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Each of us has been negatively affected by this pandemic, but mothers have had to shoulder the brunt of it, as they have been forced to work from home, provide child/elder care, and ensure that their family survives. Sadly, academic mothers have been burdened not only with an increased workload at home but also with trying to juggle their academic careers, which have been gravely affected by this pandemic. As a Chinese academic mother, I have struggled with managing my publishing requirements, my service to my department, and my online teaching responsibilities. I have had to care for elderly family members, who are more susceptible to COVID-19, and for my children, who have been exposed to COVID-19. I have also had to work through filial piety failures as a daughter and daughter-in-law. Sharing the struggles of academic mothers aims to expose how the exorbitant workload that falls upon academic mothers is not sustainable and to address systemic problems that have been long plagued both the academic and home environment. All mothers cannot continue to support a system or a government that lacks leadership during global crises that do not value the visible and invisible labor of mothers because women have far too long been viewed as disposable. In sharing my experiences during this pandemic as a Chinese mother and academic navigating through this uncharted territory of pandemic survival, I hope my journey can provide support to other academic mothers as we advocate for structural change in how mothers should be supported as essential workers.

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- Part I COLORISM DEFINED -- 1 Wheatish -- 2 Too Dark -- 3 Sang Duc Ho -- 4 You're So White, You're So Pretty -- 5 You Have Such a Nice Tan! -- 6 Brown Arms -- 7 Hopes for My Daughter -- Part II PRIVILEGE -- 8 Blessed with Beautiful Skin -- 9 Shai Hei -- 10 Whiteness Is Slippery -- 11 Regular Inmates -- 12 Magnetic Repulsion -- Part III ASPIRATIONAL WHITENESS -- 13 Digital Whiteness -- 14 Mrs. Santos's Whitening Cream -- 15 Shade of Brown Noelle Marie Falcis, Filipina American, 27 -- Part IV ANTIBLACKNESS -- 16 Creation Stories -- 17 What It Means to Be Brown -- 18 The Perpetual Outsider -- Part V BELONGING AND IDENTITY -- 19 What Are You? -- 20 Born Filipina, Somewhere in Between -- 21 Invisible to My Own People -- 22 Nobody Deserves to Feel like a Foreigner in Her Own Culture -- 23 Tired -- Part VI SKIN— REDEFINED -- 24 The Very Best of You -- 25 Reprogramming -- 26 Cartographies of Myself -- 27 The Sun Is Calling My Name -- 28 Abominable Honhyeol -- 29 Dear Future Child -- 30 Teeth -- Notes -- Bibliography -- About the Editor -- About the Contributors -- Index