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Pamela VanHaitsma
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Outdoorsy sneaker femme. Scholar of rhetoric & archives, gender & sexuality. ART mom.
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With 1-year anniversary of book’s release approaching, I’ve been reflecting on what I want the work to do. I created a zine to share with more people. Now reacquainting myself w/ folds & copy machines—more next week on how to request! #TeamRhetoric #LGBTQ #archives #zines #EroticAsRhetoricalPower
I’m delighted to share that The Erotic as Rhetorical Power: Archives of Romantic Friendship between Women Teachers is being recognized with the Marie Hochmuth Nichols Award from the Public Address Division of the National Communication Association 💕🌈💕 #TeamRhetoric #LGBTQ #LGBTQHistory #archives
Banked another 20-miler & completed highest volume training week ever: 43+ miles on feet & 2 heavy lifts (plus a bike commute). 5 weeks until #TusseyMountainBack 50k! #HappyValley #running #TrailRunning #UltraMarathon
Many thanks to Zachary Kemp & Women’s Studies in Communication book reviews editor Lydia Huerta for the second review of my book! 💕🌈💕

#TeamRhetoric #TeamFemRhet #rhetoric #LGBTQ #LGBTQHistory #WomensHistory #feminist #IntersectionalFeminist #AudreLorde #archives
Ran my first 20-miler in nearly a decade! It wasn’t pretty, but I feel satisfied (& my backyard is pretty ☺️) 8 weeks until the #TusseyMountainBack 50k!

#HappyValley #running #TrailRunning #UltraMarathon #monarch #PollinatorGarden
“The Pink Scar is an urgently needed book. In the face of ongoing and renewed LGBTQ+ erasure from public memory, this book is a must-read for students of public memory and anyone interested in Holocaust and/or LGBTQ+ history.” @psupress.bsky.social @tomdunn26.bsky.social

#TeamRhetoric #LGBTQ
My amazing office yesterday…during the one hour I could stand the heat #monarch #milkweed #BeeBalm #HummingbirdMoth #HappyValley #PollinatorGarden
Queering Romantic Engagement in the Postal Age: A Rhetorical Education (2019) has been released in paperback! Tanks to Aurora X. Bell @uscpress & Erin Rand & Mary Anne Taylor for the RSQ & RPA review quotes on the new back cover #TeamRhetoric #TeamFemRhet #rhetoric #LGBTQ #LGBTQHistory #archives
Look who I met during this week’s 15-miler! A yellow timber rattlesnake? I definitely rerouted. 17 weeks until the #TusseyMountainBack #HappyValley #running #TrailRunning
That is so lovely to hear, thank you for telling me!
Mountain Laurel and tadpoles during today’s 10-miler #HappyValley #running #TrailRunning
If you enjoyed celebrating the birthday of #RachelCarson this week, check out this just-published @stanfordpress.bsky.social book by @lidamaxwell.bsky.social

We continue to have so much to learn from Carson’s story!

#RachelCarson #QueerHistory #TeamRhetoric #LGBTQ #LGBTQHistory #environmentalism
O’Malley Perrin concludes Peitho review with these reflections on rhetorical criticism, affect & desire (3/3). If you read the book, I’d love to hear more on questions raised by its imaginative interludes.

#TeamRhetoric #TeamFemRhet #rhetoric #LGBTQ #IntersectionalFeminist #AudreLorde #archives
Building on last week’s posts, here’s Katie O’Malley Perrin’s summary in the Peitho review of my book’s imaginative interludes (2/3). More on those shortcomings tomorrow!

#TeamRhetoric #TeamFemRhet #rhetoric #LGBTQ #LGBTQHistory #WomensHistory #feminist #IntersectionalFeminist #AudreLorde #archives
The imaginative interludes are where I took greatest risks, so my fav part of Peitho review is how O'Malley Perrin reflects on their goals, critical promise, and shortcomings. Here’s her introduction to them (1/3):

#TeamRhetoric #TeamFemRhet #LGBTQ #IntersectionalFeminist #AudreLorde #archives
Thanks to Katie O’Malley Perrin & Peitho associate editor Jennifer Nish for first review of my new book! Here’s the opening paragraph, and I’ll share more soon 💕🌈💕

#TeamRhetoric #TeamFemRhet #rhetoric #LGBTQ #LGBTQHistory #WomensHistory #feminist #IntersectionalFeminist #AudreLorde #archives
Look what showed up on a Pittsburgh subreddit today! What an unexpected, wild, beautiful that day was 11 years ago #LGBTQ #queer #LGBTQHistory #QueerPittsburgh
Already helping momma weed. Not yet distinguishing between goldenrod and milkweed 💕

#HappyValley #AcademicMom #PollinatorGarden
Nothing says “professor whose life got out of balance this spring” like garden beds not planted until mid-May 🤣

#HappyValley #AcademicMom #garden
First time exceeding the half marathon distance since week before dream-come-true embryo transfer. Been a long road back from postpartum injury. Grateful for PT, trails, strength training, and everyone who has played with my kids while I ran #running #TrailRunning #HappyValley #RunningMom
Hey #4C25, I have a few copies of my new book, The Erotic as Rhetorical Power: Archives of Romantic Friendship between Women Teachers, to give away at panel E.12 Remixing the “Why” of Feminist Rhetorical History. If you’d like a copy, please come say “hi” and let me know! #TeamRhetoric #TeamFemRhet