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My sister-friend @pinayism w/ some profound truth in #fightthetower: “Even w/ this laundry list & CV, which can be misconstrued as a woman that can do it all w/ ease & w/o challenges & obstacles, I still combat my own internalized guilt...” 1/2
“...a questioning of whether I am doing enough & what I am sacrificing in order to accomplish it all.” (p. 351) Yes and amen. Every day.
Oh this beautiful chapter! @pinayism ends w/ “Success in our lives as #motherscholars is abt believing that our minds, hearts & bodies can work together to create spaces that unite all that is impt to us....” 3/
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Chapter 10 in #FighttheTower: Care Work: The Invisible Labor of #AsianAmerican Women in Academia by Wei Ming Dariotis & Grace Yoo is a whole new level of feeling seen. It starts: “Care work performed by AsAm women in the academy is a form of labor...1/
...that involves intentional caring that allows others to feel cared for and—when emotions are concerned—may require withholding one’s own emotions for the betterment of others.” (p. 300)
“Our purpose in conducting this study was... to show 1) the critical need for this work; 2) ask that administrators & colleagues value & respect this work; & 3) demand that space & time be provided for this work to be accomplished successfully.” (p. 303)
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I just started this book & I can tell it is 🔥🔥🔥So excites to read about #AsianAmerican women scholars’ resistance AND renewal in the academy. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for ❤️ Image
Will probably tweet to this thread thoughts as I’m reading. My first is how much I appreciate that the book begins w/ a women of color in academia manifesto that embodies #solidarity and notions of #collectiveresistance #fightthetower
From the prologue by Shirley Hune: "The idea that #AsianAmericans are a quiet, hard-working, & docile people who do not "rock the boat" is a gross misunderstanding of their realities....1/2
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