In a relay race, as a runner nears the teammate to whom she will handoff her baton, she signals her approach by calling out, “Stick!” Different from the stick that pairs with a carrot or the police officer’s truncheon, both instruments of…
Author: Jenn Fishman
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#thefeministsarecoming to #4C16
Perhaps of course, a conference themed around “writing strategies for action” would bring out the feminist teachers, writers, and strategists in droves! Certainly, one does not have to look long or hard at the conference program to see where and…
Be the 1st CWSHRC Digital Media and Outreach Director (1/5/2016)
The CWSHRC is seeking the organization’s first Digital Media and Outreach Director. Applications are due 1/5/2016. See below for complete details about this exciting new opportunity or download a PDF version of this post. Overview: Over the past several years, digital…
Be the 1st CWSHRC Archivist and Historian (1/5/2016)
Consider becoming the Coalition’s inaugural Archivist and Historian. See below for complete details about this new position or download a PDF version of this post. Overview: As the Coalition of Women Scholars in the History of Rhetoric and Composition enjoys…
Lolly, Lolly, Lolly, Get Your Survey Here
In the spirit of back to school, with an echo of schoolhouse rock, we invite you to take our back to school survey, 2015-16 edition. Whether you are in fierce denial regarding the coming academic year, furiously at work on…
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Lights, Camera, 4C16 Action!
Open Call for Proposals Performing Feminist Action: CWHSRC@4C16 The Coalition of Women Scholars in the History of Rhetoric and Composition is an activist organization. Think about it. Twenty-five years ago, how could a learned society dedicated to feminist research, histories of women, and…
CWSHRC Seeks Web Coordinator
That’s right, Coalition. We have not one but two open website positions. Currently, we are seeking not only a web designer to help reinvent the platform and format for Peitho; we are also seeking a new web coordinator, a webwork…
CWSHRC seeks Web Designer
The Coalition of Women Scholars in the History of Rhetoric and Composition seeks an individual with web experience to help redesign the online platform for its scholarly journal, Peitho. The timeframe for desired work is 1 May to 1 September 2015. Peitho is currently hosted at http://peitho.cwshrc.org and…
Help @CWSHRC Tweet #4C15
Who’s in, Coalition? The image featured in this post shows a tweet posted by @CWSHRC that reads, “A Q for @CWSHRC #4C15-goers: Who can help tweet our 3/18 6:30pm session? It’s Marriott Salon E—& here, hopefully! .” Below @jcburgess25 replies:…
Spend 4C15 with Feminists
4C15 approaches, and there are an unprecedented number of incredible sounding sessions and events on the docket. In fact, it is a near-impossible task to choose just one per time slot. That’s where the Coalition can help. 3/18: Spend the…
It makes me sad that y’all kinda forget Zora Neale Hurston was a lesbian and that Langston Hughes and others disenfranchised her to the point where she dies peniless and is in an umarked grave. Her contribution to Black writing was phenomenal.
In Georgia’s gubernatorial race last year, 100,000 voters’ registrations were cancelled because they hadn’t voted in seven years. Another 53,000, 70 per cent of whom were black, had their registration put on hold for something as minor as a missing hyphen. https://t.co/2Je9YD37g4
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