Ben Wetherbee ⚓❄🐝
@wetherbeephd.bsky.social
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❄ English prof & WPA, Northern Michigan U ❄ rhetorical theory & history, writing, film ❄ review ed., enculturation ❄ aspiring Yooper ❄ union thug ❄ he/him #teamrhetoric
![Endnote from an academic paper:
I recently heard a terrific explanation and example of this rhetorical tactic from the trans YouTuber and cultural critic Natalie Wynn (2018): “Intellectually, I don’t think [essential womanhood] makes any sense. I think it’s heartwarming gibberish. But there’s also, I think, a legitimate role in the discourse for heartwarming gibberish. Sometimes you have to explain what it means to be trans to a person who believes that dogs go to heaven. And, in most circumstances, saying, ‘I’m a female soul in a male body,’ gets the point across” (15:57–16:18). Exactly.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:iaohd5skm62g6yj4b3h2x4mh/bafkreiexs67n7rb776i27i2ekx7cijj5s63rlbv2tpnj3fx46tb5tszzpa)
