Alvarez, Antonia R. G.2024-02-072024-02-072023-09-29http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.13013/3152This is a poem that emerged in the wake of another incident of anti-Asian violence and my own rage and exhaustion as a queer, Filipina-American social work educator and scholar-mama, teaching throughout the COVID-19 pandemic and the endemic of anti-Blackness in the United States. I reflect on the experiences of feeling sadness and anger towards Asian community members who support white supremacy, feeling like the energy that goes into my teaching is built to be drained, and the loneliness of the work. The poem ends with a metaphorical monstrosity of the body of a woman of color in the academy that appears briefly and then slinks away seeking shelter and solace, buried in the sand.en-USpoetryanti-Asian hatesocial work educationresistanceliberatory pedagogyArticle