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A chat with Robyn Rodriguez
Robyn and I tap in to chat about Caring for Caregivers! https://uwpressblog.com/2024/10/23/critical-filipinx-studies-qa-with-valerie-francisco-menchavez-author-of-caring-for-caregivers-by-series-editor-robyn-magalit-rodriguez/
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Accumulating Delay
In the summer of 2022, I had the great privilege of conducting research in a province in Cebu, Philippines, the ancestral home of my partner and, now, my children. The 3-month period of living in Cebu was not only a productive research trip, it was also transformative for my family of four, in terms of…
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Harmful care, careful harm: relational entanglements in migration
I’ve been lucky enough to find collaborators across the globe! Leah Williams Veazy, Michelle Peterie, Sukhmani Khorana and Stephanie Raymond in Australia have been kind enough to include me as a speaker for the Sydney Centre for Healthy Societies event, Harmful Care, Careful Harm: Relational Entanglements in Migration on September 8 at 5 PM PST.…
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Proofs
The page proofs for my second book are in my hands. Of course, I printed it out, three hole punched it and begged Aya if I could use her Hello Kitty school supplies for a week (the pen has erasable ink!) to finish reading through the pages. This is my second time reading through my…
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Going, going, back, back
The last time I was in the Philippines was when my daughter was growing in my womb. She’s now 7 years old. She now has a brother who is 5 years old. And for the first time, my partner, Raul, and I will be taking them to the Philippines. For three months, supported by funding…
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Labor of Care for FREE for FAHM
For Filipino American History Month, an eBook copy of The Labor of Care is free through the University of Illinois Press’ celebration of Fil-Am history! This feels a little self-promote-y but it’s kind of a dream come true for me. I wrote this book for Filipina migrant workers and the movements that are invested building…
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CARE Project at the Bulosan Center Conference
I’ve been working with some amazing student research collaborators this academic year! I never think of them as research “assistants” because that’s feudal and hella inaccurate. Rather, I think of students who I am working with as collaborators. They are trained in sociological research methods. They collect research with care and intention from Filipino/a caregivers.…
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Ethics of Care
I’ve been interested in the term “ethics of care” for quite some time. In an activist sense, I’ve been interested in how movements center radical care (versus individualized, capitalist notions of care) in their organizing work and across communities, especially in the dire times we live in. I have wondered if and when activists think…
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A Dialogue on Anti-Asian Racism
I’ve been organizing with a group of scholar-activists for the good part of the pandemic and we’re getting to roll out some exciting programming. We have a workshop funded by St. Mary’s and co-sponsored by Bulosan Center coming up in a few weeks. Join us by registering at tinyurl.com/CFSCStMarys (cap sensitive) and join us in…
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International Women’s Day 2021
This International Working Women’s Day I’m so happy to be joining a conversation about women and human rights at San Jose City College! Thanks to President Rowena Tomaneng for organizing this event and bringing this conversation to light!
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