J. Logan Smilges
J. Logan Smilges is associate professor of English Language and Literatures at the University of British Columbia, where they write and teach in queer/trans disability studies, rhetorical studies, and the history of medicine. They are the author of Crip Negativity (2023) and Queer Silence: On Disability and Rhetorical Absence (2022).
2026
English edition
Errant Bodies - Listening Pamphlets
forthcoming
J. Logan Smilges's essay "Bad Listeners" argues that traditional ideas about "good listening" in feminist and rhetorical theory can exclude neurodivergent and disabled people. Smilges challenges the assumption that ethical, caring, or politically responsible people should always be able and willing to listen. This leads to an important reframing of "bad listening" as an issue of access.
