Coalition of Feminist Scholars in the History of Rhetoric and Composition

Happy ! In her recent Peitho article, Danielle Mollie Stambler coins "rhetorical sandwiches" to describe how healthy lifestyle articles layer expert commentary around hedged science to build ethos and motivate behavior change. Drawing on feminist ethos theory and rhetorics of health and medicine, Stambler shows how epideictic appeals to "good" and "bad" eating reinscribe hegemonic nutrition norms while wrapping consumerism in the language of wellness.

Hungry for more? Read the article in Peitho 28(3): https://wacclearinghouse.org/peitho/

New in Peitho Spring 2026! In this article, Jessica Edens McCrary applies feminist rhetorical microhistory to oral histories from the Georgia Women's Movement Project, listening closely to how activist Linda Kurtz reframed the ERA's "failure" as progress on a longer timeline. Through this analysis, McCrary argues that oral history narrators are co-authors of recovery scholarship, offering theories of feminist historical memory that complicate tidy narratives of success and failure in archival work.

Intrigued? Read more in Peitho 28(3): https://wacclearinghouse.org/peitho/

Welcome back to ! In a recent article for Peitho, Olivia Rowland reevaluates the Wages for Housework campaign, arguing that WFH activists reappropriated capitalist rhetorics of risk, typification, and credit/debt to challenge capitalism's treatment of reproductive labor. Centering Black Women for WFH and Wages Due Le****ns, Rowland reads the campaign's "impossible" demands through Butler's performative contradiction, showing how they exposed capitalism's inability to properly value reproductive work.

Read more in Peitho 28(3): https://wacclearinghouse.org/peitho/

It’s the last day of and we are here to bring you our final round up of feminist presentations! Let’s show our Sunday presenters some love by showing up and amplifying their awesome work. If you’d like to connect with feminist scholars all year, follow us for future feminist events!

Did we miss your panel? Drop your Sunday presentation info in the comments below! 👇

Sunday Feminist Panels:

Constellating In/Dignity: Polyvocal Q***r Storytelling and Intergenerational Kinship
8:00 - 9:15am Sunday,
Location Galleria 3

Victimhood, Whiteness, and the Manosphere
8:00 - 9:15am Sunday,
Location Parlor B

Theorizing Ethos
9:30 - 10:45am Sunday,
Location Pavilion East

Rhetorics of Trans Liberation and Ontology
9:30 - 10:45am Sunday,
Location Pavilion West

Abolition and Rhetorics of the Family
11:00am - 12:15pm Sunday,
Location Galleria 2

Erasure as Exigence: Q***r Rhetorics of Re-dignification across Genres and Geographies
11:00am - 12:15pm Sunday,
Location Galleria 3

We’re back for another round up. Every day this weekend, the coalition will be rounding up feminist presentations featured in this year’s conference. Let's show RSA by amplifying and attending these awesome presentations.

Did we miss your panel? Drop your Saturday presentation info in the comments below! 👇

Saturday Feminist Panels:
Of Rituals and Rites/Rights
8:00 - 9:15am Saturday,
Location Pavilion West

Exploring S*x and S*xuality
8:00 - 9:15am Saturday,
Location Parlor B

Reconsidering "Closet" Rhetorics in Authoritarian Times
9:30 - 10:45am Saturday,
Location Galleria 3

Rhetorics of S*xual Violence
1:15 - 2:30pm Saturday,
Location Parlor B

Reminder! Join us tonight for a happy hour at The Benson Hotel for a little mid-conference refresh. We'll meet near the historic stairwell from 4:30-6pm. Hope to see you there, bring a friend, and spread the word!

! Every day this week, the coalition will be rounding up feminist presentations featured in this year’s conference. Check out the feminist panels below and be sure to join the coalition tonight 4:30-6 pm at the Benson Hotel near the historic stairwell for a CFSHRC Happy Hour!

Did we miss your panel? Drop your Friday presentation info in the comments below! 👇

Panels:
Goddesses, Beauty, Queens, and Body Positivity
8:00 - 9:15am Friday, 22nd May, 2026
Location Cabinet

Addressing In/Dignities through Feminist Memory Studies
9:30 - 10:45am Friday, 22nd May, 2026
Location Forum

The Impossible Woman and Watching
Women: New Books on Feminist and Femme Rhetoric on Television
11:00am - 12:15pm Friday, 22nd May, 2026
Location Parlor C

Fem/Trans/Q***r In/dignities of
Embodiment and Disembodiment
1:15 - 2:30pm Friday, 22nd May, 2026
Location Duniway - Capt. Gray 2

Q***rs in Public Space
1:15 - 2:30pm Friday, 22nd May, 2026
Location Broadway 4

Spotlight Session in Feminist, Q***r and Trans Rhetorics: Bodily Rhetorics of
Resistance 1:15 - 2:30pm Friday, 22nd May, 2026
Location Grand Ballroom 2

Dignified Labor: The Legibility (and Performativity) of Feminized Labor through Technologies
2:45 - 4:00pm Friday, 22nd May, 2026
Location Duniway - Capt. Gray 2

Remembering Women: Intersectional Approaches to Challenging Historical Indignities
2:45 - 4:00pm Friday, 22nd May, 2026
Location Atrium

Rhetorical (Kin)dignities
4:15 - 5:30pm Friday, 22nd May, 2026
Location Duniway - Capt. Gray 1

Q***r Hate
4:15 - 5:30pm Friday, 22nd May, 2026
Location Senate

Restrictive Reproductive Policy: Ongoing Exigencies Reshaping Dignity and the Reproductive Body
4:15 - 5:30pm Friday, 22nd May, 2026
Location Executive

Heading to this week? Every day this week we’ll be rounding up feminist presentations and events featured in this year’s conference. What's on the pre-conference agenda today?

Join the discussion group: In/Dignities of Feminist Research: Feminist Responsiveness to Gender Performativity by Conservative White Women tonight from 6:00 - 8:00pm. Location: Directors.

Follow along for tomorrow’s round-up and repost to amplify the excellent work!

to RSA! 🎉Come join us for a happy hour at The Benson Hotel on Friday evening for a little mid-conference refresh

Happy ! Are you presenting at RSA in Portland next week?

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