WRITING 350S
Feminist Rhetorics: Theories & Practices
Rhiannon K. Scharnhorst
Description from DukeHub
This course examines feminist rhetorics, studying language, argument, and persuasion as tools for social change and resistance to gender-based oppression. Students will analyze diverse historical and contemporary rhetorical strategies to understand how communication can advance feminist goals and disrupt traditional power structures.
Skills
- writingdepartment: WRITING
- public speakingtitle: "rhetorics"
AI-resilient: 2 of 5
- No: Physical, lab or field work
- No: Live work with people
- Yes: Judgment someone is accountable for · "ethical"
- No: A craft you practice with your hands or body
- Yes: Small, in-person format · seminar, 15 seats per section
The checks lean on Microsoft Research, Working with AI (2025), which found generative AI applies least to physical work and hands-on work with people. A signal, not a promise. How the score works
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