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…
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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…
CCCC 2016 Advisory Board Meeting + Performing Feminist Action
Next week, many of us will gather for the CWSHRC’s annual business meeting in Houston, TX, held in advance of the 67th annual Conference on College Composition and Communication. The full Advisory Board (active and ex officio members) will be…
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…
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…
Volunteer to Mentor a CWSHRC Scholar
Mentoring is an activity and ethos fundamental to the CWSHRC, and this year Coalition members have a unique opportunity to mentor scholars who are knee-deep in important new work. Read on for details, including the 9/21 deadline for volunteering. As you…
A Unicorn, Butterflies, and Rainbows, Coalition Style
If you follow the Coalition on Facebook or Twitter then you know May 5th turned out to be a banner day. In the throes of third quarter for some and the end of the semester and academic year for others, the meme…
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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