Looks at many instances of writing as punishment, including forced tattooing, drunk shaming, court-ordered letters of apology, and social media shaming, with the aim of bringing understanding and recognition to the coupling of literacy and subjection.

Spencer Schaffner is associate professor of English at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and is author of Binocular Vision: The Politics of Representation in Birdwatching Field Guides. His work has appeared in Kairos: A Journal of Rhetoric, Technology, and Pedagogy; Composition Studies; and Discourse and Society.