Mujeres Talk: The Decolonial ImaGYMary: Working (and Writing) on My Fitness
As I type this, I stop every few minutes to pull my spine up tall, clasp my hands above my head, and slowly move side …
Faculty Women of Color Conf, April 3-5 at Urbana-Champaign
The inaugural Faculty Women of Color in the Academy (FWCA) Conference, April 3-5, 2013, will be hosted by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. This year’s …
Sonia Sotomayor, Sesame Street & princesses…
Disney’s new “Latina” princess is not Latina after all… –at NBC Latino . And Sonia Sotomayor reminds kids, “A princess is not a career…” From …
Sonia Sotomayor, Sesame Street & princesses…
Disney’s new “Latina” princess is not Latina after all… –at NBC Latino . And Sonia Sotomayor reminds kids, “A princess is not a career…” From …
Mujeres Talk: My Shadow Beast’s Time
I have been thinking a lot about time and its processes lately. When I took and passed the Candidacy Exam in my graduate program, time …
New Gerber baby Mary Jane Montoya
Gerber Foods announced that the winnerof their “Gerber generation” Search is an eight-month-old Latina, Â Mary Jane Montoya of Fresno, California. Mary Jane was chosen from …
Some links for post-election reflections
A detailed anatomy of Obama’s presidential win at the BBC news site – breakdowns by gender, age, income, ethnicity, religion and empathy. Â . “The GOP’s …
Women, Latinos: Record numbers in Congress
From CBS News: By many measures, 2012 saw the most diverse electorate in history turn out to the polls. 2013, as a result, will see …
A Black Academic Woman’s Self-Care Manifesto
Submitted by Rebeca Burciaga By Erica Lorraine Williams for The Feminist Wire In response to Toni Cade Bambara’s classic question in TheSalt Eaters, I am …