Ben Wetherbee ⚓❄🐝
@wetherbeephd
❄ English prof & WPA, @NorthernMichU ❄ rhetorical theory & history, writing, film ❄ review ed., @enculturation ❄ aspiring Yooper ❄ union thug ❄ he/him
My article "Epideictic Priming amid COVID-19: Metonymy under the Microscope" -- which looks at the abstraction of disease through microbiological imagery -- is in this special issue. Jazzed to read the whole thing.
🎉🎉🎉The special issue "Rhetoric in Motu" for the Journal of the History of Rhetoric is out online today! Check out the fantastic work from our contributors via the link below. What are you looking forward to reading? scholarlypublishingcollective.org/psup/jhr/issue… #TeamRhetoric
Bare minimum for holding a conversation: Gorgias, Hollow Knight, Octavia Butler, A Tribe Called Quest, the Oxford comma, and RoboCop.
My most masculine quality is how much I love little collectible lighthouse figurines
Typing out "University Press" every time in Chicago style almost physically hurts when I'm used to MLA's merciful shorthand of "UP"
Ron was best man at a gay wedding you dumb fuck. #HappyPride
Good morning and Happy Sunday! No quotes today. Just wanted to post how I feel about “pride” month.
Thanks, Google. No one wants this. (1775 is the correct answer.)
#Tigers Riley Greene is the first player in MLB history to hit multiple home runs in the 9th inning of a game.
I've seen enough: Susan Crawford defeats Brad Schimel in the Wisconsin Supreme Court election, preserving liberals' 4-3 majority.
One of the best and timeliest videos in this genre
me, after playing 90 minutes of hockey, backchecking like mad, falling over repeatedly: *tired, a little sore, feeling pretty good overall* also me, after tapping my knee against the corner of a metal shopping cart: *dies in pain*
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Another #B1GMBBT semifinal, another wild finish 〽️ @umichbball gets the dub to advance to play Wisconsin in the title game.
I wish I could freeze over for say... the next four years, minimum.
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