Ryan Blank

Doctoral Candidate in Rhetoric at the University of Pittsburgh. Interests in ancient rhetoric and philosophy, hobby painting, and cats

[Dr. Hillary Ash @hillaryaash]

Remember when we had AIDS data for communities of color and then just shoved it in a footnote after literally "Other"-ing them? Wild. #teamrhetoric #medrhet #techcomm

[Ryan Blank @drawingablank87]

I think about this often. Here's Socrates at /Protagoras/ 347e-348a.

[Atticist @Atticist]

How to interpret Plato:

[adam 🛸 @adampjthain]

sappho (6th century BC): when I look at you I can no longer speak and a subtle fire runs over my skin

sean kingston (2009 AD): somebody call 911, shawty fire burning on the dance floor

[Ryan Blank @drawingablank87]

@hillaryaash is a rockstar. Her work on WWII venereal disease campaign posters is fantastic. This is a well-earned win! Share some kindness if you've any to spare

[Dr. Hillary Ash @hillaryaash]

Received my second ever article acceptance. After a truly awful three weeks, I needed this today.

[Ryan Blank @drawingablank87]

@bessrhmyers @mjkennerly @jtloveridge I was afraid this might be the case. I'm working through my dissertation now and it's getting a bit overwhelming! I became too dependent on EN during coursework and some updates prevent it from working properly on Mac. I may have some habits to change...

[Ryan Blank @drawingablank87]

real question: EndNote is absolutely terrible and crashes my computer while corrupting my word docs. What citation management software do you use? I liked EndNote because it does classical text annotations. #teamrhetoric

[Zachary Levenson @grundrza]

Anybody else out there who still doesn’t use Zotero and just enters all references manually?

[Ryan Blank @drawingablank87]

@jtloveridge par for the course, if you will

[Dr.Mary Stuckey @StuckeyMary]

He quotes the Bible as if he’s actually read it. It’s weird to be startled by that

[Joe Biden @JoeBiden]

For America’s educators, this is a great day: You’re going to have one of your own in the White House, and Jill is going to make a great First Lady.

[Ryan Blank @drawingablank87]

Twitter does not disappoint tonight.

[Tom Morello @tmorello]

Not exactly what we had in mind

[Richard Davis Jr. @RichardODavisJr]

STOP THE COUNT!

[Ryan Blank @drawingablank87]

@AaronSings You butter believe I will. I miss you, too. it's been far too long.

[Ryan Blank @drawingablank87]

“We regard speaking well to be the clearest sign of a good mind, which it requires, and truthful, lawful, and just speech we consider the image of a good and faithful soul.” Isocrates, Antidosis 255

[Ryan Blank @drawingablank87]

“I do not know which should properly astonish us, the gentleness in the most aggressive beasts or the savagery present in the souls of such men." Isocrates, Antidosis 214

[The Daily Show @TheDailyShow]

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[International Society for the History of Rhetoric @ISHRhetoric]

rhetoricians: antimetabole. zeugma. procatalepsis. synecdoche. litotes. asyndeton. anaphora. chiasmus. But use them carefully, or people will call you a poet.

[Ryan Blank @drawingablank87]

@jtloveridge you're one of the top tweeters I follow. thanks for these daily gifts.