27. Remote Reflections

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS ix
3. INTRODUCTION 1
4. PART I. 2020 UNMADE OUR WORLD: Arrebato . . . Days Running Together, Death, Fear, Isolation 23
5. 1. A Letter to My Younger Self 25
6. 2. The In-Between 29
7. 3. The Pandemic Let Us Breathe 33
8. 4. Resisting the Horror 36
9. 5. Toward a Slowness-Centered Life in a Post-Pandemic World 42
10. 6. An Invitation to Pivot 45
11. 7. Sista Circle 49
12. 8. Rest 52
13. PART II. ACADEMIA EXPOSED: Resistance and Inner Reinventions
14. 9. Mis reflexiones durante la cuarentena 59
15. 10. Global Geographies of COVID-19 65
16. 11. Seeking Rest and Restoration 69
17. 12. The PhD Candidate as an Essential Worker 76
18. 13. Episodes 83
19. PART III. BEYOND VIRTUAL CLASSROOMS: Education Reimagined
20. 14. Compassionate Pedagogies in a Pandemic 91
21. 15. Pedagogies of a Black Feminist Quarantine 96
22. 16. Imperfect Critical Love 105
23. 17. Feminist Theory, Disability Justice, and the COVID Classroom 112
24. PART IV. IMMIGRANT HEARTS: “Stay Home” . . . but Where Is Home?
25. 18. On Becoming My Own Refuge 121
26. 19. From Tokyo Subway to Berlin U-Bahn 128
27. 20. Gathering Ourselves in the COVID Era 133
28. 21. Between Epicenters 142
29. 22. Pandemic Diaries 146
30. 23. On Behalf of My Sisters 152
31. 24. World Making in Times of Revolts and Disease 158
32. PART V. MOTHERHOOD IS RADICAL LOVE: On Being a Mother During COVID-19
33. 25. Reflections of an Afro-Latina Mothering Through Crisis 165
34. 26. Pandemic Borderlands 170
35. 27. Remote Reflections 176
36. 28. MyMother.doc 181
37. 29. Grounded with Mi Ama and Other Verses 186
38. PART VI. THE WISDOM OF OUR WOUNDS: Inner Transformation Through Community
39. 30. Reimagining Therapy in Pandemic Times 195
40. 31. Shifting Toward the Sacredness of Life 200
41. 32. Radical Love in Nepantla 207
42. 33. The Language of Love 216
43. 34. A World Where Many Worlds Fit 219
44. PART VII. UTOPIA: “The Language of Love . . . Will You Speak It with Me?”
45. 35. Feminist Intervention 229
46. 36. The Survivor’s Breath 237
47. 37. Queer Collective Care in Pandemic Times 244
48. 38. Abolition 250
49. 39. Immeasurable 253
50. 40. Ascendance 255
51. Postlude 257
52. There Are So Many Lessons I Would Have Rather Learned 259
53. Acknowledgments 263
54. Contributors 265