Category: Sociologizing

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+ caregivers, Domestic Workers, Filipino migrant workers, GABRIELA, labor of care, Migrant Worker Organizing, Research, Sociological Imagination, Sociologizing

Montreal and Irvine, Snow and Sun

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The first month of the year hasn’t ended yet and I’ve been to three universities, delivered a handful of talks from classrooms, speaker series events, seminars and community centers! I love that touring The Labor of Care allows me to talk about transnational families, possibilities of organizing with migrants, emotions and youth, technology and solidarity and resistance. I’ve been humbled to be able to have an … Read More Montreal and Irvine, Snow and Sun

+ Imperialism, Neoliberalism, Philippines, Politics, Power, Sociologizing, Women

Motherland

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I just finished watching this really heartbreakingly real documentary called Motherland  on POV/PBS. I started and stopped and started it again about 5 times because I was crying my eyes out. I’m not exactly sure what to write about but I am feeling compelled to think through writing. There’s no context or interviews or voiceover. Throughout the documentary we see the labor and delivery room … Read More Motherland

+ Aya, Cy, Philippines, Sociologizing, Women

How to Raise Feminist Kids

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A New York Times published a piece called, “How to Raise a Feminist SonHow to Raise a Feminist Son” written by Claire Cain Miller popped up on my Facebook feed a couple of days. And of course, since the arrival of my son (my partner and I chose to keep the sex of our baby secret until he revealed himself), I’ve been thinking more and more … Read More How to Raise Feminist Kids

+ Active Learning Strategies, Education, Sociological Imagination, Sociologizing, Teaching, Technology

Beyond Final Papers, Beyond the Classroom

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In the past few years, I’ve invested in assigning creative final projects for my upper division classes. Across the three institutions I’ve taught at as a tenure-track professor, the risk is high (because students loathe group work so they’re always giving me side-eye for assigning a group project as a requirement and sometimes it ends up the evals) and the outcomes of the projects … Read More Beyond Final Papers, Beyond the Classroom

+ Détente, Filipino diaspora, Imperialism, Philippines, Sociologizing

On Post-Colonial Rage and Not Being Mad at Big Brother aka US Imperialism

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  First of all, let me be CRYSTAL CLEAR, President Rodrigo Duterte’s “war on drugs” is unconscionable. Thousands of people and innocent bystanders have been slain in the name of “cleaning up” the Philippines. Without due process, the Philippine National Police have become the prosecutor, judge, jury and executor of Filipinos who may or may not be involved with drugs. Its deplorable and I … Read More On Post-Colonial Rage and Not Being Mad at Big Brother aka US Imperialism

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+ Active Learning Strategies, Education, Sociological Imagination, Sociologizing, Teaching

What do you write after a 2-year blog silence?

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I haven’t published anything on this blog for a while now. And mostly, it’s kinda like when you had beef with your friend in high school and then you just don’t talk for a long time and then it becomes real awkward to even think about talking and then the distance just grows so you give up on talking. Yes, I likened my relationship … Read More What do you write after a 2-year blog silence?

+ Filipino diaspora, Filipino migrant workers, Immigration, Philippines, Sociological Imagination, Sociologizing

Filipinos in Costa Rica

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While in Costa Rica last week, me and my crew took an excursion to the Manuel Antonio national park to take in the beautiful, lush greenery that is Costa Rica and follow a trail to a popular local beach. When we were walking towards the entrance of the park, we wandered into a souvenir shop. As we thumbed through Costa Rican tank tops, beach … Read More Filipinos in Costa Rica

+ Power, Race and racism, Sociological Imagination, Sociologizing, Teaching

The Presentation of Dave in Everyday Life

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  Two nights ago, R and I, along with some friends in Portland, went to go see Dave Chappelle on his new comedy tour. It was my first time seeing a comedy show live. I’d followed Dave’s career from The Chappelle Show and was always inspired by the way he kept it real about race and racism. This show, probably reflective Dave’s whole tour … Read More The Presentation of Dave in Everyday Life

+ Hip Hop, Sociological Imagination, Sociologizing, Teaching, Wu Tang Clan

C. Wright Mills and The Wu Tang Clan

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 The Wu Tang Clan C. Wright Mills In the first week of my Intro to SOC class, I assigned students an essay called, “Society’s Impact On You” to help them apply what C. Wright Mills calls, “The Sociological Imagination.” Before I set them off to write this biographical exercise in the sociological imagination (teacher note: this was also an excellent way to get to … Read More C. Wright Mills and The Wu Tang Clan

+ Politics, Power, Race and racism, Sociologizing, Trayvon Martin

Talking to my Immigrant Parents about Trayvon Martin

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On Saturday, in the midst of celebrating my cousin’s freshly pressed MBA, I received a text message from a comrade informing me that George Zimmerman was acquitted for murdering 15-year old Trayvon Martin. My heart felt heavy and light–heavy in despair for Trayvon’s lost life, his parents, his family and his friends; and light as my family of immigrants who strove to thrive in … Read More Talking to my Immigrant Parents about Trayvon Martin

+ GABRIELA, Neoliberalism, People Power, Philippines, Sociologizing, Women

To Be A Woman in the Philippines

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This picture is from a mobilization for International Women’s Day in the Philippines. The yellow sign says, “Fight (President) Aquino’s Oil Cartel Conspiracy!” and another sign says, “Decrease the Prices of Oil!”  The women are hurling paint balls at the US embassy in this picture as a militant protest to the collusion of the US government, its corporations with the Philippine government. This action … Read More To Be A Woman in the Philippines

+ caregivers, Domestic Workers, Filipino migrant workers, Immigration, Poetry, Politics, Power, Sociologizing

Who Cares for Caregivers?

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One Sunday afternoon when I was 15 years old, I went to visit my father who was working as a caregiver. He was a live-in caregiver with 5 elderly patients, one of them non-ambulatory. He worked 6 days a week, and because he lived in the facility, I can only imagine, he worked 24 hours a day. He’d been in the US for over … Read More Who Cares for Caregivers?

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