Audience
Barney Frank’s refusal
In Rhetorical Refusals, John Schilb discusses how some rhetors have refused to meet audience expectations about the norms of discourse or genre; usually, this refusal is deliberate, and rhetors draw upon higher principles to justify their refusal. Often, in rhetorical refusals, the rhetor is attempting to persuade their audience to make a judgment about another [...]
the trouble with [the acceptance] of normal
Cord Jefferson at The Root (h/t Queerty):
The annual marches ultimately accomplish two things: They entertain those of us—gay and straight—who already wholeheartedly support the cause of equal rights for the LGBT community, and they feed into the rotten stereotypes of bigots, the same people who fear gay Boy Scout leaders and consider same-sex marriage “deviant.” [...]
audience word cloud
Word cloud of a paper I’ve been working on:
At last I’ve written something that doesn’t bring up adverbs and conjunctions (like “rather” and “however”) as large words!
decentering the performer
I went to the drag show put on by a student group on campus today. It was a decent show, and some of the performers were really engaging. But what really got me thinking about the show wasn’t the performers on stage (a group of drag queens from Pittsburgh), but a group of students (I [...]
writing is a duty
I love this statement:
A textbook based on a community perspective valuing audience and ethics would begin much differently [than textbooks that start with "Writing is an important means of expressing yourself"]. Maybe like this: “You have a duty and an obligation to write, not because you have ‘the truth’ and must share it with others, [...]
some random stuff akin to notes to you the reader
• I went to New York City last weekend, as I mentioned in my previous post. State College leaves me unfulfilled in so many ways, but mostly it has to do with the lack of people, diversity, good food, interesting architecture, the carnival — you know, city life. The trip was rejuvenating in ways I couldn’t [...]
audience (un)addressed
Matt Weiss’s post on audience from a month or so ago got me thinking again about audiences. After reading up on Lyotard for my Watson Conference talk, I was struck by his take on audience in Just Gaming. Some thoughts:
I wonder if some “texts†online aren’t akin to how Jean-François Lyotard views his book Libidinal [...]
