E. Brooke Phipps
Research Expertise
Digital Media
Rhetoric
E. Brooke Phipps is a Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of Communication studying in the Rhetoric and Political Culture track. She received her B.A. in Communication Studies from Wheaton College (IL) in 2014, and her M.A. in Communication Studies from Colorado State University in 2019. She is currently pursuing her Ph.D. in Communication. Her research explores the intersections between social movements, digital communities, and platforms. Her dissertation project analyzes how various gaming and social media platforms were used for political engagement during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Publications
Victoria C. Woodhull, ‘”And the Truth Shall Make You Free,’ A Speech on the Principles of Social Freedom,” (20 November 1871)
t: Victoria C. Woodhull’s 1871 speech at the Steinway Hall represented a defining moment for the woman suffrage movement of the nineteenth century.
Author/Lead: E. Brooke PhippsVictoria C. Woodhull’s 1871 speech at the Steinway Hall represented a defining moment for the woman suffrage movement of the nineteenth century. Her pointed critique of the institution of marriage illuminates a debate about the gendered nature of the social contract in America. The legacy of her political career, and her observations about gender inequalities, still reverberate across gendered politics today
“Only YOU Can Prevent This Nightmare, America”: Nancy Pelosi As the Monstrous-Feminine in Donald Trump’s YouTube Attacks
The construction of Nancy Pelosi as the monstrous-feminine reveals itself in the highly misogynistic attack advertisements of Donald Trump’s 2020 presidential reelection campaign.
Author/Lead: Fielding Montgomery, E. Brooke Phipps
The construction of Nancy Pelosi as the monstrous-feminine reveals itself in the highly misogynistic attack advertisements of Donald Trump’s 2020 presidential reelection campaign. In our analysis of five YouTube attack ads, we demonstrate how short-form digital advertisements use the conventions of digital platforms to heighten the elements of horror used to construct the monstrous-feminine. Drawing from horror genre logics and editing conventions, the Trump campaign produces a narrative strategy that preys on conservative fears regarding women, race, and breaches in a gendered social contract. Targeting one of the most powerful women in American politics, Trump’s digital ads deploy a variety of editing strategies combined with common horror tropes to push audiences toward violent conclusions of how to “defeat” the monstrous-feminine, Pelosi.