Ben Wetherbee ⚓❄🐝
@wetherbeephd.bsky.social
❄ English prof & WPA, Northern Michigan U
❄ rhetorical theory & history, writing, film
❄ review ed., enculturation
❄ aspiring Yooper
❄ union thug
❄ he/him
#teamrhetoric
❄ rhetorical theory & history, writing, film
❄ review ed., enculturation
❄ aspiring Yooper
❄ union thug
❄ he/him
#teamrhetoric
October 10, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Bare minimum for holding a conversation: Gorgias, Hollow Knight, Octavia Butler, A Tribe Called Quest, the Oxford comma, and RoboCop.
August 18, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Bare minimum for holding a conversation: Gorgias, Hollow Knight, Octavia Butler, A Tribe Called Quest, the Oxford comma, and RoboCop.
Saying rhetoricky things tomorrow about two of my favorite writers
📍ISHR 2025 in Copenhagen
📍ISHR 2025 in Copenhagen
July 22, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Saying rhetoricky things tomorrow about two of my favorite writers
📍ISHR 2025 in Copenhagen
📍ISHR 2025 in Copenhagen
Thanks, Google. No one wants this. (1775 is the correct answer.)
May 19, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Thanks, Google. No one wants this. (1775 is the correct answer.)
Student eval comment from this semester, lol
May 7, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Student eval comment from this semester, lol
When you're almost 40 and play too much hockey
March 10, 2025 at 1:14 AM
When you're almost 40 and play too much hockey
A beautiful fuckerpants, though, and my beloved neighbor.
March 6, 2025 at 7:22 PM
A beautiful fuckerpants, though, and my beloved neighbor.
RIP, David Lynch ... probably the most important director in my own moviegoing life.
Damnit.
Damnit.
January 16, 2025 at 7:45 PM
RIP, David Lynch ... probably the most important director in my own moviegoing life.
Damnit.
Damnit.
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
5/20
5/20
December 21, 2024 at 6:42 PM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
5/20
5/20
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
4/20
4/20
December 19, 2024 at 2:41 PM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
4/20
4/20
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
3/20
3/20
December 16, 2024 at 3:35 PM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
3/20
3/20
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
2/20
(I'm showing a lot of love to NYRB to start.)
2/20
(I'm showing a lot of love to NYRB to start.)
December 15, 2024 at 4:58 PM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
2/20
(I'm showing a lot of love to NYRB to start.)
2/20
(I'm showing a lot of love to NYRB to start.)
I'll do this thing, too.
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
1/20
December 14, 2024 at 11:24 PM
I'll do this thing, too.
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
1/20
I'm told this is me. (John Mulaney, not Chappell Roan ... unfortunately.)
December 2, 2024 at 3:27 PM
I'm told this is me. (John Mulaney, not Chappell Roan ... unfortunately.)
You rhetoricians might enjoy the steez of my fantasy hockey team.
November 25, 2024 at 6:39 PM
You rhetoricians might enjoy the steez of my fantasy hockey team.
meanwhile on Twitter
November 18, 2024 at 3:18 PM
meanwhile on Twitter
Oh no, all the grad students dressed as me
November 3, 2024 at 3:14 PM
Oh no, all the grad students dressed as me
Daily Yooper graffiti
October 25, 2023 at 1:54 PM
Daily Yooper graffiti