How We Survive By Xicana Ph.D. I am here. This is a meditation and prayer. This was the first sentence of my dissertation. It is an affirmation that as long as I am still breathing there is work to be done. This is how I not only “made it” through my Ph.D., but how I […]
The Time was Yesterday: Activism in Urgent Times By: Irene Sanchez Xicana Ph.D. The time was yesterday that something needed to be done about the U.S. government holding children in cages and separating them from their parents. The time was yesterday that something needed to be done to support the lives, health, and well being […]
Stop reinforcing the status quo inside or outside academia By Xicana Ph.D. The ivory tower as a whole doesn’t uplift anything, but those who reinforce it. It reinforces existing power. The status quo. A lot of folks within it do too. A lot of people who preach social justice do it every single day. Let’s […]
The Importance of “Staying Rooted” in These Times By Irene Sanchez (Xicana Ph.D.) Remembering who I am has meant for me to remember my roots. Our roots are what hold us steady no matter what may come our way. They remind us to keep growing up and if we need a reminder of how strong […]
Teaching May Day Everyday By: Irene Sanchez May Day 2018. I go to work. I’m a high school teacher and have been this past year. I teach Chicana/o/x or Latina/o/x Studies at three different high schools everyday. I never forget everyday the responsibility I have to my community. I never forget the responsibility I have […]
You Don’t Need Anyone’s Permission to Write By Xicana Ph.D. You don’t need anyone’s permission to write. You don’t need a pre-approval. You don’t need a blessing from anyone living or passed on. You don’t need to wait for a sign from the great writers you look up to. You don’t need an academic in […]
Your Brilliance Can’t Be Measured by Degrees: A Xicana Writer’s Reflections on Two Years Since Finishing a Ph.D. By Xicana Ph.D. “You don’t build bridges to safe and familiar territories, you have to risk making un mundo nuevo, you have to risk uncertainty of change. And nepantla is the only space change happens. Change requires […]
