by Christina Cedillo, Kimberly Gail Wieser-Weryackwe, and Ana Milena Ribero
“This issue explores the global reality that our bodies are politicized and therefore marked in ways that subject them to regulation and systemic oppression, whether we are inside or outside the academy.”
by Victoria Houser and Eda Özyeşilpınar
“The constellation of stories we share offers a path for embodiment through solidarity with those who endured and are enduring religious-based gender violence. There is no such thing as an easy intervention in religious structures that perpetuate gendered violence. Even so, there are possibilities for us to find our way back into the body, and in sharing our stories here we offer others the opportunity to do the same.”
by Wilfredo Flores
“I especially foreground affect, as I have found through nearly five years of community organizing during my time as a PhD student that people often forget the nice white people who came to the community for a CV line and, instead, remember the feeling of being used.”
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.”
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?”
by Ersula Ore, Christina Cedillo, Rachel Jackson, and Kimberly Gail Wieser-Weryackwe
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. “
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.”
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.”
by Sonia C. Arellano
“Hill makes us consider what happens when flawed logic and rhetoric inform state initiatives. In the current environment where we risk lies propagating policy change, we can learn so much from examining how such rhetoric has impacted policy previously and continues to do so.”