I’M here, but I’m there: the meanings of Latina transnational motherhood.
The reading resource I have chosen is I'M HERE, BUT I'M THERE: The meanings of Latina transnational motherhood. This article is about...
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New Needs in the Chain of Care
For decades, many transnational migration scholars have studied the interconnectedness between immigrant well-being and that of relatives...
Media and the Feminist Archive
The reading resource I have chosen is from the online publishing resource The Funambulist which was originally published in Kohl: A...
Decolonizing Immigration
Entry: This link is to a paper entitled Decolonizing Immigration: Addressing Missing Indigenous Perspectives in Canadian Immigration...
Reading or Resource: The War on Terror
Synopsis: Maryam Khalid contributes to the transnational feminist theme of militarism and the war on terror in her chapter titled,...
Working through mass incarceration
Synopsis: I am analyzing the article “Working through mass incarceration: Gender and the politics of prison labor from east to west” by...
“Humane” Immigration Enforcement and Latina Immigrants in the Detention Complex
This article discusses the criminalization of Latina immigrants through the social control of law, the justice system and the immigration...
Considering Undocumented Migrant Solidarity in Canada
An undervalued topic of importance for transnational feminism is advocacy and solidarity with undocumented people. While this is an issue...
Working through mass incarceration
Synopsis: I am analyzing the article “Working through mass incarceration: Gender and the politics of prison labor from east to west” by...
Violence Against Women
Synopsis: Gender-based violence against women is one of the main violations to human rights. There is a need to comprehend the magnitude...
A feminist government by Indigenous people in Mexico: Ejército Zapatista de Liberación Nacional (EZL
The Zapatista Army for National Liberation, or EZLN for their initials in Spanish, has championed the rights of indigenous people in...
Pinkwatching Israel, Whitewashing Canada: Queer (Settler) Politics and Indigenous Colonization
Synopsis: Michael Connors Jackman’s and Nishant Upadhyay’s (2014) article works to describe the inherent hypocrisy of Canadian activist’s...
Migrant Rights Network
Synopsis: Migrant Right Network consists of 36 organizations that have signed on to form a cross-Canada alliance. Their network...
Fast "Feminist" Fashion
Synopsis: This article is about the “feminist fashion” trend and the questionable ethics of it. Over the past few years clothing branded...
‘You can make a place for it’ – Why we should read about Indigenous migration to cities
Entry: This journal article showcases the voices of Indigenous people living in urban settings in Canada. The authors demonstrate how the...
“For Western Girls Only?”
Synopsis: “For Western Girls Only?: Post-Feminism as Transnational Culture” by Simidele Dosekun calls attention to how feminism and...
Transnational Feminisms in Question
Entry: In this reading, Breny Mendoza (2002) addresses some understandings of ‘transnational feminisms’, especially the ways in which...
Do Muslim Women Need Saving?
Synopsis: Lila Abu-Lughod in her book “Do Muslim Women Need Saving” writes about how the west victimizes the Arab women and how this...
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The Philippines is a major contributor to the transnational motherhood phenomena and the chain of care in North American and other...
Reading Resource: A Politics Not Yet Known (Scott Morgensen)
Synopsis: In this reading, Scott Morgensen is exploring the ways in which queer interventions are more and more necessary in various...
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