I don't know how many of y'all are watching the migration of American TikTokers to RedNote, but it's the most fascinating thing I've EVER SEEN HAPPEN ONLINE.

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Thank you so much for your kind words Paige!! 😁

Towards a rhetorical theory of charisma: Corinthians, cults, and demagogic criticism Rhetorical studies has recently begun exploring theories of charisma in connection with demagoguery. These analyses raise difficult problems, in part because charisma is an amorphous concept that s...

An essay I wrote for QJS is now available through open access!

In it, I try to think through some enduring rhetorical conundrums: like how violations of speech norms can be intrinsically persuasive, and what studying those violations may entail for the work of rhetorical education and criticism.

BlueSky growing in popularity with people who now hate Twitter but still hate productivity