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)
• • •
Missing some Tweet in this thread? You can try to
force a refresh
