thought that future generations of rhetoric and composition scholars and students will not be able to benefit from all that CCCC offers. CCCC plays a critical role in pedagogical knowledge production in composition and writing studies and beyond, and the loss of disability and accessibility position statements written by composition…

Coalition of Feminist Scholars in the History of Rhet & Comp @cfshrc.bsky.social · 2w ago

This #FeministFridays, we're highlight a CFP for Peitho's Summer 2027 Special Issue: Practicing Resilience at 40: Marking Four Decades of the Coalition of Feminist Scholars in the History of Rhetoric and Composition 🧵 for details, or read the CFP here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Practicing Resilience at 40: Marking Four Decades of the Coalition of Feminist Scholars in the History of Rhetoric and Composition.

500 word proposals due September 1.

Dan Libertz @dlib24.bsky.social · 2w ago

From Kathleen Blake Yancey with clearest info about possible actions: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

CCCC Kathleen Blake yancey

About CCCC. ****Please share widely.**** It is my understanding that the full NCTE Executive Committee has NOT voted to dissolve CCCC. It is my understanding that the NCTE Executive Committee is meet...

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Dan Libertz@dlib24.bsky.social · 2w ago

I still can’t totally understand this. They can just…eliminate us in the middle of summer without any deliberation? This reeks of cowardice. They acted fast bc they feel threatened

Dan Libertz @dlib24.bsky.social · 2w ago

If you could list the downsides of losing CCCC, can you help me with that list? #teamrhetoric

Megan McIntyre @rcmeg.bsky.social · 2w ago

The CCCC Exec Committee released a brief statement on the NCTE’s intention to dissolve CCCC. "CCCC is the professional home for thousands of scholars, teachers, and researchers...with a decades-long record of shaping how writing is taught, studied, and understood."

CCCC EC Quick Response July 23

Public Facing Statement To be Shared With the General CCCC Membership We, members of the CCCC Executive Committee, were alarmed to learn of the NCTE Presidential Team’s plans to dissolve CCCC, which ...

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Coalition of Feminist Scholars in the History of Rhet & Comp @cfshrc.bsky.social · last mo.

#FeministFridays congratulations to Zoe Wendler @impossiblephd.bsky.social & Jamie Garner @jamiegeeksout.bsky.social on their forthcoming book Dreaming Ourselves into Being: The Rhetoric of Trans Comics coming out Feb. 4 with @bloomsburyacademic.bsky.social! 📘 www.bloomsbury.com/us/dreaming-...

Dreaming Ourselves into Being

Examining the works of ten different transgender comic creators, including Julia Kaye, Mae Dean, and N.D. Stevenson, Zoe Wendler and Jamie Garner show the vital…

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Coalition of Feminist Scholars in the History of Rhet & Comp @cfshrc.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Happy #FeministFridays! In her recent Peitho article, Danielle Mollie Stambler coins "rhetorical sandwiches" to describe how healthy lifestyle articles layer expert commentary around hedged science to build ethos and motivate behavior change. 🧵

Danielle Mollie Stambler's article "Rhetorical Sandwiches: Layering Ethos and Epideictic Appeals as a Persuasive Strategy in Public Discourses of Healthy Eating" in the Spring 2026 issue of Peitho argues that when healthy lifestyle articles sandwich expert opinion around hedged science, they reinscribe hegemonic nutrition norms wrapped in the language of wellness.

Coalition of Feminist Scholars in the History of Rhet & Comp @cfshrc.bsky.social · 2mo ago

New #FeministFridays in Peitho Spring 2026! In this article, Jessica Edens McCrary applies feminist rhetorical microhistory to oral histories from the Georgia Women's Movement Project, listening closely to how activist Linda Kurtz reframed the ERA's "failure" as progress on a longer timeline. 🧵

Jessica Edens McCrary's article "Framing Failure and Success: Retrospective
Remembering in Oral History Archives" in the Spring 2026 issue of Peitho uses feminist rhetorical microhistory to reveal that what grand narratives call 'failure' may really be progress at a scale our inherited metrics aren't designed to capture.

Coalition of Feminist Scholars in the History of Rhet & Comp @cfshrc.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Welcome back to #FeministFridays! In a recent article for Peitho, Olivia Rowland reevaluates the Wages for Housework campaign, arguing that WFH activists reappropriated capitalist rhetorics of risk, typification, and credit/debt to challenge capitalism's treatment of reproductive labor. 🧵

Olivia Rowland's article
"Capitalist Rhetoric, Anticapitalist Struggle: Reevaluating Wages for Housework" in the Spring 2026 issue of Peitho shows how WFH activists turned capitalism's own rhetorics against themselves to expose the contradictions in how reproductive labor is organized and valued.

Coalition of Feminist Scholars in the History of Rhet & Comp @cfshrc.bsky.social · 3mo ago

It’s the last day of #RSA2026 and we are here to bring you our final round up of feminist presentations! Let’s show our Sunday presenters some love by showing up and amplifying their awesome work. If you’d like to connect with feminist scholars all year, follow us for future feminist events!

The flyer states: "#RSA2026, the feminists are coming! Sunday Round Up. Follow on Facebook @CFSHRC & Bluesky:@cfshrc.bsky.social for future feminist events!"

Coalition of Feminist Scholars in the History of Rhet & Comp @cfshrc.bsky.social · 3mo ago

We’re back for another #RSA2026 round up. Every day this weekend, the coalition will be rounding up feminist presentations featured in this year’s conference. Let's show RSA #TheFeministsAreComing by amplifying and attending these awesome presentations. Did we miss your panel? Reply with your info!

The flyer states: "#RSA2026, the feminists are coming! Saturday Round Up. Follow on Facebook @CFSHRC & Bluesky:@cfshrc.bsky.social for tomorrow’s roundup of panels!"

Coalition of Feminist Scholars in the History of Rhet & Comp @cfshrc.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Reminder! Join us tonight for a happy hour at The Benson Hotel for a little mid-conference refresh. We'll meet near the historic stairwell from 4:30-6pm. Hope to see you there, bring a friend, and spread the word! #RSA2026 #TheFeministsAreComing #FeministFriday

The Coalition @ RSA

Come join us!

Happy hour at The Benson Hotel on May 22, 2026, from 4:30 to 6:00 pm.

Coalition of Feminist Scholars in the History of Rhet & Comp @cfshrc.bsky.social · 3mo ago

#TheFeministsAreComing! Every day this week, the coalition will be rounding up feminist presentations featured in this year’s #RSA2026 conference. Check out the feminist panels below and be sure to join the coalition tonight 4:30-6 pm at the Benson Hotel for a CFSHRC Happy Hour!

The flyer states: "#RSA2026, the feminists are coming! Friday Round Up. Follow on Facebook @CFSHRC & Bluesky:@cfshrc.bsky.social for tomorrow’s roundup of panels!"

Coalition of Feminist Scholars in the History of Rhet & Comp @cfshrc.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Heading to #RSA2026 this week? Every day this week we’ll be rounding up feminist presentations and events featured in this year’s conference. What's on the pre-conference agenda today?

The flyer states: "#RSA2026, the feminists are coming! Let's connect in Portland. Follow on Facebook @CFSHRC & Bluesky:@cfshrc.bsky.social for panels, events, and more feminist fun!"

Coalition of Feminist Scholars in the History of Rhet & Comp @cfshrc.bsky.social · 3mo ago

#TheFeministsAreComing to RSA! 🎉Come join us for a happy hour at The Benson Hotel on Friday evening for a little mid-conference refresh

Coalition of Feminist Scholars in the History of Rhet & Comp @cfshrc.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Happy #FeministFridays! Are you presenting at RSA in Portland next week? We want to feature you! Drop us a comment or DM with your presentation title & time to be promoted on our socials. @rhetsoc.bsky.social

Are you presenting at RSA in Portland? We want to feature you!

Drop us a comment or send us a DM with your presentation title and time.

We'll share out feminist sessions leading up to the conference!

Coalition of Feminist Scholars in the History of Rhet & Comp @cfshrc.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Reminder! Join the coalition *tomorrow* for an informal #4C27 Writing Session. Learn about the proposal process, connect with other feminist scholars, and get that proposal in before the deadline in 2(!!) weeks. We’ll meet tomorrow, May 15, from 9-10 PT/12-1 ET. Register at tiny.cc/Write4Cs

The flyer states, "Join the coalition for a 4C27 Writing Session. Friday, May 15th, 9-10 PT/12-1 ET. Register at Tiny.cc/write4cs"

Coalition of Feminist Scholars in the History of Rhet & Comp @cfshrc.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Update for math errors -- this event is at *9-10am Pacific! 🙃

Coalition of Feminist Scholars in the History of Rhet & Comp@cfshrc.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Our coworking space will run from 8-9a Pacific / 12-1p Eastern, and everybody is welcome: new CCCCs hopefuls, folks looking to form panels, and seasoned attendees alike! 💗

Coalition of Feminist Scholars in the History of Rhet & Comp @cfshrc.bsky.social · 3mo ago

This #FeministFridays, we're thinking back on all the great feminist research & pedagogy from #4C26 in Cleveland & looking forward to #4C27 in Milwaukee. Still working on your ideas before the May 27 deadline? Drop into our informal Zoom on May 15 to write with us! Register at tiny.cc/Write4Cs ✍️

Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: CCCC Proposal Drafting with the CFSHRC. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.

Still working on your proposal for CCCCs in Milwaukee, or hope to meet other feminist scholars to put together a panel? Join the Coalition on Zoom for an informal coworking space!

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American Council of Learned Societies @acls1919.bsky.social · 3mo ago

BREAKING: Federal Judge Rules to Restore National Endowment for the Humanities Funding In Historic Case This afternoon's ruling declared that the mass termination of more than 1,400 grants by the NEH was “unlawful, unconstitutional, ultra vires, and without legal effect.” https://bit.ly/4wmbFg8

Coalition of Feminist Scholars in the History of Rhet & Comp @cfshrc.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Still working on your proposal for CCCCs in Milwaukee, or hope to meet other feminist scholars to put together a panel? Join the Coalition for an informal #4C27 Writing Session on May 15th, 9-10 PT/12-1 ET. Together we'll discuss some tips for submitting proposals and spend time drafting together.

Coalition of Feminist Scholars in the History of Rhet & Comp @cfshrc.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Jump-scared by the #4C27 proposal deadline and still looking for panel collaborators? This #FeministFridays, take a moment to share your ideas or what you're looking for in a collaboration through our Feminist Connections form! 🔗 forms.gle/tpQecWhzbusw... Then, watch this space 👀

Meme format: Angela sneaks up behind Dwight (characters from The Office).

Dwight is labeled "Summer Break" and Angela is labeled "May 27 Deadline for CCCC's Proposals."

Coalition of Feminist Scholars in the History of Rhet & Comp @cfshrc.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Congratulations to @caramartamessina.com on her upcoming book Critical Fandom, forthcoming in June 2026 through University of Iowa Press! 🎉 📗: uipress.uiowa.edu/books/critic... #FeministFridays

Congratulations to Cara Marta Messina (Marist University) on her forthcoming book Critical Fandom: Representations of Race, Gender, and Sexuality in Fan Fiction, published with the University of Iowa Press! This book "positions fan authors as rhetoricians and fan fiction as an action."

Coalition of Feminist Scholars in the History of Rhet & Comp @cfshrc.bsky.social · 4mo ago

#4C27 goers are seeking co-presenters for 4Cs roundtable about experiences of “pandemic PhDs” in rhetoric & writing studies: bringing together people who were in grad programs or who were mentoring grad students during the Covid-19 pandemic to reflect on the possible futures

Image reads: "Seeking co-presenters for 4Cs roundtable about experiences of “pandemic PhDs” in rhetoric & writing studies: bringing together people who were in grad programs or who were mentoring grad students during the Covid-19 pandemic to reflect on the possible futures our field is creating or contemplating in its wake.
Contact mannonbo@appstate.edu to connect!"

Coalition of Feminist Scholars in the History of Rhet & Comp @cfshrc.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Reminder! The Coalition's Grad Student Engagement Committee invites you to join the Peitho Book Club! Tomorrow on Wednesday, April 15th, from 12pm-1pm ET they will be reading the latest issue of Peitho: Volume 28, Number 2. Register at tinyurl.com/PeithoBookClub.

The flyer states: "Peitho Bookclub. The Coalition's Grad Student Engagement Committee is reading and discussing the latest issue of Peitho! Join us!"

UPColorado @upcolorado.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Join us this week to #TalkAboutHumanities! Humanities research has never been more important so let's all make our voices heard.

American Council of Learned Societies@acls1919.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Join us this week as we share the importance of experts in the humanities & social sciences. Why do we need more historians, anthropologists, philosophers, sociologists, religious studies scholars, literary scholars? Share your answer with #TalkAboutHumanities #TalkAboutSocialSciences

Coalition of Feminist Scholars in the History of Rhet & Comp @cfshrc.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Congratulations to editors Jessica Edens McCrary and Lynée Lewis Gaillet and all of the chapter authors on the publication of Blurred Boundaries: Feminist Essays on Twenty-First-Century Academic Labor with @uscpress.bsky.social! 📘: uscpress.com/Blurred-Boun... #FeministFridays

Congratulations to editors Jessica Edens McCrary (Emory U) and Lynée Lewis Gaillet (Georgia State U) and all the chapter authors on the publication of their edited collection Blurred Boundaries: Feminist Essays on Twenty-First-Century Academic Labor, published with the University of South Carolina University Press!