by Megan Simmermeyer
“In their book, Hsu examines three distinct, yet interconnected projects that center around stories: the Dragon Fruit Project, the Visibility Project, and the Queer Ancestors Project…Across these chapters, Hsu focuses on themes of love, resilience, and ancestry.”
Issue 7 Special Issue
Teach and Write for Justice: Intergenerational Networks, Equity, and Community in the CCCC Caucuses
by Ersula Ore, Christina Cedillo, Rachel Jackson, and Kimberly Wieser
Moderated by Ana Milena Ribero
“This work is exhausting. Without the caucuses, it would also be lonely, and there’s just no way I’m signing up to live like that. I have spent far too much of my life in the academy on academic work, and it’s really not a great way to live. Find your people. Make time for you. Make time for your family and friends. Take care of what feeds you. Academia only does part of that. “
Bait al-Mouneh: Traditional Syrian Homemaking as Roots for Women’s Agency
by Nabila Hijazi
“By utilizing their homemaking skills and transforming their domestic spaces, Syrian women demonstrate agency and resilience, becoming active agents in rebuilding their lives and creating a sustainable future for themselves and their families. They play transformative roles in preserving and evolving their cultures for future generations.”
Sovereignty, Lands and Rhetoric: A Review of Danielle Edres’ Nuclear Decolonization: Indigenous Resistance to High-Level Nuclear Waste Siting
by Justin G. Whitney
“Endres helps readers merge the book’s conclusions with the author’s personal experiences but never loses focus on the decolonial struggles of the Great Basin peoples and the agency realized through them—agency we can all learn from.”
The Mass Exodus: Why People Are Leaving Academia and What We Can Learn from Their Stories
by Sonia C. Arellano, Will Kurlinkus, and Caitlan Spronk
Moderated by Alexandra Hidalgo
“The breaking point was my health (mental and physical). My chair and my dean were terribly unsupportive (dare I say, made my life so much worse than necessary) and they contributed to my decline in health. I kept asking myself: what is tenure worth if I’m so unhealthy?”