Gorman 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…
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In 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…
What’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,…
Jamelle 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…
With 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…
What’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…
What’s up rhetoric nerds? Welcome back to RhetoricLee Speaking, a podcast committed to banishing banality one speech at a time. I love King Ezekiel from The Walking Dead. And it’s not just cause he’s a stone cold fox. Although certainly he’s that. No. I love King Ezekiel because he is…
If there’s one silver lining from the pile of bull-honkey that has been the media landscape during COVID-19, it is the resurgence of the television show Community on Netflix. Not only the fact that it’s back, but also that it has managed to grab a top ten Netflix ranking, renews…