Enduring physical commitment and rhetorical skill must combine for protest to work

Evidence

Her effectiveness was not simply her presence in the tree. It was the combination of her physical commitment (which generated the story) and her rhetorical sophistication (which gave the story content). She was simultaneously a body and a communicator, and both were necessary. Neither alone would have worked. — Jamal Awil, The Whispering Archive, 492

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the Deep Listening and One Square Inch material on embodied attention plus the Maathai letter-writing passage — both making presence plus communication the mechanism of influence. — connects to: Athletic performance can be deliberate political action; Reality is produced through collective work and action — James W. Carey, Communication as Culture- Essays on…, 386

Broader Connections

• Athletic performance can be deliberate political action #exemplifies (0.75)
• Reality is produced through collective work and action #complicates (0.55) — James W. Carey, Communication as Culture- Essays on…, 386