Welcome Dr. Lora Anderson as new co-editor of RHM
2026-07-01
The Rhetoric of Health and Medicine journal is excited to announce that Dr. Lora Anderson will be joining Dr. Fernando Sánchez as the co-editor of the journal beginning in August of 2026.
This journal publishes studies of health and medicine that take a rhetorical perspective. Such studies combine rhetorical analysis with any number of other methodologies, including critical/cultural analysis, ethnography, qualitative analysis, and quantitative analysis. Rhetoric of Health & Medicine seeks to bring together humanities and social scientific research traditions in a rhetorically focused journal to allow scholars to build new interdisciplinary theories, methodologies, and insights that can impact our understanding of health, illness, healing, and wellness.
Announcements
Reviewing for RHM--Overview and Tips
2023-10-23
Recently, the editing team held a "coffee chat" at the Rhetoric of Health and Medicine Symposium. For that event, co-editor Kim Hensley Owens prepared this video , which offers an overview and tips for those interested in reviewing for the journal.
RHM's commitment to anti-racist and inclusive reviewing practices
2021-05-24
RHM Statement about Anti-Racist and Inclusive Scholarly Reviewing Practices
Current Issue
Vol. 9 No. 3 (2026): Summer 2026
Published: 2026-09-25
Editors' Introduction
Academic Integrity at RHM in the Age of AI
235–242
AbstractAcademic Integrity at RHM in the Age of AI
Research Articles
Pinkpilling
Cycle Syncing as a Postfeminist Imperative
243–276
AbstractIn this article, we situate cycle syncing platforms within a process of what we call “pinkpilling”: a feminized wellness pipeline that moves...
Rhetorics of Cunning Care
Mapping Collective Mētis in LGBTQ+ Community Health Practices
277–310
AbstractThis article examines how LGBTQ+ people in South-Central Florida navigate HIV disclosure laws through shared forms of adaptive reasoning that...
Hidden Epidemics, Hidden People
Black Queer Communities and the Epicenter of the United States HIV/AIDS Epidemic
311–336
AbstractIn 2016 the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that Black gay and bisexual men had a one in two chance of acquiring a positive...
Book Reviews
Review of Rhetorics of Refusal: Medical Dissent and the US-Somali Diaspora. Columbus, OH: Ohio State University Press, 2025. 224 pages, $34.95 Paperback, $99.95 Hardcover, $34.95 eBook.
AbstractReview of Rhetorics of Refusal: Medical Dissent and the US-Somali Diaspora.
Columbus, OH: Ohio State University Press, 2025. 224...