Feminist Rhetorical Praxis: Everyday Feminism as Public Agora
Feminist Rhetorical Praxis: Everyday Feminism as Public Agora
Author(s): Amanda Wray, Elise Verzosa HurleySubject(s): Communication studies
Published by: Polskie Towarzystwo Retoryczne
Keywords: rhetoric; feminism; activism; social network; public discourse
Summary/Abstract: This essay examines the feminist rhetorical practices of the online digital media site Everyday Feminism. Focusing on the website’s social circulation (Royster and Kirsch 2012), we contend that Everyday Feminism functions as a public agora where webbed cyberfeminist rhetorical practices (Blair, Gajjala, and Tulley 2009) have a unique potential to reach public audiences and circulate in various social networks in order to potentially educate and empower others, foster conversations, and build alliances across lines of difference, time, and space.
Journal: Res Rhetorica
- Issue Year: 3/2016
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 2-11
- Page Count: 10
- Language: English