Telling to Heal: Mending Our Fractured Mindbodyspirit. Issue 1 (2nd January 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Flores Carmona, Judith; Rosenberg, Lauren
• Is Part Of: Journal of women and gender in higher education. Volume 14:Issue 1(2021)
• Page Start: 24
• Page End: 39
• Publication Date: 2021-01-02
• Subjects: Women in higher education -- Periodicals; Sex discrimination in higher education -- Periodicals; 378.0082
• DOI: 10.1080/26379112.2021.1891419
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2637-9112

Abstract

Abstract : Informed by our subjectivities and experiences at a Hispanic serving institution (HSI), as scholars from the margins of society—working-class, im/migrant Mexicana and Jewish—as mujeres and first-generation academics, playing it safe was not, and never will be, an option for us. In this article, we share our acts of resistance, informed by knowledge and experiences that spring from the body and are not separate from collective experiences, our testimonios. We divulge the value of solidarity and acknowledging our common struggles. Through our testimonios, we show the importance of knowing how to enact resistance and when not to remain silent, even as those in power, supported by institutional policies, threaten us. Most importantly, as we theorize our testimonios and the critical action they help us to enact, we share our pathway toward mending and healing our fractured mindbodyspirit.