In our upcoming issue of Women & Language, Alaina Walberg exposes reputational discrediting as an institutional response that relies on victim-blaming and gender stereotyping. Check out Women & Language 46.1 to read more about this insidious strategy.

Women & Language 46.1 features a forum of responses to the overturning of Roe v. Wade, exploring issues related to language, identity, technology, history, and progress. Get your copy to hear from these inspiring scholars in the reproductive justice field. #RoevWade #Dobbs

Check out this new article: “Critical Mood and Mental Health: Lessons from Troye Sivan’s Blue Neighbourhood Trilogy” by Josh Miller in issue 44.2! #heteronormativity #MentalHealth #rhetoric

Very proud of this sexy creative essay on the politics of orgasm that Beatriz Balanta and I wrote across continents and into being with the help of the editors at @WomenLanguageJ and including stunning collages by Francesca Brunetti. Coming soon to https://t.co/bnIwQ8lrtV

Issue 44.1 preview! @smparsloe, @stephtikkanen, and @PetersonBritt explore how fathers of children with complex medical needs navigate the caregiving role they take for their children in the face of hegemonic scripts of #masculinity . #fatherhood

Check out Capuzza and Daily’s “We March On: Voices from the Women’s March on Washington” in Women & Language issue 43.2 #SolidarityAndResistance

How do targets of sexual harassment navigate cultural stigma when disclosing assault experiences to those they are close to? Check out @smkaczynski and @WorkLifeDoc's article “Performative Face in Disclosing Sexual Harassment to Close Others” in Issue 44.1 to learn more.

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Check out this critical success: “Dungeons & Dragons and Damsels in Distress: A Visual Rhetorical Critique of The Dungeon Master’s Guide” by Mylie Brennan in issue 43.2! Smart analysis of D&D art, who it includes and excludes #Rhetoric #VisualRhetoric #DnD

@trappedinanegg Thank you for your great contribution to issue 43.2! #JaneAusten #Regency #Literature #Humor

Check out “They Blush Because They Understand: The Performative Power of Women’s Rhetorical Humor in Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, and Emma” by Sarah K. Lingo in issue 43.2! Insightful analysis of how heroines use humor to effect change amid rigid societal constraints.

@the_author_ Thank you for your excellent contribution! #Literature #SciFi #Rhetoric #Feminist

Check out “How to Rediscover Women’s Writing: The Rhetorical Performances of Joanna Russ” by Bailey Poland in issue 43.2! Poland considers the rhetorical strategies Russ used to generate identification and dissonance and to define science fiction as a genre of literature.

Our fall issue (43.2) is here! Pick up the journal for articles on rhetoric, feminism, science fiction, Joanna Russ, Jane Austen, performance, visual rhetoric, Dungeons & Dragons, popular culture, alt-right masculinities, and ethnonationalism.

Women & Language is now on Twitter! Follow us for journal updates and publication previews on Women & Language Wednesdays #WLWednesdays #OSCLG #communication #rhetoric #feminist