Alfonso Ayala III
@proudmaricon.bsky.social
Queer sober Chicana/o/x identity, desire, & spirituality | storytelling & autoethnography | embodied memory | Ph.D'ing @ Univeristy of Texas, Mexican American and Latina/o Studies
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An intro for new folx: I'm Alfonso, a first-year Ph.D. studnt in MexAmerican and Latina/o Studies at UT Austin.
Interested in queer Latinx sobriety, desire, and identity; rhetorics of addiction and sobriety; critical autoethnography and storytelling; embodied memory.
I ❤️ family, TV & the gym.
Interested in queer Latinx sobriety, desire, and identity; rhetorics of addiction and sobriety; critical autoethnography and storytelling; embodied memory.
I ❤️ family, TV & the gym.
Reading Methodology of the Oppressed by Chela Sandoval this morning...
#latinxstudies #theory #fucktrump #fuckkarolineleavitt
#latinxstudies #theory #fucktrump #fuckkarolineleavitt
February 26, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Reading Methodology of the Oppressed by Chela Sandoval this morning...
#latinxstudies #theory #fucktrump #fuckkarolineleavitt
#latinxstudies #theory #fucktrump #fuckkarolineleavitt
UT System Board of Regents was like, "thanks for the 5 month notice, Hartzell, but time to go..."
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February 19, 2025 at 11:14 PM
UT System Board of Regents was like, "thanks for the 5 month notice, Hartzell, but time to go..."
www.texastribune.org/2025/02/19/u...
www.texastribune.org/2025/02/19/u...
I want to be patient w/myself, but I'm struggling to understnd this text & its spinning me out. 50 pgs in & all I (think) I understand is that death is one of few material things the colonial subject owns, so the death drive can be understood as an agentic form of resistance?
#phdlife #phdjourney
#phdlife #phdjourney
February 12, 2025 at 3:19 AM
I want to be patient w/myself, but I'm struggling to understnd this text & its spinning me out. 50 pgs in & all I (think) I understand is that death is one of few material things the colonial subject owns, so the death drive can be understood as an agentic form of resistance?
#phdlife #phdjourney
#phdlife #phdjourney
Today I gave a mini-talk in class, sharing an assemblage of thoughts I've been working through re: time, sobriety, memory. I got such gracious and caring engagement, questions, feedback and it really made me grateful to be sharing space with such generous peers #phdjourney #soberscholar
February 6, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Today I gave a mini-talk in class, sharing an assemblage of thoughts I've been working through re: time, sobriety, memory. I got such gracious and caring engagement, questions, feedback and it really made me grateful to be sharing space with such generous peers #phdjourney #soberscholar
Hold on....the way I've been gaslit into being told I over-think things, when really, I'm just being a self-reflexive ethnographic researcher of life....
#phdlife #phdjourney
#phdlife #phdjourney
January 31, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Hold on....the way I've been gaslit into being told I over-think things, when really, I'm just being a self-reflexive ethnographic researcher of life....
#phdlife #phdjourney
#phdlife #phdjourney
The myth of "American excellence" has always been a sham...Trump'executive orders continue the embarrassment
January 21, 2025 at 10:07 PM
The myth of "American excellence" has always been a sham...Trump'executive orders continue the embarrassment
The NACCS conference schedule is out and I'm getting hyped as fuck to go and be in community with my people!!!
#chicanoscholar #chicanxstudies
#chicanoscholar #chicanxstudies
January 21, 2025 at 3:26 AM
The NACCS conference schedule is out and I'm getting hyped as fuck to go and be in community with my people!!!
#chicanoscholar #chicanxstudies
#chicanoscholar #chicanxstudies
Today, and for the next four years:
Fuck Trump.
Fuck Trump.
January 20, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Today, and for the next four years:
Fuck Trump.
Fuck Trump.
Anyway, the tiktok "shutdown" was the biggest peice of political theater I've seen in awhile
January 19, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Anyway, the tiktok "shutdown" was the biggest peice of political theater I've seen in awhile
Semester is back in session, and that means Friday Wrap-Ups are back!
#theory #latinxtheory #latinxstudies #chicanxstudies #phdjourney #FridayWrapup
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#theory #latinxtheory #latinxstudies #chicanxstudies #phdjourney #FridayWrapup
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Alfonso Ayala III on LinkedIn: #theory #latinxtheory #latinxstudies #chicanxstudies #phdjourney…
Semester is back in session, and that means Friday Wrap-Ups are back!
Today, I'm sharing some brief thoughts on Sylvia Wynter's "Unsettling the Coloniality of…
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January 17, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Semester is back in session, and that means Friday Wrap-Ups are back!
#theory #latinxtheory #latinxstudies #chicanxstudies #phdjourney #FridayWrapup
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#theory #latinxtheory #latinxstudies #chicanxstudies #phdjourney #FridayWrapup
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First day of second semester of first year.
This semester's slate:
-Afro-Latinx and Caribbean Diasporas
-Theories in Mexican American and Latina/o Studies
-Latinx Ethnography
#latinxstudies #chicanastudies
#chicanostudies #chicanxstudies #chicanoscholar #phdjourney #phdstudent
This semester's slate:
-Afro-Latinx and Caribbean Diasporas
-Theories in Mexican American and Latina/o Studies
-Latinx Ethnography
#latinxstudies #chicanastudies
#chicanostudies #chicanxstudies #chicanoscholar #phdjourney #phdstudent
January 14, 2025 at 10:04 PM
First day of second semester of first year.
This semester's slate:
-Afro-Latinx and Caribbean Diasporas
-Theories in Mexican American and Latina/o Studies
-Latinx Ethnography
#latinxstudies #chicanastudies
#chicanostudies #chicanxstudies #chicanoscholar #phdjourney #phdstudent
This semester's slate:
-Afro-Latinx and Caribbean Diasporas
-Theories in Mexican American and Latina/o Studies
-Latinx Ethnography
#latinxstudies #chicanastudies
#chicanostudies #chicanxstudies #chicanoscholar #phdjourney #phdstudent
NACCS is my academic home. So grateful for the opportunity to present again this year. And to keep talking about joto shit in academic spaces 🙏🏽
#naccs #chicanostudies #chicanastudies #chicanoscholar #joteriastudies #queerstudies
#naccs #chicanostudies #chicanastudies #chicanoscholar #joteriastudies #queerstudies
January 10, 2025 at 6:35 AM
NACCS is my academic home. So grateful for the opportunity to present again this year. And to keep talking about joto shit in academic spaces 🙏🏽
#naccs #chicanostudies #chicanastudies #chicanoscholar #joteriastudies #queerstudies
#naccs #chicanostudies #chicanastudies #chicanoscholar #joteriastudies #queerstudies
Shout out to Podcasters and Qual researchers who do interviews...because how the hell has it taken me over 3 hours to edit/correct this 1 hour interview transcript?! (This doesn't even include actually editing the audio file down...!)
January 6, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Shout out to Podcasters and Qual researchers who do interviews...because how the hell has it taken me over 3 hours to edit/correct this 1 hour interview transcript?! (This doesn't even include actually editing the audio file down...!)
Every now and then I read something that makes me think, "I can't wait to teach this some day..." Today, it's the essay "The Historian as Curandera" in the book Medicine Stories: Essays for Radicals, by Aurora Levins Morales.
December 30, 2024 at 4:26 PM
Every now and then I read something that makes me think, "I can't wait to teach this some day..." Today, it's the essay "The Historian as Curandera" in the book Medicine Stories: Essays for Radicals, by Aurora Levins Morales.
Whatever the platform, I will ALWAYS take the opportunity to hype up the work of Gloria Anzaldúa, José Esteban Muñoz, @radiorodriguez.bsky.social, Michael Hames-Garcia, and @rtrodrig.bsky.social.
#joteriastudies #jotoscholar #queerstudies #chicanxstudies #chicanostudies #latinxstudies
#joteriastudies #jotoscholar #queerstudies #chicanxstudies #chicanostudies #latinxstudies
December 30, 2024 at 3:54 AM
Whatever the platform, I will ALWAYS take the opportunity to hype up the work of Gloria Anzaldúa, José Esteban Muñoz, @radiorodriguez.bsky.social, Michael Hames-Garcia, and @rtrodrig.bsky.social.
#joteriastudies #jotoscholar #queerstudies #chicanxstudies #chicanostudies #latinxstudies
#joteriastudies #jotoscholar #queerstudies #chicanxstudies #chicanostudies #latinxstudies
I've been made aware that my writing at times lacks strong authorial claim. More of "here are some things I want you to think abt w/ me" than a "here's the thing I'm claiming concretely."
And, that's kind of my whole vibe. But maybe not the vibe of this Ph.D thing?
#phdjourney
And, that's kind of my whole vibe. But maybe not the vibe of this Ph.D thing?
#phdjourney
December 20, 2024 at 9:36 PM
I've been made aware that my writing at times lacks strong authorial claim. More of "here are some things I want you to think abt w/ me" than a "here's the thing I'm claiming concretely."
And, that's kind of my whole vibe. But maybe not the vibe of this Ph.D thing?
#phdjourney
And, that's kind of my whole vibe. But maybe not the vibe of this Ph.D thing?
#phdjourney
And with that last final submitted, I'm officially done with my first semester of my Ph.D program.
This semester was kind of a slay.
#phdjourney #phdstudent #chicanxstudies #chicanosinhighereducation #soberscholar #queerscholar #chicanoscholar
This semester was kind of a slay.
#phdjourney #phdstudent #chicanxstudies #chicanosinhighereducation #soberscholar #queerscholar #chicanoscholar
December 12, 2024 at 3:48 AM
And with that last final submitted, I'm officially done with my first semester of my Ph.D program.
This semester was kind of a slay.
#phdjourney #phdstudent #chicanxstudies #chicanosinhighereducation #soberscholar #queerscholar #chicanoscholar
This semester was kind of a slay.
#phdjourney #phdstudent #chicanxstudies #chicanosinhighereducation #soberscholar #queerscholar #chicanoscholar
Some reflections as the semester comes to a close.
#fridaywrapup #endofweekwrapup #phdstudent #phdlife #phdjourney #chicanosinhighered #soberscholar
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#fridaywrapup #endofweekwrapup #phdstudent #phdlife #phdjourney #chicanosinhighered #soberscholar
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Alfonso Ayala III on LinkedIn: #fridaywrapup #endofweekwrapup #phdstudent #phdlife #phdjourney…
Some reflections as the semester comes to a close.
#fridaywrapup #endofweekwrapup #phdstudent #phdlife #phdjourney #chicanosinhighered #soberscholar
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December 6, 2024 at 5:03 PM
Some reflections as the semester comes to a close.
#fridaywrapup #endofweekwrapup #phdstudent #phdlife #phdjourney #chicanosinhighered #soberscholar
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#fridaywrapup #endofweekwrapup #phdstudent #phdlife #phdjourney #chicanosinhighered #soberscholar
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Having a potluck on the last day of class is something I didn't realize I'd miss from my Master's experience. CCS faculty at San José State University really do practice a pedagogy of care and community 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
December 5, 2024 at 11:23 PM
Having a potluck on the last day of class is something I didn't realize I'd miss from my Master's experience. CCS faculty at San José State University really do practice a pedagogy of care and community 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
I don't romanticize *ANY* part of academia.
But, NACCS is my academic home, & I've built beautiful community through my involvement the past few years.
I'm so grateful to be a part of two panel proposal submissions this year.
The work of submitting is done; now we wait.
But, NACCS is my academic home, & I've built beautiful community through my involvement the past few years.
I'm so grateful to be a part of two panel proposal submissions this year.
The work of submitting is done; now we wait.
December 3, 2024 at 6:18 AM
I don't romanticize *ANY* part of academia.
But, NACCS is my academic home, & I've built beautiful community through my involvement the past few years.
I'm so grateful to be a part of two panel proposal submissions this year.
The work of submitting is done; now we wait.
But, NACCS is my academic home, & I've built beautiful community through my involvement the past few years.
I'm so grateful to be a part of two panel proposal submissions this year.
The work of submitting is done; now we wait.
Dear grad school faculty: please incorporate writing workshops into your syllabi.
Being able to hear the brilliance of peers is soooo fucking amazing. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
#gradschool #phdlife #phdjourney
Being able to hear the brilliance of peers is soooo fucking amazing. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
#gradschool #phdlife #phdjourney
December 2, 2024 at 9:00 PM
Dear grad school faculty: please incorporate writing workshops into your syllabi.
Being able to hear the brilliance of peers is soooo fucking amazing. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
#gradschool #phdlife #phdjourney
Being able to hear the brilliance of peers is soooo fucking amazing. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
#gradschool #phdlife #phdjourney
I need to write a paper for my methods class, considering which methods I might want to use in my research. And, tbh, I've kinda been word vomiting every thought on this document all afternoon and it's fucking exciting.
Like, oh yeah, I remember why I applied for grad school.
#phdlife
Like, oh yeah, I remember why I applied for grad school.
#phdlife
December 1, 2024 at 1:06 AM
I need to write a paper for my methods class, considering which methods I might want to use in my research. And, tbh, I've kinda been word vomiting every thought on this document all afternoon and it's fucking exciting.
Like, oh yeah, I remember why I applied for grad school.
#phdlife
Like, oh yeah, I remember why I applied for grad school.
#phdlife