Looking ahead to #FemRhet2027? Patrick Thomas (Coalition Conference Committee Chair) announces that the next FemRhet "Resistance/Resilience: Sustaining Feminist Activism" will be held at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Rebecca Richards (she/her)
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friend, teacher, feminist, rhetoric & writing scholar (UMass Lowell), Pres of the CFSHRC,Views my own. my book: https://tinyurl.com/4zuec8th
Check out this award-winning panel next week if you're coming to #FemRhet2025. 🔥🔥🔥
Today we're celebrating the 2025 recipients of the Shirley Wilson Logan Diversity Scholarship award: Ernestina Akorfa Akorli, Lea Colchado, Jade Shiva, Nicole Tanquary, Valanci Villa, & Jurrita Williams. Read on to learn about their #FemRhet2025 presentations! 🧵
Today we're celebrating the 2025 recipients of the Shirley Wilson Logan Diversity Scholarship award: Ernestina Akorfa Akorli, Lea Colchado, Jade Shiva, Nicole Tanquary, Valanci Villa, & Jurrita Williams. Read on to learn about their #FemRhet2025 presentations! 🧵
#FemRhet2025 is almost here! As you plan out your itinerary for next week we hope you’ll remember to check out our silent auction. Located in Hamilton Smith Hall, the silent auction will feature books, feminist merch, and handmade items all donated by our lovely attendees.
The indomitable Dr. Cristy Beemer and her team have planned an amazing, welcoming conference in New Hampshire. I can't wait to see old friends and make new ones (and learn new things) with everyone. See you in a few weeks! Woo hoo!
The Coalition of Feminist Scholars in the History of Rhetoric and Composition is on Bluesky, just in time for #FemRhet2025! 🎉 This campus tour preview has us counting down the days, and we can't wait to see everyone there. ✨Ready to join us? Register at femrhet2025.cfshrc.org/registration/
Dear Coalition, One of my favorite things about the CFSHRC is meeting folks from other campuses through committee work. Wanna help out and connect? We hope you will complete this brief survey and to offer your assistance as we move forward. Thank you, in advance! forms.gle/QxjQTueiKRvU...
CFSHRC Spring 2025 Volunteer Survey
Dear CFSHRC members and supporters, What a year it's been! I hope the end of the academic year brings everyone some much needed rest and joy. Many thanks to the 80+ volunteers who have served the th...
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Student: Teacher, why do we learn? Socrates: For life! Freire: For liberation! Dewey: For democracy! Neoliberal EduWonks: To mitigate overhead costs for employers and increase future projections of GDP!
It’s really absurd that we’ve reached a point where the “common sense” view of education is that its primary purpose is to lower the future onboarding/training costs for companies hiring new employees.
Hey Lowellians (MA) and Lowell-adjacent friends. Sad about Mill No 5 closing? I sure am. But I'm delighted that a committed group of folks are building a new community space. Consider a donation to this group starting the Hive: Public Market. Share the word. We can do this: gofund.me/4dc0ebe6
Donate to Hive: A Public Market in Lowell Massachusetts, organized by Rachel Chandler
Aid our quest to make a new home for small businesses in the wake of Mil… Rachel Chandler needs your support for Hive: A Public Market in Lowell Massachusetts
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Hey Rhet/Comp Grad Students (and the folks who support them. We're hosting two, virtual grad student open houses for the CFSHRC next week. Spread the word. It's super casual, but you have to register to get the link. Here's the info: cfshrc.org/youre-invite...
You’re Invited: Graduate Engagement Committee Feminist Coalition Open House (1/21 OR 1/22) – CFSHRC
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Mine: . . . we need to continue to engage transnational conversations with more sustainable methods that acknowledge everyday webs of influence as a way of holding ourselves accountable for our role in the messes we inhabit, “for the hell of it,” and for radical feminist “love of the world.”
The Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Feminist Rhetoric
The Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Feminist Rhetoric explores the histories, concerns, and possible futures of feminist rhetorical work in the late 20th and early 21st centuries. Featuring work fr...
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Post the LAST SENTENCE of your last article: If we must go back to the basics to improve teaching and learning, then going back means moving forward. journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
Hey #TeamRhetoric, Call for Application for Digital Media and Outreach Director for CFSHRC! Due: 1/31/2025. Are you active on social media and/or do you study social media rhetorics and writing? If so, the CFSHRC would love for you to apply to be the next DMOD cfshrc.org/apply-to-be-...
Apply to be the next Digital Media and Outreach Director (2025-2027) – CFSHRC
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Today's the deadline, and proposing an individual paper requires a 250 word abstract. Come talk, think, and collaborate about the feminist rhetorics and writing with us in New Hampshire in July. There will be affordable lodging in dorms (as well as conference hotels). Would love to meet y'all IRL!
Hey feminist and queer rhetoric and writing scholars! It's not too late to propose something for Feminisms and Rhetorics 2025! Come to beautiful New Hampshire this summer and let's make s'mores and talk feminist teaching and writing: femrhet2025.cfshrc.org
Hey feminist and queer rhetoric and writing scholars! It's not too late to propose something for Feminisms and Rhetorics 2025! Come to beautiful New Hampshire this summer and let's make s'mores and talk feminist teaching and writing: femrhet2025.cfshrc.org
Nurturing the Feminist Revolution: A More Inclusive Future
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CALLING ALL Scholarly Writers: Now that the transition to Bloomsbury is complete, we are ready to review projects related to cultural studies/pedagogy/activism. 1/4
It's been a long time coming, but it's here! Not Playing Around: Feminist & Queer Rhetorics in Videogames, is out! It was a dream in grad school to publish in the Studies in Rhetorics and Feminisms series, and somehow it came true! parlorpress.com/products/not...
Not Playing Around: Feminist and Queer Rhetorics in Videogames
Studies in Rhetorics and Feminisms. Examines how videogames function rhetorically to have material, affective, and embodied consequences. Richards researches videogames that support serious play that ...
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