This reading talks about how a mother scholar balances her life between her family, her job as a professor, and her role in community service. The author constantly asked herself whether she did enough and whether she had to sacrifice to accomplish all her roles. (Tintiangco-Cubicles). She discusses childbirth empowers her as a mother, who can teach her daughter how to care for others while also caring for herself and humanize all people while also humanizing herself. See Id. In the academy, she takes her role as a teacher as also being a site of mothering for students, Id. Besides, she talks about learning, and teaching is collective and reciprocal in her community work. Id.
I found her paper interesting and depicts many issues a female professor's face in her daily life. In a series of YouTube video called Study-a-Mother-Scholar with Dr.Andrea O’Reilly, the host also discusses some pressures she had and how to balance between her life between the academy and family. (Richter, 2016). This paper and the YouTube series are helpful for females in similar circumstances.
I’m wondering, does her Philippine background influenced her understanding of women’s role in the family and her opinions about the mothers’ role in America due to the emergence and development of the feminist movement.
Reference
Richter, S. (2016, Nov 6). Study-a-Mother-Scholar with Dr. Andrea O'Reilly. Retrieved from YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6nCCIVX9N8&list=PLYS2xM_-yqEssNnXr4aBT0dLsHFRVVNhY&index=1Tintiangco-Cubales, A. (n.d.). Mothering is Liberation. In K. L. Valverde, Fighting the Tower (p. 365). Rutgers university press.
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