rhetoriclee - June 22, 2021“What would America be like if we loved black people as much as we love black culture?” Amandla Stenberg[i] “Mr. Vice President, I’m speaking” Kamala Harris[ii] It’s the summer of 2020, officer Derek Chauvin has murdered George Floyd and the Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation (BLMGNF) is at the…
rhetoriclee - May 27, 2021What’s up rhetoric nerds? Welcome back to RhetoricLee Speaking, a blog committed to banishing banality one speech at a time. I am your hostess with the mostess, rhetoric professor Lee Pierce, she/they pronouns. For those of you new to the podcast I study rhetoric, meaning that I am basically Inigo…
rhetoriclee - April 20, 2021As much as we may want the law to recognize hate speech sometimes when truly vile opinions (in our opinions) are being circulated, the law does not recognize a hate speech exception to the first amendment that guarantees the right to free speech.
rhetoriclee - April 6, 2021I’ve had several casual conversations in previous months. Some of those conversations were with other white people, cuz, you know, they be around. And thricely, on three separate occasions, with three separate white people, a white person said, in full lettering, the racial slur n word, as “n-i-****”. Don’t ask…
rhetoriclee - February 17, 2021Gorman demonstrated in “The Hill We Climb” that she is uniquely skilled at using language that speaks to two audiences simultaneously: those who want to fight for true abolition and those who want to whitewash America’s ongoing enslavement of Black citizens. Hopefully everyone had a chance to watch or listen…
rhetoriclee - February 2, 2021In honor of National Sex Education Day on February 2nd, let me educate you about some sex stuff. Like talking dirty and talking about talking dirty the no-cliche RhetoricLee Speaking way. (Apparently I’m in the mood to rhyme to-day). Now, not everyone likes the descriptor “dirty” talk. It can seem…
rhetoriclee - January 19, 2021What’s up rhetoric nerds? Welcome back to RhetoricLee Speaking, a podcast committed to banishing banality one speech at a time. I am your hostess with the mostess, rhetoric professor Lee Pierce, she/they pronouns, loather of cliches and lover of a good old, finger to the man, take to the streets,…
rhetoriclee - January 5, 2021Jamelle Monae’s “Hell You Talmbout.” Jamila Woods’ “Blk Girl Soldier.” J. Cole’s “Middle Child.” Beyonce’s “Formation.” If you are unfamiliar with that list, it includes what I consider the best bangers to come out of music in response to the first wave of Black Lives Matter. Or the Movement for…
rhetoriclee - December 21, 2020With New Year’s fast approaching, we are all in store for our usual turning-of-the clock epiphany. Suddenly, everything changes and, at that moment, we just know. Even though calendars are made up and dates are arbitrary, still, you will be convinced that the changing of that fourth number on the…
rhetoriclee - August 26, 2020What’s up rhetoric nerds? Welcome back to RhetoricLee Speaking, a podcast committed to banishing banality one speech at a time. This week, RhetoricLee Speaking is proud to be part of The Big Rhetorical Podcast Carnival 2020 on the theme The Digital Future of Rhetoric and Composition. Be sure to check…
