San Filippo second floor women’s restroom
In a place that is maybe not so glamorous to talk about there has been traces of writing and rhetoric passing on kind messages to young women who frequent that restroom.
Not my Facebook wall
The notes left stuck to the mirror are a perfect example of rhetoric. I thought that whoever left a pad of sticky notes and a pen to pass along opportunities for the women in the dorm to share encouraging words is a wonderful example of how theoretic can be used in ways other than in the classroom. This is only one of the many example of writing and rhetoric riddled around the campus that embodies what it is to be a Santa Clara student.
This example shows how something like one note and sticky pad can encourage more writing in ways that aren’t online– like much of today’s leisurely writing is done. Most writing for pleasure is done over text or social media to share our voice, but I think it’s nice to see the change of reading a note.
Notes like these bring back the feeling of hand written notes were special for a reason and I’m glad that they are back, at least on the mirror in the women’s restroom.