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No 6 (2011): Family Rhetoric

Table of Contents

From the Editors

harlot family tree
Paul Muhlhauser, Kelly Bradbury


Family and Identity

Rhetoric, Christmas Cards, and Infertility: A Season of Silence
Kristin L. Arola

Revising notions of family. One card at a time.


Balay -- Sexual Disorientation
Anne Balay

She used to wish for a lesbian daughter. Predictably, the joke's on her.


kid smiles on trolley
Laura J. Davies

What's in a name? For some, family history, arguments, and identity.


Family and Media Critique

Rogers
Jaqueline McLeod Rogers

When the internet steals our daughters, mothers turn cyborg.


Modern Family
Christina M. LaVecchia

Just because the family is modern doesn't mean the family is new.


ostrich face
Rebecca Ingalls

Wanted: kind, nurturing, compassionate females. Childless women need not apply.


spears' face
Amy L. Spears, Julie Driscoll

If facebook and social media have wrecked our ability to sustain lengthy treatises on topics, well then, by George, we'll make the blurb our convention and still tell you what we think.


Family Tales

barnacle
Danielle Hunt

Often, there are tunnels and holes and shovels for fingers. This poem is about the digging process.


dad and daughter
Sue Webb

When recipes help tell the story.




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