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Meaningful Writing Doesn’t Always Make Its Way into Writing Portfolios

Filed Under: Everyday Feminism, Higher Education By Beth Godbee July 30, 2025 Leave a Comment

Above a college reads "Writing Portfolio for Beth Godbee, Ph.D.". A collage with seven images: an orange rectangular logo for Inside Higher Ed, a stack of various books, a purple book titled, "Pedagogy;" a pink square with "Ms." written inside, a mauve book cover for "Performing Antiracist Pedagogy in Rhetoric, Writing, and Communication," a blue, white, and red cover for the book "Best of the Journals in Rhetoric and Composition 2021," and a rectangular, black and white image of young people standing outside of a bus with the words "Reflections, A Journal of Community-Engaged Writing and Rhetoric" across the image. The word "reflections" is reflected under the title as well. Below the collage reads, " My publications range from peer-reviewed to popular press, from poetry to prose."

I recently created a new writing portfolio, which I am excited to share! Because my SelectedWorks page was sunsetted this summer, I needed a new way to share publications. The portfolio highlights some, while linking to a fuller list (what I’d share as part of an academic CV). I start with academic publications and then share pieces from public and community writing. And I include a final section of meaningful writing that doesn’t always (or even often) make its way ... Read more ...

Q&A with Sarah Gettel: Consultant, Operations Support, and Capacity Coach for Heart-Head-Hands

Filed Under: Everyday Feminism, Interviews, Racial Justice By Beth Godbee May 30, 2025 Leave a Comment

Sarah Gettel sits at her desk wearing a white sweater and clear-rimmed glasses. Turning back to look at the camera, she smiles while petting her large dog, Wilbur, while her two cats, Puck, a black and white cat; and Atticus, a grey cat; sit next to her chair.

I am excited to introduce Sarah Gettel, a good friend and accountability partner who’s been working behind the scenes with Heart-Head-Hands: Everyday Living for Justice.  Sarah and I met in 2019, soon after I’d left my faculty career, through mutual contacts engaged in racial justice organizing in Madison and Milwaukee, Wisconsin. We deepened our relationship in the early days of the pandemic, forming an accountability pod and meeting regularly with Rasha Diab ... Read more ...

Recommitting and Reconnecting With Your Writing

Filed Under: Contemplative Practices, Everyday Feminism By Beth Godbee May 16, 2025 Leave a Comment

A a mural in downtown Raleigh (from my recent visit to Candace Epps-Robertson, Ph.D.) shows writing out in the world with a combination of eyes, plants, and a butterfly, along with the text: "There is beauty in the mundane" and "slow down and look inwards." The colorful mural by @nadasink sits alongside street signs, stickers, and the alphabet written in the upper right-hand corner.

The month of May always feels like a time for recommitting and reconnecting: recommitting and reconnecting to creative work, to writing projects (especially those set aside), and to ourselves and the people we write with and for. There's an invitation to start again, as spring is in full bloom and the promise of summer awaits. It's not that the everyday efforts end, but there's the potential of more levity with longer days stretching ahead. There's the potential for ... Read more ...

New Article: “Because We’re Going to Mess Up”: Practices for Accountability—Not a Piecemeal Approach

Filed Under: Emotional Literacies, Everyday Feminism, Higher Education, Racial Justice By Beth Godbee March 24, 2025 Leave a Comment

The first page of '"Because We're Going to Mess Up": Practices for Accountability-- Not a Piecemeal Approach.' Above the bolded title are the names of the authors, Beth Godbee and Rasha Diab. The article begins, "What are we in rhetoric, writing, and literacy..."

With gratitude, I write to share a new article: “‘Because We’re Going to Mess Up’: Practices for Accountability—Not a Piecemeal Approach” co-authored with good friend and frequent co-author Rasha Diab and published in College Composition & Communication (CCC). This piece has been a long time coming. We started drafting in 2019; first submitted in 2020; and have been revising, reshaping, and attempting to bring it to life these past 5+ years. The article arises, as ... Read more ...

Q&A with Candace Epps-Robertson, Ph.D.: Introducing Full Circle Writing, LLC

Filed Under: Everyday Feminism, Higher Education, Interviews By Beth Godbee March 9, 2025 Leave a Comment

A colorful collage background that has black text reading, “Q&A with Candace Epps-Robertson, Ph.D.: The Launch of Full Circle Writing, LLC; In collaboration with Heart-Head-Hands: Everyday Living for Justice.” In the bottom right corner is the pink-purple Heart-Head-Hands logo and the blue and purple Full Circle Writing, LLC logo.

Many of you know Candace Epps-Robertson, Ph.D., a collaborator with Heart-Head-Hands, facilitator of writing groups, and co-creator of pathways through burnout. Candace has previously shared her work through the Q&A blog post “On Seasons of Life, Writing, and Career.” In January, Candace made a career transition, leaving her faculty position and launching Full Circle Writing, LLC. So, this Q&A blog post shares her business launch and new offerings to support ... Read more ...

Reflections on Helene: Sharing a Poem “In Gratitude” from Dandelion Scribes

Filed Under: Contemplative Practices, Everyday Feminism By Beth Godbee March 3, 2025 Leave a Comment

A cover of the literary magazine, "From the Holler to the Sea," subtitled, "Hurricane Helene Survivors Speak Out." The cover is decorated with water color-esque art of animals and forests. In the top left corner reads, "dandelionscribes.com" and in the upper right corner, "special thanks to @rednecksrising."

I am so grateful to have a poem included in the collection “From the Holler to the Sea: Hurricane Helene Survivors Speak Out”—a collaboration of the Appalachian poetry space Dandelion Scribes and local organizing collective Rednecks Rising.  Through reading the collection, I am really appreciating the opportunity to reflect on experiences with and changed lives from Hurricane Helene. The framing around “solidarity amidst ongoing global polycrisis” serves as another ... Read more ...

Coaching as a Way of Working with Fears

Filed Under: Contemplative Practices, Emotional Literacies, Everyday Feminism By Beth Godbee February 25, 2025 Leave a Comment

Beth in her childhood years stands in a purple skirt and white shirt in a grassy, mountain-surrounded field near her father who holds smoking fireworks.

Recent coaching sessions have been addressing fear in one way or another. Surely, fear is pronounced in these times -- with threats coming from many directions; with uncertainty, suffering, and crisis amplified; and with cruelty, cuts, and a coup all central to everyday experiences. In this week's writing group, one member said that they're having to make decisions about how to show up at their institution, and this question aligned with questions I'm hearing in ... Read more ...

Love in Action: Sharing Protests and Prayers for These Times

Filed Under: Contemplative Practices, Emotional Literacies, Everyday Feminism, Racial Justice By Beth Godbee February 5, 2025 Leave a Comment

A graphic with a stack of letters tied in a red bow on the top, with a black and white image of people holding picket signs below it. The text reads, "Love in Action, Sharing Prayers and Protests for These Times." The sub-text reads, "Friday, February 14, Valentine's Day, 2pm ET, 11 am PT. Bring your most fiery ideas, imaginative possibilities, recent writing, yet-unspoken longings, and deepest dedications. Register Now: Heart-Head-Hands.com."

This Valentine’s Day, let’s come together and share some of the protests and prayers we are writing for these times. We’re in times when what we love—people, the earth, and justice itself—are attacked with great force. The first weeks of the new administration have brought intense cruelty and terrorizing assertions of dominance. We respond in many ways, including with efforts to block harm, to build liberatory futures, and to be present with and for each ... Read more ...

Q&A with Phoenix Robertson: Communications Assistant with Heart-Head-Hands

Filed Under: Everyday Feminism, Interviews By Beth Godbee August 13, 2024 Leave a Comment

Phoenix leans against a wooden fence in a black dress with small silver sparkles on a sunny day. Photo Credit: King Quality Photography.

I am so pleased to introduce Phoenix Robertson, who has been working with me and the organization (Heart-Head-Hands: Everyday Living for Justice) since January 2024. Phoenix began as an intern and will be continuing to work as a communications assistant, as she enters college this fall.  Since February, Phoenix has taken on various responsibilities, which she describes below. There have been steep learning curves, as working in WordPress can involve many steps ... Read more ...

Honoring Struggles and Showing Up Imperfectly for Palestinian Liberation

Filed Under: Emotional Literacies, Everyday Feminism, Racial Justice By Beth Godbee November 18, 2023 1 Comment

This photo shows the public labyrinth in Georgetown, one of the places where I have grounded myself in the past few weeks—to get centered and listen to guidance toward also continuing to feel-learn-and-act (heart-head-hands). Shoring up inner reservoirs for continued outcry against violence in Gaza and toward Palestinian liberation.

To show up in this piece, which I’ve been trying to get out for weeks, I’ve realized that the only way to do so is to bring my full messy self. I don’t want to polish writing when that’s not true to the process or the way forward. As writers, we often have lots of discarded text and false starts. And we often spend hours weaving threads together into a cohesive whole. I really appreciate this work, and it gives me joy to do the weaving. Stitch by stitch, I understand ... Read more ...

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This summer, caregiving and family responsibilitie This summer, caregiving and family responsibilities have taken me through the Appalachian Mountains ~ from North Carolina to Tennessee and through Virginia, West Virginia, and Pennsylvania. In some moments, I’ve felt so unmoored, unsure of where and when I am. But in others, I’ve felt the mountains holding me and reminding me that home is all around.

So, here’s photographic evidence that I grew up in the Appalachian Mountains and even learned to clog at a young age. I found this photo during a family conversation about learning to dance. Yes, I still love to dance. Though, like crocheting stitches, most of the clogging steps are long forgotten—maybe to be remembered?

(And here are a few accompanying recent photos from the mountains.)
It's a wonderful thing to return home to affirming It's a wonderful thing to return home to affirming emails. Here's one about a job offer aligned with commitments! 

From email, shared with permission: 
"I just wanted to send you a quick note to say that I accepted a job offer as _____ at _____! This was one of the roles we looked at in one of our sessions, and I'm very excited that I was able to get a position at a company I feel a strong sense of alignment with. Thank you for your coaching! You were a big part of the process that led to me getting this job!"

It is an incredible honor to be involved in career transitions. And it is incredibly rewarding to witness movement toward more supportive and aligned everyday conditions. 

When so much in the world is hard, coaching still feels like a strong yes. <3

#coaching #careercoach #careercoaching #careerdiscernment #commitments #livingoutcommitments #goodnews #strongyes
There’s so much I want to say about my love for There’s so much I want to say about my love for DC and my anger over this move toward federal control. Please support local organizing and follow calls for how to show up in solidarity in the days to come. 💛

#Repost @freedcproject with @use.repost
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For our friends across the country asking how you can help, this one’s for you.

What’s happening in DC right now is not the first time this administration and its allies have attacked our communities. In March, Congress froze $1.1 billion of DC’s local budget. In addition to the current police escalation, Congress is also trying to overturn several critical local laws.

We want your members of Congress to do everything in their power to stand down federal forces DC, and stop attacks on DC communities for good. Send a letter to your Senators and Representative telling them to stop to it: freedcproject.org/allies (link in bio)
There’s so much I want to say about my love for There’s so much I want to say about my love for DC and my anger over this move toward federal control. Please support local organizing and follow calls for how to show up in solidarity in the days to come. 💛

#Repost @mvmnt4blklives with @use.repost
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Earlier today Donald Trump announced that he is placing MPD under federal control and plans to deploy the National Guard to DC.

This is a dangerous escalation for our communities. But our people have been through things like this before.

Here are three ways everyone can help DC weather what’s ahead, starting tonight.

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This summer, amid many pulls away from writing, I This summer, amid many pulls away from writing, I was able to create a new writing portfolio.

Because my SelectedWorks page was sunsetted this summer, I needed a new way to share publications. The portfolio highlights some, while linking to a fuller list (what I’d share as part of an academic CV). I start with academic publications and then share pieces from public and community writing. And I include a final section of meaningful writing that doesn’t always (or even often) make its way into writing portfolios.

Certainly, publications are part of my writing story. But they aren’t the full story. I reflect on that here: https://heart-head-hands.com/meaningful-writing-in-writing-portfolios/

And share the portfolio here: https://heart-head-hands.com/writing-portfolio/ 

May we tell fuller stories about our writing and ourselves as writers—toward well-lived writing lives. <3

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One thing about my partner Jonathan’s dad is tha One thing about my partner Jonathan’s dad is that he loved Pittsburgh. Here are some photos of the city he loved — with gratitude for walks to help navigate the emotions and many to-dos following his passing. <3
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I'm an educator and former writing studies professor who believes our fully embodied selves matter in the world. We can’t just think our way out of the incredible injustices, dehumanization, violence, and wrongdoing that characterize everyday life. We must feel and act, too. [Pronouns: she/her.] Read more ...

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