About Michael J. Faris
I study rhetoric and composition as a PhD student in the English Department at Penn State University.
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Monthly Archives: August 2008
the ethics of anger and rhetoric
I’ve become quite obsessive about thinking about anger recently. It’s quite apparent that liberal sensibility doesn’t lend itself to angry rhetoric. Watch how folks react to angry queers or angry women or angry working poor or angry people of color … Continue reading
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day one
After a week of orientation last week, which left me drained, and a good, relaxing weekend, today is the first day of the semester! Semester. It’s got such a nice ring to it. After three years on the quarter system, … Continue reading
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Delahoyde and Despenich: “Creating Meat-Eaters” (1994)
In “Creating Meat-Eaters: The Child as Advertising Target,” Delahoyde and Despenich argue that “Paranoia about the growing validity of the vegetarian alternative has prompted meat advertisers to secure their own future through the most susceptible consumers — children” (148). Throughout their … Continue reading
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Heinz and Lee: “Getting Down to the Meat” (1998)
In “Getting Down to the Meat: The Symbolic Construction of Meat Consumption,” Heinz and Lee analyze an archive of “50 texts related to meat consumption” collected over two years (88). Drawing on Marx and others, they show how meat is … Continue reading
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confirmation: san fran in march
I just got my acceptance email for my proposal for CCCC in San Fransisco in March. And I just checked the PSU calendar: it’s during Spring Break. Yay! A benefit of semesters is that 4C’s won’t fall during the first … Continue reading
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