Affilia-Feminist Inquiry in Social Work最新文献

{"title":"Normal Wasn’t Good: A Collaborative Autoethnography of the Intersectional Experiences of Academic Women of Color Mothering During the Dual Pandemics","authors":"M. Valdovinos, Quenette L. Walton, O. B. Oyewuwo","doi":"10.1177/08861099231176242","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/08861099231176242","url":null,"abstract":"Research has shown that women within academia, particularly mothers, continue to endure challenges in their workplaces. For Women of Color (WOC) who are mothers, these demands are exacerbated when there are expectations to take on additional responsibilities related to antiracist practices. This article centers on the experiences of three WOC who are tenure-earning mothers in academia during two ongoing pandemics: COVID-19 and racial injustice. Informed by intersectionality and ecological theory, the following research question is addressed: What were the experiences of WOC who are mothers working in academia during the dual pandemics? A collaborative autoethnography was used to interpret the perspectives, assumptions, and subjectivity of multiple experiences to expand the understanding of this social phenomenon. The authors responded to journal prompts about defining moments during the dual pandemics as tenure-earning mothers of color. Four themes emerged: normal was not good, shifts are necessary, the personal is political, and moments of joy. Recommendations are provided for policies and strategies that social work programs can implement to support tenure-earning women of color who are mothers. Centering our experiences as a site of inquiry opens possibilities of what critical social work and critical feminisms can be in the future.","PeriodicalId":47277,"journal":{"name":"Affilia-Feminist Inquiry in Social Work","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2023-06-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47754227","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Book Review: Are You Two Sisters? The Journey of a Lesbian Couple by Krieger, S.","authors":"T. Peak","doi":"10.1177/08861099231177383","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/08861099231177383","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47277,"journal":{"name":"Affilia-Feminist Inquiry in Social Work","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2023-05-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41503517","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Book Review: Invisible Mothers: Unseen Yet Hypervisible After Incarceration by Garcia-Hallett, J.","authors":"Amy B. Smoyer","doi":"10.1177/08861099231176239","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/08861099231176239","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47277,"journal":{"name":"Affilia-Feminist Inquiry in Social Work","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2023-05-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43687327","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"(Un)Belonging: The Production of Black Trans Loneliness","authors":"G. Jenkins","doi":"10.1177/08861099231173957","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/08861099231173957","url":null,"abstract":"Black trans people frequently deal with the violent consequences of systemic erasure. Particularly, Black trans people experience structural racism and oppression that socially and economically isolates them, creating conditions for a unique experience of loneliness. In this essay, I engage queer of color critique to explore structural forces that work together to systematically and violently exclude Black trans people. The purpose of this conceptual piece is to advance loneliness theory to include structural isolation to explain manifestations of loneliness due to discrimination and oppression of Black trans people. I discuss my motivations and methods to engage in this work, my theoretical framework, followed by a critique of the theoretical underpinnings of loneliness research. Later, I identify and define three manifestations of structural isolation—anti-Black racism, cisheterosexism, and neoliberalism. Then, I discuss how these forces work together to produce structural isolation among Black trans people and how that isolation places them at risk for loneliness. I conclude this article with a discussion on how queer of color critique provides a framework for a more inclusive analysis of race, gender, and class in social work studies. Finally, I put forward my perception of the critical implications for social work.","PeriodicalId":47277,"journal":{"name":"Affilia-Feminist Inquiry in Social Work","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2023-05-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42061045","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Taking Care at Work: Gender, Coping, and Anti-Violence Work During COVID-19","authors":"Leigh Welch, Corinne Schwarz","doi":"10.1177/08861099231173086","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/08861099231173086","url":null,"abstract":"COVID-19 transformed frontline anti-violence workers’ organizational routines by transitioning to virtual formats, decreasing face-to-face interactions, and shifting client needs. To address ever-changing workplace stressors, service providers adapted and/or modified coping mechanisms. In this paper, we analyze interviews with 23 anti-violence workers in the US Great Plains region, focusing on tactics used to avoid burnout and meet client needs. We discuss how workplace pace, direct-action coping practices, and a lack of inter/intra-agency social support impact how workers do their necessary jobs. Though some challenges were pervasive pre-pandemic, anti-violence workers’ experiences also highlight how “post-COVID-19” workplaces must adequately support staffers.","PeriodicalId":47277,"journal":{"name":"Affilia-Feminist Inquiry in Social Work","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2023-05-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41796093","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Book Review: America, Goddam: Violence, Black women, and the struggle for justice by Lindsey, T. B.","authors":"Nubian Sun, Kate Warren Barnes","doi":"10.1177/08861099231176528","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/08861099231176528","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47277,"journal":{"name":"Affilia-Feminist Inquiry in Social Work","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2023-05-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42534230","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Book Review: Disgrace: Global Reflections on Sexual Violence by Bourke, J.","authors":"Claire Cody","doi":"10.1177/08861099231173094","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/08861099231173094","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47277,"journal":{"name":"Affilia-Feminist Inquiry in Social Work","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2023-05-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42242268","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Book Review: Radical empathy: Finding a path to bridging racial divides","authors":"Beth Bidlack","doi":"10.1177/08861099211040165","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/08861099211040165","url":null,"abstract":"the axes of risks for mental health stigma (such as being racially minoritized, female gendered, largebodied, living in a devalued neighborhood, or belonging to a marginalized or disadvantaged social group) do not act alone (p. 185), and they call for a new agenda to minimize mental health stigma that replaces the “emphasis on public education that has been favored in the past” with the “identif[ication] and creat[ion] of social roles in which people with mental illnesses can contribute to and participate in society and the economy” (p. 169). Brewis and Wutich end the book with an important message: “stigma should not be used in any way, for any reason, to promote public health” (p. 187) and, relatedly, “shame in all its forms needs to be removed from the public health tool kit” (p. 188). The authors provide a multistep approach to addressing stigma in global health that includes (1) increasing practitioner’s awareness of stigma and the way it manifests in health; (2) tracking the nature and depth of stigma experiences, the systems and mechanisms that create and perpetuate stigma, the ways in which stigma reinforces or generates inequalities and injustices, and the ways in which those who are stigmatized find hope and improve their lives; and (3) connecting the evidence to policy. Brewis and Wutich’s invitation to focus on systemic approaches to preventing and undoing stigma in global health—for example, interventions and policies focused on adequate provision of water and sanitation for all (hygiene), better access to public transportation (obesity), and creation and identification of social roles where people with mental illness are valued (mental illness)—is refreshing. In their efforts to shift the narrative away from individual-level public health approaches and, relatedly, the shaming and stigmatization of marginalized individuals and communities, however, Brewis and Wutich do seem to minimize the importance of individual-level efforts to undo stigma in our own lives and direct spheres of influence. There is an important balance to be struck that both recognizes systemic-level intervention while not minimizing the role that individuals play in perpetuating stigma —one that also highlights how we, individually and collectively, can work toward destigmatization in global health. It is not an oversight in the book but an area for future work in this field. Overall, this is a social justice–informed and critically important book for students, scholars, professionals, and policy makers in public health, medical anthropology, health-related social work, and health justice.","PeriodicalId":47277,"journal":{"name":"Affilia-Feminist Inquiry in Social Work","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2023-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47070346","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Book Review: Famished: EDs and Failed Care in America","authors":"E. Harrop","doi":"10.1177/08861099211040875","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/08861099211040875","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47277,"journal":{"name":"Affilia-Feminist Inquiry in Social Work","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2023-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48990415","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Book Review: Feminism for the Americas: The Making of an International Human Rights Movement","authors":"Allison Bloom","doi":"10.1177/08861099211040496","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/08861099211040496","url":null,"abstract":"empathy (understanding how another sees the world), Givens describes the six-step path of radical empathy: (1) a willingness to be vulnerable; (2) becoming grounded in who you are; (3) opening yourself to the experiences of others; (4) practicing empathy; (5) taking action; and (6) creating change and building trust. Chapter 3, “My family’s story: The isolation of internalized oppression,” is “all about a willingness to be vulnerable” (p. 39). Her family was isolated from other Black families, including her own extended family. The daughter of an Air Force airman and a seamstress who suffered from borderline personality disorder, Givens grew up in the predominately White city of Spokane, Washington. Her family was Roman Catholic, one of the few Black families in the local parish. As someone who viewed herself as an overachiever, Givens often experienced imposter syndrome, a lack of confidence, and perfectionism—all symptoms of internalized oppression. Not only was she the first in her family to go to graduate school and to earn a PhD, but she was also often the first woman, first African American, or first African American woman to hold a position at the schools at which she worked. Throughout her book, Givens embodies and inspires radical empathy. For example, in Chapter 4, “Racism and health disparities,” Givens interweaves the story of her father’s death from cardiovascular disease at the age of 73 years with statistics about the effect of discrimination, bias, and internalized oppression upon Black people, including rates of cardiovascular disease, pregnancy-related death, and premature birth. To bring about change, Givens started the group “Take Back the Trail” in Austin, Texas in order to encourage women to exercise and discuss the hurdles they faced in exercising and eating healthy. In Chapter 5, “Finding empathy in the academy,” the author deftly illustrates the need to examine “divides that impact our ability to connect with each other” (p. 98). She recounts her path from Spokane public schools to Gonzaga Preparatory School to Stanford University to studying in France and then to graduate school at UCLA, where she faced challenges, but also experienced empathy and support from a few key mentors. Throughout her educational journey, she worried about how others and society in general defined and judged her. She became a professor at the University of Washington and then at the University Texas at Austin but left because the situation for Black women was not improving there. Givens, now herself a mentor, founded Brighter Higher Ed in order to improve access and opportunities for students, faculty, and administrators. Most of the chapters in this well written book end with a list of questions that lead from reflection to action, which in turn creates change. As Givens notes, “Radical empathy requires that we move beyond focusing on personal growth to focusing on what is good for our community and for our country” (p. 34). She also notes that","PeriodicalId":47277,"journal":{"name":"Affilia-Feminist Inquiry in Social Work","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2023-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43181872","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}