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constellations: a cultural rhetorics publishing space is an online double-blind peer-reviewed journal featuring cultural rhetorics scholarship and practice. https://constell8cr.com/

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constellations journal @constellationsjrnl.bsky.social · Dec 6

📣We’re excited to announce our very own Bluesky feed, your destination for everything rhetoric and composition! Use #TeamRhetoric, #RhetComp, #CompRhet, and #WritingStudies to contribute! Give it a follow!

🔗https://bsky.app/profile/constellationsjrnl.bsky.social/feed/aaajhfcyzq6qm

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A colorful postcard advertising a new Bluesky feed. The post card reads: “Rhetoric and Composition. To be Included, use hashtags #TeamRhetoric, #RhetComp, #CompRhet, #WritingStudies

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constellations journal @constellationsjrnl.bsky.social · Aug 29

📣We hope you are all having a wonderful start to the fall semester! If you are looking for an inspiring read to kick of the academic year, check out our latest article by Mariam Mohammed!

🔗: constell8cr.com/issue-8/nego...

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A colorful postcard advertising a new article. The title and author of the article are listed along with a quote: Negotiating for Space: Pushing Boundaries and Settling in New Spaces by Mariam Mohammed. “I realized that navigating new academic and cultural landscapes as an international student often means confronting vulnerabilities that challenge both personal and academic boundaries. For me, pushing boundaries goes beyond leaving my comfort zone: it connects to how much I am willing to learn, unlearn, and relearn about myself.” There is a photo of Mariam in graduation attire, smiling at the camera surrounded by academic achievements.

constellations journal @constellationsjrnl.bsky.social · Jul 1

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constellations journal @constellationsjrnl.bsky.social · Jul 1

📣We have a new, summery #Substack to share with you all! Check out what @megan-simmer.bsky.social has to say about balancing busy summer months as an #academic and get a preview our latest #publications!

🔗: constellationsjournal.substack.com/p/teetering-...

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A colorful postcard advertising a new Substack post. The title and author of the post are listed alongside a quote: Teetering ‘To Do’ Lists and Restful Summers by Megan Simmermeyer. “Summer stretches before me, though it will no doubt slip through my fingers quicker than I imagine. Still, I reach for the moments where I connect with friends and my sprawling, extended family. We craft; we visit parks, build community, and strengthen existing connections.” There is a photo of Megan and many friends and family members, gathered to celebrate her 30th birthday.

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constellations journal @constellationsjrnl.bsky.social · Jun 30

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constellations journal @constellationsjrnl.bsky.social · Jun 30

🏳️‍🌈🎉🏳️‍⚧️June may be ending, but there is plenty of #Pride to celebrate! In another great #bookreview for #PrideMonth, @megan-simmer.bsky.social dives into the themes of V. Jo Hsu's Constellating Home!

🔗: constell8cr.com/book-reviews...

#TeamRhetoric #AcademicChatter #LGBTQIA #WritingStudies #RhetComp

A colorful postcard that says, “Celebrating Pride!” The title and author of a book review are listed, along with a quote: “Creating Home through Narrative: A Review of V. Jo Hsu’s Constellating Home: Trans and Queer Asian American Rhetorics by Megan Simmermeyer. ‘In their book, Hsu examines three distinct, yet interconnected projects that center around stories: the Dragon Fruit Project, the Visibility Project, and the Queer Ancestors Project…Across these chapters, Hsu focuses on themes of love, resilience, and ancestry.’” The cover of the book is featured, with the title in white thin font over a dark background. There are shimmering stars across the cover.

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constellations journal @constellationsjrnl.bsky.social · Jun 24

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constellations journal @constellationsjrnl.bsky.social · Jun 24

🏳️‍🌈🎉🏳️‍⚧️Another fantastic read in honor of #PrideMonth! Check out this #bookreview by Vee Lawson and add Queer Appalachia to your reading list!

🔗: constell8cr.com/issue-4/revi...

#TeamRhetoric #RhetComp #Pride #QueerStudies #WritingStudies #CompRhet #AcademicSky

A colorful postcard that says, “Celebrating Pride!” The title and author of a book review are featured: Send My Love to the Family: A Review of Glasby, Gradin, and Ryerson’s Storytelling in Queer Appalachia: Imagining and Writing the Unspeakable Other by Vee Lawson. There is also a quote featured that reads: “This collection of eleven essays looks through singular narratives of a homogenous Appalachia—white, cisgendered or heteronormative, solely masculine, repressive, or backwards—to see many experiences of Appalachian queer identity, engaging narratives of exile, return, and liminality as the writers demonstrate that Appalachia itself is ‘a little bit quare.'” The cover of the book is featured, a rainbow background with the title in black text over a white text bubble.

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constellations journal @constellationsjrnl.bsky.social · Jun 18

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constellations journal @constellationsjrnl.bsky.social · Jun 18

🏳️‍🌈🎉🏳️‍⚧️We hope your month has been full of #pride! If you're looking for a good read, this fantastic and important conversation is perfect for #PrideMonth!

🔗 constell8cr.com/issue-8/reco...

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A colorful postcard that says, “Celebrating Pride!” The title and contributors of a conversation are featured: Recovering What’s “Swept Under the Rug”: Embodied Academic Experiences as Cultural Rhetorics. With Jo Hsu, Alexandria Lockett, Sophia Angela Maier, and Bernice Olivas. Moderated by Alex Jennings and Ada Hubrig. There is also a quote featured that reads: “While academia often downplays material conditions and the very real, lived, embodied experiences, we envision a cultural rhetorics that embraces embodiment as a methodology, drawing on embodied knowledge to recover the very stories that powerful institutions—including academic institutions—sweep under the rug.” There is a photo of a person with long purple hair, wrapped in a trans flag, and standing amongst a protest crowd.

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constellations journal @constellationsjrnl.bsky.social · Jun 17

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constellations journal @constellationsjrnl.bsky.social · Jun 17

📣We have a new #bookreview by Tomas Maldonado! Give it a read to learn more about Mónica Reyes' 'shelter rhetorics' in the US asylum process.

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#TeamRhetoric #RhetComp #BookSky #WritingStudies #AcademicSky #ImmigrantRhetorics

Giving Voice and Listening to the Asylee: A Review of Mónica Reyes’s Rhetoric and Storytelling within the U.S. Asylum Process: Shelter Rhetorics By Tomas Maldonado. “Relying on what she identifies as ‘shelter rhetorics’—idiosyncratic, everyday rhetorical practices that protect people’s vulnerabilities while also giving them agency in unstable situations—as presented in audio-recorded interviews, resident drawings, and photos, Reyes conducts a thorough case study of what asylees endure through the asylum process.” The book cover is featured, a pink and purple background with the title over a white text box.

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constellations journal @constellationsjrnl.bsky.social · Jun 13

#AcademicSky #RhetComp #CompRhet #Queer #Trans #Pride #LGBTQIA @the-alex-hidalgo.bsky.social @anamilenaribero.bsky.social @valyrina.bsky.social @megan-simmer.bsky.social @nataliedc.bsky.social

constellations journal @constellationsjrnl.bsky.social · Jun 13

🏳️‍🌈🎉🏳️‍⚧️We're so excited to share a new book from Jesse Jack, the perfect read for this #PrideMonth! Congrats, @jessemjack.bsky.social, on this fantastic publication!

www.bloomsbury.com/us/mapping-m...

Purchase your copy today, and use code LXFANDF30 for 30% off!

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A colorful postcard that says, “Celebrating Pride!” The title and author of a book are listed along with a description: Mapping Multi-Genre Literary Frameworks for Trans* Studies: Without Permanence By Jesse Jack. “Mapping Multi-Genre Literary Frameworks for Trans* Studies: Without Permanence examines the socio-political contexts that have necessitated new, twenty-first century methods in transgender (trans*) counter-storytelling, such as: archival constraints, medical rubrics, policy decisions, and surveillance. The author’s cross-disciplinary approach to literary analysis critiques narratives of gender permanence to reveal the fungible possibilities of subjective and structural ambiguity.” The book cover is featured, a purple and blue watercolor of a naked body with long purple hair and pink flowers.

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constellations journal @constellationsjrnl.bsky.social · Jun 12

@the-alex-hidalgo.bsky.social @megan-simmer.bsky.social @nataliedc.bsky.social @valyrina.bsky.social #CompRhet #AcademicSky #WritingStudies #BookSky #WritingSky

constellations journal @constellationsjrnl.bsky.social · Jun 12

📣We have a new #bookreview for you! Check out this review by Tommie Leigh Mcphetridge to see how #videogames, #walking, and #storytelling come together in Wandering Games!

🔗https://constell8cr.com/issue-8/walking-toward-meaning-a-review-of-melissa-kagens-wandering-games/

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A colorful postcard advertising a new book review. The title and author of the review are listed, along with a quote: Walking Toward Meaning: A Review of Melissa Kagen’s Wandering Games By Tommie Leigh McPhetridge. “Wandering Games would be particularly useful for those trying to understand how video games can act as vessels of critical discourses and often engage in theoretical understandings of the world, both fictional and real.” The book cover is featured, with the title in black letters over a photo of mountains.

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constellations journal @constellationsjrnl.bsky.social · Jun 10

#TeamRhetoric #RhetComp #AcademicSky #WritingStudies #QueerStudies #QueerLit @the-alex-hidalgo.bsky.social @megan-simmer.bsky.social @nataliedc.bsky.social @anamilenaribero.bsky.social

constellations journal @constellationsjrnl.bsky.social · Jun 10

🏳️‍🌈🎉🏳️‍⚧️Happy #PrideMonth! We're celebrating with wonderful work by and about #queer and #trans folks! This great article by Alejandra I. Ramírez and @mizruben.bsky.social is the perfect read!

🔗https://constell8cr.com/issue-2/the-dirt-under-my-moms-fingernails-queer-retellings-and-migrant-sensualities/

A colorful postcard that says, “Celebrating Pride!” The title and authors of an article are listed along with a quote: “The Dirt Under My Mom’s Fingernails”: Queer Retellings and Migrant Sensualities. An Article by Alejandra I. Ramírez and Ruben Zecena. “The dirt under her fingernails, the traces of caring for the land, is the metaphor that guides our essay as we retell the memories we have of our migrant mothers, their care, their labor/s, and their fight, as well as the gendered criminalization of migrants in the U.S.” There is a photo of a family posing for a photo on a dock, a mother and several children.

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constellations journal @constellationsjrnl.bsky.social · Jun 9

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constellations journal @constellationsjrnl.bsky.social · Jun 9

📣We have a great new conversation to share with you! Moderated by Catheryn Jennings and @megan-simmer.bsky.social, @the-alex-hidalgo.bsky.social, Ben Lauren, and @Luhui Whitebear discuss #rhetoric and #art!

🔗https://constell8cr.com/issue-8/restoration-and-connection-where-rhetoric-meets-art/

A colorful postcard advertising a new conversation. The title and contributors of the article are listed, along with a photo: “‘Restoration and Connection: Where Rhetoric Meets Art.’ With Alexandra Hidalgo, Ben Lauren, and Luhui Whitebear. Moderated by Catheryn Jennings and Megan Simmermeyer.” There is a photo of a multimedia art piece, featuring handprints and text.

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constellations journal @constellationsjrnl.bsky.social · May 30

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constellations journal @constellationsjrnl.bsky.social · May 30

📣Our celebration of #mothers continues! Check out this fantastic article by Cristina De León-Menjivar about the intersections of #motherhood and #chronicillness!

🔗https://constell8cr.com/articles/dear-spoonie-mom-digital-open-letters-as-counter-narratives-for-chronically-ill-mothers/

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A colorful postcard that says “May 2025. Celebrating Mothers!” The title and author of an article are listed, along with a photo and quote: “‘Dear Spoonie Mom:’ Digital Open Letters as Counter Narratives for Chronically Ill Mothers. An Article by Cristina De León-Menjivar. ‘While a number of the writers in this study eventually do attempt to rhetorically balance their realities with illness and their roles as mothers, nearly all of the posts initially tackle the cultural discourse surrounding motherhood, illustrating how it has oppressed and marginalized them in their most personal and private moments.’ There is an image of author Cristina with her young daughter smiling at the camera.

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constellations journal @constellationsjrnl.bsky.social · May 22

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constellations journal @constellationsjrnl.bsky.social · May 22

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One Pitt Graduate's Dreams In an Impossible World

On May 4th—a year after I started working for constellations—I graduated from the University of Pittsburgh Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences with a Bachelor of Arts in Public and Professional Writi...

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constellations journal @constellationsjrnl.bsky.social · May 22

📣Graduation season is upon us, and constellations' editorial assistant @nataliedc.bsky.social has some inspiring words to share about her bright future in an uncertain time!

🔗Visit the link below or in our bio to read more!

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A colorful postcard advertising a new Substack post. The title and author of the post are listed alongside a quote: “One Pitt Graduate's Dreams In an Impossible World” by Natalie Cohen. “I hope that, by spending these next few months applying to work for projects—from indie presses to literary nonprofits in my community and beyond—that value and uplift marginalized voices, like constellations, I can be the change I want to see—I can create possibility in an impossible world.” There is a photo of the Pitt graduation stage.

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constellations journal @constellationsjrnl.bsky.social · May 22

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