Introduction (Sharmila Rudrappa, Gloria GonzÁlez-LÓpez, and Christen A. Smith)
Part I. 2020 Unmade Our World: Arrebato . . . Days Running Together, Death, Fear, Isolation
- 1. A Letter to My Younger Self (Ada Cheng)
- 2. The In-Between: Transitional-Pandemic Times (Judy Cervantes)
- 3. The Pandemic Let Us Breathe (Faith M. Deckard)
- 4. Resisting the Horror: Hope as an End in Itself During COVID-19 (Nohely GuzmÁn )
- 5. Toward a Slowness-Centered Life in a Post-Pandemic World (Meztli Yoalli RodrÍguez Aguilera)
- 6. An Invitation to Pivot (Briana Barner)
- 7. Sista Circle: COVID and Community Care as Warfare (Dominique Garrett-Scott)
- 8. Rest (ShenÉe L. Simon)
Part II. Academia Exposed: Resistance and Inner Reinventions
- 9. Mis reflexiones durante la cuarentena (Katie L. Acosta)
- 10. Global Geographies of COVID-19 (MarÍa Luisa Amado)
- 11. Seeking Rest and Restoration: Toward the Eradication of Academic Capitalism (Karina Santellano)
- 12. The PhD Candidate as an Essential Worker: Negotiating Dignity and Stigma During COVID-19 (Fatima Suarez)
- 13. Episodes: Letters to Myself (Kiana T. Murphy)
Part III. Beyond Virtual Classrooms: Education Reimagined
- 14. Compassionate Pedagogies in a Pandemic: Reflections from Latina Scholars (Leisy J. Abrego, Andrea GÓmez Cervantes, Briceida Hernandez-Toledo, Leigh-Anna Hidalgo, Lucia P. Leon, Joanna B. Perez, and Iris M. Ramirez)
- 15. Pedagogies of a Black Feminist Quarantine: Rituals of Womanist Teaching in the Wake of 2020 (reelaviolette botts-ward)
- 16. Imperfect Critical Love: The Shadow-Beast During Pandemic Times (Gema Cardona)
- 17. Feminist Theory, Disability Justice, and the COVID Classroom (Michelle Velasquez-Potts)
Part IV. Immigrant Hearts: “Stay Home” . . . but Where Is Home?
- 18. On Becoming My Own Refuge: A Palestinian in the US-Mexico Borderlands During Pandemic Times (Maissa Khatib)
- 19. From Tokyo Subway to Berlin U-Bahn: A Radical Rethinking from Intersectional Womanness to Interconnected Humanness (Jingqiu Ren)
- 20. Gathering Ourselves in the COVID Era: Revisiting Fear and Attachment Toward a Horizon of Spiritual Activism (Ana LÓpez Hurtado)
- 21. Between Epicenters: Mapping Anger in the Waves of a Pandemic (Paola Cossermelli Messina)
- 22. Pandemic Diaries: Immigrant Perspectives (Jyoti Puri)
- 23. On Behalf of My Sisters: Exposing the Invisibility of Latina Immigrants During the COVID-19 Crisis (AnahÍ Viladrich)
- 24. World Making in Times of Revolts and Disease: An Observation in Four Parts (Sara Rezvi)
Part V. Motherhood Is Radical Love: On Being a Mother During COVID-19
- 25. Reflections of an Afro-Latina Mothering Through Crisis (Michaela A. Machicote)
- 26. Pandemic Borderlands: Between la Academia and la Familia (Liliana V. Rodriguez)
- 27. Remote Reflections: The Pandemic and Its Impact on Mothers in Academia (Mercedes Valadez)
- 28. MyMother.doc (Rachel Yim)
- 29. Grounded with Mi Ama and Other Verses (Jessica L. SÁnchez Flores)
Part VI. The Wisdom of Our Wounds: Inner Transformation Through Community
- 30. Reimagining Therapy in Pandemic Times: Collective Healings, Inescapable Enmeshments (Alicia Chatterjee)
- 31. Shifting Toward the Sacredness of Life (Nathalia P. HernÁndez Ochoa)
- 32. Radical Love in Nepantla: Latina PhD Holistic Support, Validation, Community Building, and Organizing (The Latina PhDs at USC: Cassandra Flores-MontaÑo, Olivia GonzÁlez, Mabel E. Hernandez, Theresa Elpidia Hernandez, Divana Olivas, Blanca A. Ramirez, Karina Santellano, and Cynthia D. Villarreal)
- 33. The Language of Love (Wesley Stevens)
- 34. A World Where Many Worlds Fit: Don’t Let the Future Be Written for You (Gizem N. Iscan)
Part VII. Utopia: “The Language of Love . . . Will You Speak It with Me?”
- 35. Feminist Intervention: Black Children for “Alternate Nows” and Futures (Nnenna Odim)
- 36. The Survivor’s Breath (Amira Yaem Trevino)
- 37. Queer Collective Care in Pandemic Times (Jessennya Hernandez)
- 38. Abolition: A Joyous Rebirth from the Flames (Joseph E. Tibiru)
- 39. Immeasurable (Kiana T. Murphy)
- 40. Ascendance (Sara Rezvi)
Postlude (Christen A. Smith, Gloria GonzÁlez-LÓpez, and Sharmila Rudrappa)
There Are So Many Lessons I Would Have Rather Learned (Pavithra Vasudevan)
Acknowledgments
Contributors

World Making in Nepantla

Feminists of Color Navigating Life and Work in the Pandemic