Recall what we learned from Cushman’s article “Rhetorician as Agent of Social Change” last class; Cushman’s work focuses on the power of “day-to-day interactions” (12) in activism. She understand the acts of helping individuals on writing for job and apartment applications as social activism because these seemingly small gestures impact people’s lives in significant ways. Building on Cushman’s understanding of day-to-day interactions, I’d like to hear from you about what kind of specific advocacy work your post/er can do.

We’ll look at Jane Hu’s article “The Second Act of Social Media Activism,” in which the author considers “the link between activism, the Internet, and material action.” Hu introduces the term “counterpublic” that is often considered in theories of activist writing as an alternative public space, outside of mainstream channels, where activism can occur in powerful ways.

You’ll have time today to start crafting your Post/er Project. We will review the revised assignment together, and I encourage you to use the materials provided to begin crafting your designs.

HOMEWORK

Keep working! You should come to class on Tuesday, 12/5 with a draft of your Post/er Project for peer review! You will work in small groups to share your work and make decisions about what to include or revise.

Works Cited

Cushman, E. (1996). Rhetorician as an agent of social change. College Composition and Communication, 47(1), 7-28.

Hu, J. (2020). Second act of social media activism. The New Yorker, 3 Aug 2020. https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/the-second-act-of-social-media-activism