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Ignoring Ethics With Style: Writing Sentences For "Non U.S. Persons", Ryan Smith Madan
Ignoring Ethics With Style: Writing Sentences For "Non U.S. Persons", Ryan Smith Madan
Harlot: A Revealing Look at the Arts of Persuasion
Ignoring Ethics with Style: Writing Sentences for "Non U.S. Persons" argues for the importance of understanding the ethical dimensions of sentence writing. To illustrate, I cite the stylistic features of a recent public exchange about the legality of government surveillance between Director of Intelligence James Clapper and U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Mark Udall. I also discuss my own experience teaching writing to college students in order to reflect on need for a new generation of writers to recognize the relationship between clarity and ethics.
The Irony Of Youtube: Politicking Cool, Jessie Blackburn
The Irony Of Youtube: Politicking Cool, Jessie Blackburn
Harlot: A Revealing Look at the Arts of Persuasion
In an effort to understand how the internet was used to bring the youth voter to the polls on Election Day and why it is not being used to bring that same constituent into the healthcare reform debate, this article examines one of the most intriguing pieces of online political dialogue to circulate YouTube during the last few weeks of the presidential campaign. The widely circulated YouTube video known as "5 Friends" features high-profile celebrities ironically encouraging viewers to see the act of voting as a "trendy," even "hip" behavior. In this article, I refute the assumption that youth voters …
Toward Death And Violence – Rhetorical And Creative Potential; A Reader's Text, Giovana Driussi
Toward Death And Violence – Rhetorical And Creative Potential; A Reader's Text, Giovana Driussi
Harlot: A Revealing Look at the Arts of Persuasion
I wrote this essay for readers, hoping to provoke, inspire, enrage and enjoy. Death and violence have been painful and productive forces in my life, and specifically in my writing. In this essay I share some of these experiences and relate them directly to writing, as well as public, political, rhetorical, and historical topics. My desire is to affect personal and public reflection, and to display rhetorical agency in both spheres, thus demonstrating that such divisions, and most if not all binaries, are social constructs that beg for challenge.
Speaking In Translation: Obama's Interview With Al Arabiya, John C Landreau
Speaking In Translation: Obama's Interview With Al Arabiya, John C Landreau
Harlot: A Revealing Look at the Arts of Persuasion
This is a response to the Obama interview with Al Arabiya on January 26. I highlight the contrast between Obama's rhetoric now and the war talk that characterized the Bush years.
The Annotated Obama Poster, Ben Mccorkle
The Annotated Obama Poster, Ben Mccorkle
Harlot: A Revealing Look at the Arts of Persuasion
For this piece, I wanted to share some observations about Shepard Fairey's iconic poster given the timeliness of the text, not only in the wake of the 2008 presidential campaign, but also because of the still-pending Fair Use lawsuit against the Associated Press, the recent installation of the poster in the Smithsonian, and the debut of Fairey's "Supply and Demand" exhibition currently on display at Boston's Institute of Contemporary Art. Additionally, I wanted to comment on the piece in a way that was not only visually interesting -- thus the annotated break-out commentary -- but also in a way that …
Playing Heads Or Tails With My Diaphragm: Drinking Lattes With Hélène Cixous, Rebecca Mccarthy
Playing Heads Or Tails With My Diaphragm: Drinking Lattes With Hélène Cixous, Rebecca Mccarthy
Harlot: A Revealing Look at the Arts of Persuasion
While sitting through endless political speeches and pundit commentary this election cycle, one would be hard pressed to miss the continuous expressions of careless racism and sexism that is an under-theme to this presidential election. Moreover, with the Republican nomination of Sarah Palin for McCain's VP, I find myself in awe over the assumption that the simple election of a woman to an office of power equates the breaking of the glass ceiling. As such, I felt compelled to revisit Hélène Cixoius' suggestion that we need a new feminine language to combat both institutionalized and careless sexism. But what would …