Rhetorically Speaking Program in Writing and Rhetoric, Stanford University

In this episode, RS co-host Jenne Stonaker is joined by guests Sarah Pittock and Hayden Kantor to discuss the rhetoric of COVID19.

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In this bonus episode, the RS team shares their personal stories and reflections taking Jenny Odell's message to heart. What do we stand to gain when we pause to do nothing other than just pay attention? And how might this crazy moment where we collectively shelter in place invite us to practice the important life skill of paying attention. Listen to find out more.

Did you know that 80% of New Year's resolutions fail within the first two months? For our Feb episode, we explore how Jenny Odell's How to Do Nothing helps us make sense of and resist the tyranny of New Year’s resolutions and their relationship to the attention and self-help economies.

For our tenth episode and the first of 2020, RS talks to Cristina Ramirez and Jess Enoch about how the Mexican Revolution shaped early Latina feminism and the rhetorical strategies of Mexican journalists and activists, and we explore the value and politics in curating these writings into the first bilingual women-centric anthology in rhetoric studies.

PWR colleague and disability studies scholar Lindsey Dolich Felt talks to RS about the rhetoric and implications of accessibility and education.