Coalition of Feminist Scholars in the History of Rhet & Comp

Peitho Special Issue, Summer 2026 Call for Proposals Academia in Crisis: How Feminist Rhetorical Scholars Respond Editors: Patty Wilde, Erin Costello Wrecker, and Justine Trinh Submissions: 2026peithospecialissue@gmail.com Proposals Extended! due August 15

Proposal submissions for the Peitho summer special issue on Academia in Crisis: How Feminist Rhetorical Scholars Respond have been extended to Aug. 15, 2025. If you have questions, reach out to the editorial team at 2026peithospecialissue@gmail.com

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Peitho Special Issue Summer 2026 Call for Proposals Academia in Crisis: How Feminist Rhetorical Scholars Respond Editors: Patty Wilde, Erin Costello Wrecker, and Justine Trinh. Submissions: 2026peithospecialissue@gmail.com Proposals due August 1.

If you're still buzzing from #FemRhet2025, consider submitting to Peitho's upcoming special issue, Academia in Crisis: How Feminist Rhetorical Scholars Respond. As our time together at the conference made clear, the value of feminist rhetorics is higher now than ever.

CFP: tiny.cc/PeithoSummer...

Third Row: (8) Kelli R Gill in Bozeman, Montana represented by the iconic M trail, (9) Eman Isa’s family room and everywhere in between, (10) Florence Elizabeth Bacabac in the Red Rocks of St. George, Utah

Second Row (8) Kristy Crawley in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, (6) Monica Reyes in Chicago, Illinois represented by the Nelson's Sparrows Mural, (7) Patricia A. Heisser Métoyer working from her office

First Row: (1) Erica Vivian Leigh in Ogdensburg, NY, represented by the Saint Lawrence Seaway (2) Mariana Castro Azpíroz in Ames, Iowa, ft native prairie plants, (3) Roudi Boroumand at Katie Wheeler Library at Irvine Historic Ranch Park, (4) Julia M. Allen in Portland, Oregon, ft Mt. Hood

We also invite you to share your own images in the comments below or across your own socials with #FemRhetHappensHere, because the work doesn’t stop this weekend!

We asked virtual attendees to share a photo which represents where they’re conferencing from this week (descriptions below) to celebrate that #FemRhetHappensHere. We invite you to engage with their work at tinyurl.com/FemRhet2025Virtual.

Image features 10 photos of places virtual attendees presented from this week

As we wrap up #FemRhet2025, we want to highlight our fabulous virtual presentations as a reminder that the work of Feminisms and Rhetoric is not limited to a single location or a biannual conference, but happens daily across the globe in our communities, our campuses, and our homes.

Safe travels as we conclude this year's conference, and many, many thanks to the conference organizers, volunteers, and attendees (in-person and virtual) who make this a space to nurture the feminist revolution. 🤗 #TheFeministsAreComing

Finally, to continue the #FemRhet2025 conversation, check out the virtual presentations using the link in the conference program: femrhet2025.cfshrc.org/conference-s... You can view presenters' recorded talks, read the transcripts, and leave comments with your questions!

From 12:45pm - 2:45pm, choose from a plethora of workshops—there are ten options! 🌈 Some require Zoom registration because they include collaboration with international participants, others include a nature walk outside, so check the conference schedule for details.

Introduce Your Book! Share your work, connect with authors, learn about Peitho's publishing possibilities. Saturday, July 19, 10:45-11:30, Hamilton Smith Hall, Room 210.

Have a book to share, or one coming soon? Want to share information on
publishing in your book series? Join us for a book share! Feel free to bring exam copies, fliers for books, or series information.

This event will meet from 10:45am-11:30am in Hamilton Smith 210.

If you have any final bids for the Silent Auction, be sure to get them in before bidding closes at 9am! Winning bidders will be notified this afternoon and are expected to transport items home with them. There are some great books, feminist merch, and handmade items, y'all! 🤓

Good morning, #FemRhet2025, and welcome to the last day of our in-person conference! We've saved some of the best for last, so keep reading for information on today's events. 🧵

Learning about The Digital Transgender Archive - www.digitaltransgenderarchive.net - a resource for care and resilience. Thank you KJ Ranwson. #FemRhet2025

K.J. Rawson stands in front of a projector screen. It reads "Our Work Ahead: Educate, Show up" alongside photos from the Digital Transgender Archive.

In his #FemRhet2025 keynote, K.J. Rawson charges us to take on the work of educating others about efforts to dehumanize, erase trans people, the continue showing up for the people most affected, enacting trans care.

Many congrats to our 2025 Shirley Wilson Logan Diversity Scholarship award winners! 🎉

Congratulations again to our 2025 Nan Johnson Outstanding Graduate Student Travel Award! 👏

Patrick Thomas speaks into a microphone in front of an auditorium.

Looking ahead to #FemRhet2027?

Patrick Thomas (Coalition Conference Committee Chair) announces that the next FemRhet "Resistance/Resilience: Sustaining Feminist Activism" will be held at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

Rhetoric friends, who will I be seeing at the Feminisms and Rhetorics Conference next week? ❤
I'm looking forward to presenting on a panel with Sara Webb-Sunderhaus and Ashna Singh from Miami University! #thefeministarecoming #femrhet25

Amazing conference talk at #feminismsandrhetorics conference by Abby Knoblauch - " The Other Other F-Word: challenging anti-far bias in the composition classroom." Thanks for this important work!

Alex Hanson's important insights in "Care Work at Conferences" at #FemRhet2025 helps us consider ways to operationalize welcome.

To finish out the day, we'll have a movie night! 🎬 🍿 🎥

Come watch Everything, Everywhere, All at Once in the Memorial Union Theater 2 from 8:00pm-10:00pm.

Trailer: youtu.be/wxN1T1uxQ2g

After the Townhall, graduate students are invited to the Graduate Student Social, held from 5:00-6:30pm in the Huddleston Hall Sun Room. Refreshments will be provided! ☕

From 4:00pm-5:00pm in the Huddleston Ballroom, the FemRhets Townhall will
provides an opportunity to discuss issues of importance to the planning and hosting of the FemRhets conference. All are encouraged to attend!

In Session D, check out the Shirley Wilson Logan Diversity Scholarship Award Winners Roundtable!

This award encourages feminist scholarship by graduate scholars from diverse and historically un- or underrepresented groups who are first-time FemRhet attendees .

Feminisms & Rhetoric 2025 Keynote: K.J. Rawson Friday July 18, 12:45pm-2:15pm, Huddleston Ballroom.

After lunch, join us in the Huddleston Hall Ballroom from 12:45pm - 2:15pm for the CFSHRC Awards Presentation and Keynote Address by KJ Rawson: "Whose Gender Ideology? Trans Care in Hostile Times" 🏳️‍⚧️

Poster Presentations: Alicia Clark-Barnes, Pace University Educational Opportunity Programs and the Rhetoric of Belonging Chloe Leavings, Wayne State University Talkin' Bout Mama: Identity-Safety Cues to Reduce the Black Maternal Mortality Rate Daune O'Brien, Kisa Lape, & Sarah Dammeyer, University of Maryland, College Park AWE Inspiring Inclusivity: Facilitating Accessible Writing Experiences through the Creation of a Departmental "Disability Resource and Technology Hub" Elizabeth Powers, University of Maine at Augusta Dirt in the Skirt: Ecological Ethos Construction of Girl Athletes in Middle Grade and YA Fiction Jasmin Thames, Towson University Black Women Introverts: How the Oversaturated Angry Black Woman Narrative in U.S. Media Affect Their Lived Experiences

This morning, be sure to check out the poster presentations in the Hamilton Smith Hall Atrium, then stop by the Restorative and Community Building Circles (Session II) in Room 205.

Welcome back to Day 2 of #FemRhet2025! 🌞 In addition to the excellent presentations in Sessions C & D, we have some special events to highlight. 🧵

🚨 Important Update! 🚨

The awards ceremony has changed time: it will now be held fifteen minutes before tomorrow's keynote talk.