The Parlor

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Produced by Travis Fatjo and Brooke Falk

General Summary: Professor Timothy Oleksiak talks about queer theory and his beliefs about queer rhetoric should guide peer review. Several undergraduate students from the University of Texas at Austin reflect on Oleksiak’s research, receive clarification of his overall message and call to action, and discuss the positive impact queer rhetoric could have on students' experiences with, as well as the improvement of, peer review all together.

Detailed Summary: Oleksiak’s introduction to queer theory and explanation of sources that influenced his research processes (00.47-02.27); Oleksiak’s opinion on how early children should be introduced to queer theory (02.27-05.40); Oleksiak’s summary of his own article in three sentences (05.40-07.20); Oleksiak detailing the term “worldmaking” and clarifying what an example of that would be (07.20-09.40); Oleksiak detailing how to create queerness as a possible subject in terms of worldmaking, and how slow peer review does this efficiently(09.40-13.20); Clarification of the term rhetorical listening, and how it relates to slow peer review (13.20-16.30); How to overcome fast learning, and efficiency based learning objectives(16.30-20.15); The practical application of the slow peer review process, and how to get away from only making subjective-based commentary on feedback (20.15-26.30).

Scholarly Article Informing this Production: Oleksiak, Timothy. “A Queer Praxis for Peer Review.” College Composition and Communication 72.2 (2020): 306-32. Print.

Credits: This podcast was created by Caroline Henderson, Sarah Handley, Jack Leist, and Michael DiCecco with resources and assistance provided by the Digital Writing and Research Lab at the University of Texas at Austin. It features the voices of Caroline Henderson, Jack Leist, and guest Professor Timothy Oleksiak. The music featured in this podcast is titled “commonGround,” and was created by airtone and has been repurposed here under Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial license 3.0. Additionally, conversation.wav was adapted and incorporated under the Creative Commons 1.0 license.

General Summary:

Dr. Jo Hsu talks about their 2018 article (Trans)Forming #MeToo: Toward a Networked Response to Gender Violence" with two students from UT Austin. They discuss how trans folk have largely been left out of the #MeToo movement, what this means for the queer and trans community, and what practices can be implemented to curb this exclusion.

Detailed Summary:

Hsu discusses the start of their rhetorical education and their motivation to start the research for this paper. (0-3:50). Hsu discusses how the #MeToo movement has impacted the trans community and the “perfect victim” (3:50-8:27). Hsu discusses victim blaming (8:27-10:00). Hsu discusses a new framework of classifying gender identity called the vertical view (10:00-13:50). Hsu details how various communities are related and can support each other (13:50-16:00). Hsu discussing “token minorities” and the missing resources necessary for change to happen (18:30-19:01). Hsu on what top-down processing does with someone’s story (21:36-22:12). Hsu’s thoughts on coming to a different vision of justice in a way that is about healing and considers the future (25:00-25:45). Hsu talking about needing a better social vocabulary as a society to be able to have these important conversations (30:10-31:00).

Scholarly Article Informing this Production:

Hsu, V. Jo. “(Trans)forming #MeToo: Toward a Networked Response to Gender Violence.” Women's Studies in Communication 42 (2019): 269 - 286.

Credits:

This podcast was produced by Mimi Calzada, Neerul Gupta, Anje Potgieter, Madison Winstrand, and Chantelle Cancel with resources and assistance provided by the Digital Writing and Research Lab at The University of Texas at Austin. It features the voices of Jo Hsu, Mimi Calzada, and Neerul Gupta. Music featured in this podcast, titled “commonGround” was created by airtone and has been repurposed here under Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial license 3.0. Additionally, conversation.wav was adapted and incorporated under Creative Commons 1.0 license.

General Summary: Professor Stacey Waite talks about a recemt chapter on “How and Why to Write Queer” with undergraduate students UT students. These students reflect on Waite’s chapter and the connection between rhetoric and queerness along with the impact the chapter has on the audience’s understanding of the title’s statement.

Detailed Summary: (2:25,5:25) Waite on writing which enacts itself and the importance of play in writing; (5:26,9:52) Waite on the precarious nature of queer pedagogy, and queerness in general, within institutional contexts; (9:53, 15:43) Waite on their rules for queer writing, and on queer writing as a means of challenging established norms; (15:44, -23:08) Waite on the diminishment of the affective in scholarship and society as a whole; (23:10, 25,44) Waite on the

important of the audience in writing.

Scholarly Article Informing this Production: Waite, Stacey. “HOW (AND WHY) TO WRITE QUEER: A Failing, Impossible, Contradictory Instruction Manual for Scholars of Writing Studies”, Re/Orienting Writing Studies: Queer Methods, Queer Projects, University Press of Colorado, 2019, pp. 42-53.

Credits: This podcast was produced by Abbigail Joy, Jordan Grant, Kaitlin Sime, Kevin Lips, and Liv Dartu with resources and assistance provided

by the Digital Writing and Research Lab (Links to an external site.) at the University of Texas at Austin. It features the voices of Stacey Waite, Kaitlin Sime, Liv Dartu, and Jordan Grant. Editing performed by Abby Joy and Kevin Lips. Music featured in this podcast, titled “commonGround,” was created by airtone and has been repurposed here under Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial license 3.0. Additionally, conversation.wav was adapted and appropriated under Creative Commons 1.0 license.

General Summary:

Rhetoricians Johnathan Alexander and Jackie Rhodes are asked about their

research on rhetoric and queer theory. Students at the University of Texas at Austin, Cambridge Bender and Marshall Ballard reflect on works by Alexander and Rhodes and the implications of rhetoric in modern day society in regards to gender, and queer theory.

Detailed Summary:

Rhodes and Alexander discuss current queer theory in the academic field of rhetoric and composition (1:29-3:01); Alexander questions the composure of queer theory, if queer theory in nature, works against the norm--Does it really have a place in the classroom? Rhetoricians discuss Annie Lennox(3:38); Ballard asks Rhodes about “material” and “embodiment. She transitions into how queer theory relates to desire and embodiment. Alexander transitions to the idea of vulnerability and the powerful ethics of being interconnected (8:15). Alexander continues with a queer adjacent anecdote about minority students being inadequately served, relating to topics of racism (10:08). Rhodes and Alexander begin to talk about theorists, relating topics to historical accounts of queer theory in society (15:29). Bender asks specifics about seeing the difference between checking the diversity box or truly immersing oneself in queer theory which opens the door for calculated accounts of people attempting to include queer scholar with including more than just fact, but rather perspective (22:02). Alexander responds by shedding light on people's go-to resources, looking deeper into how the resources chosen to write about queer theory affect the composition of queer theory works (23:43). Rhodes and Alexander wrap up by evaluating how looking at things through a queer perspective lens.

Scholarly Article Informing this Production: Alexander, Jonathan. Rhodes,

Jacqueline. “Queer: An Impossible Subject for Composition”JAC, 2011. Vol. 31, No. ½ (2011), pp. 177-206

Credits: This podcast was produced by Cambridge Bender, Chris Lam, Rachel Stewart and Marshall Ballard with resources and assistance provided by Dr. Mark Longaker and the Digital Writing and Research Lab at the University of Texas at Austin. It features the voices of Cambridge Bender, Marshall Ballard, Rachel Stewart, Jackie Rhodes and Johnathan Alexander. The music featured in this podcast is titled “commonGround,” and was created by airtone and has been repurposed here under Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial license 3.0 . Additionally, conversation.wav was adapted and incorporated under Creative Commons 1.0 license

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General Summary: Professor Lore Lemaster talks about her scholarship on queer and trans of color communication and performance, specifically her article with Michael Tristano Jr. “Performing (Asian American trans) femme on RuPaul’s Drag Race.” Two undergraduate students at UT reflect on Lemaster’s article, trans femme performance, and the impact of the media and representation on the queer experience.

Detailed Summary: Introductions to LeMaster’s background in queer and trans of color communication and performance (00.00-03.51); Lemaster’s inspiration for this piece (03.52-6.37); Lemaster’s summary of the main argument of the piece (6.38-7.57); Lemaster defines the terms “ambiguity” and “intelligibility” in the context of the work (7.58-13.16); LeMaster discussing Gia’s ambiguity as a “bad trans subject” (13.17-14.55); LeMaster discussing media makers’ use of orientalist tropes to mediate Gia’s performance (14.56-21.00); Lemaster describes “dis/orientation” as a concept and how it applies to Gia’s performance (21.00-25.30); Lemaster offers critiques about the drag empire and questions its future, specifically in the context of representation (25.30-28.52); Lemaster responds to questions about accessibility in scholarship (28.52-33.03); Closing statements (33.03-33.47).

Scholarly Article Informing this Production: Lemaster, Lore/tta and Michael Tristano Jr. “Performing (Asian American trans) femme on Rupaul’s Drag Race: dis/orienting racialized gender, or, performing trans femme of color, regardless.” Journal of International and Intercultural Communication, 2021. 

Credits: This podcast was produced by Rachel Kunzi, Avery Stewart, Waverli Almand and Aaron Lamoreaux, with resources and assistance provided by Mark Longaker and the Digital Writing and Research Lab at the University of Texas at Austin. It features the voices of Lore Lemaster, Rachel Kunzi, Avery Stewart, and Waverli Almand. Music featured in this podcast, titled “commonGround,” was created by airtone and has been repurposed here under Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial license 3.0. Additionally, conversation.wav was adapted and incorporated under Creative Commons 1.0 license.

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RhodesAlexander 1st Submission by Digital Writing and Research Lab, UT Austin

TimothyOleksiakPodcastFirstSubmission by Digital Writing and Research Lab, UT Austin

LoreLeMasterFirstSubmission by Digital Writing and Research Lab, UT Austin