Her work appears in Critical Studies in Media Communication, Rhetoric and Public Affairs, and a number of other journals. It focuses on the critique of ideological discourses and the rhetoric of social movements. Most recently she is working on a study of visual rhetorics of nationalism in popular culture and a book on dissident labor union movements. Sage published her book on Control and Consolation in American Culture and Politics: Rhetorics of Therapy in 1998. She is active in movements against war and for social justice in Austin, where she lives with her daughter, Samantha, and several other animals.