Jessica Hernandez, Ph.D.
30,703 followers
Abdul Noormohamed 
The Ledger Law Firm 
human_not_bees 
The real issue isn’t whether academics should hold conferences or not hold conferences in states that criminalize abortion. It’s that “withholding conferences” is the extent of what academia can imagine as a “political” response to a fascist decision.
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This used bookstore tapes things they find in books to the wall.
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Our co-founder’s dad has been hospitalized and as a collective we want to support her family during these times. A Maya Ch’orti’ elder, who has been supportive our of growth and community work, we want to support him during these times of healing.
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Venting at Work
"Be careful who you vent to at work.
Just because they listen, it doesn't mean that they are your friend or have your best interests at heart."
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Academics talking about boycotting the South as if four of the five monsters who overturned Roe didn’t get their degrees from Harvard and Yale.
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Thank you all. It means a lot that I have a great support system that has become my family @earth_daughters. This really touches my heart & will touch my father's heart that you are all attentive to his wellbeing. <3 twitter.com/earth_daughter…
Going on my second week on sleeping in a hospital chair. So while sitting and watching the news, I am asking myself to wake up from this nightmare.
My father hasn’t been released as his health condition fluctuates. So I’m sleep deprived & what is happening around us makes life seem surreal and like a weird dream. Sending everyone good energy to ground themselves during these times.
1/ The Supreme Court has overturned Roe, and decimated the right to abortion in the United States. With this ruling, SCOTUS is allowing Mississippi to enforce its harmful 15-week ban on abortion and is opening the door for state legislatures to further restrict and ban abortion.
Retweeted by Jessica Hernandez, Ph.D. It's interesting to me how other Christians are silent on what's happening or failing to recognize how the existence of #RoeVsWade went beyond abortion itself.
It's interesting considering how unmarried pregnant women are treated by the church's leadership and the congregation.
Retweeted by Jessica Hernandez, Ph.D. If you’re in a state that just banned abortion, DO NOT reach out to these people who are offering to let folks stay at their place if they need an abortion.🧵
Retweeted by Jessica Hernandez, Ph.D. In the same 24 hours, scotus made abortion illegal in half the country and the Senate of the largest, most "progressive" state in the Union confirmed that yes, they would like to keep prison slavery in place. That's sitting heavy with me today. #ACA3 #RoeVsWade #EndTheException
Retweeted by Jessica Hernandez, Ph.D. Extended hiatuses from twitter make me realize how much we’re absolutely not supposed to hear the thoughts , opinions, etc. of a bunch of people we’ll never see in person
Retweeted by Jessica Hernandez, Ph.D. ‘Fresh Banana Leaves’ shows how Indigenous people have been harmed social.lovestoblog.com/science/contem…
Retweeted by Jessica Hernandez, Ph.D. Fresh Banana Leaves: Healing Indigenous Landscapes Through Indigenous Science science.org/doi/10.1126/sc… odd to find science associated with traditional knowledge. Sloppy.
Retweeted by Jessica Hernandez, Ph.D. My summer reading stack!! Really excited to dig into these books and stories. I think I’m going to to start from the bottom up with @doctora_nature’s Fresh Banana Leaves. What are you all reading this summer? What should I add?? 📚🤓KUZ
Retweeted by Jessica Hernandez, Ph.D. "Jessica Hernandez reveals how Indigenous Latin American environmental knowledge can help foster more sustainable agricultural systems."
#Science
#Sustainability
#IndigenousPeoples
#SDGs
⏯️Fresh Banana Leaves
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Retweeted by Jessica Hernandez, Ph.D. New @ScienceMagazine Podcast: Using waste to fuel airplanes w/ @RobertFService, nature-based climate solutions w/ @NathalieSeddon, and a book on Healing Indigenous Landscapes Through Indigenous Science w/ #AngelaSaini & @doctora_nature science.org/content/podcas…
Retweeted by Jessica Hernandez, Ph.D. This is a perfect example of the point @doctora_nature made about how the US is just as corrupt or even more so than many of these “third world countries”, but it’s just better at hiding it twitter.com/BorisvanderSpe…
Retweeted by Jessica Hernandez, Ph.D. Very nice piece from @yesmagazine by Dr. Jessica Hernandez @doctora_nature The Tree That Saved My Father’s Life, an excerpt from her book #FreshBananaLeaves yesmagazine.org/environment/20…
Retweeted by Jessica Hernandez, Ph.D. Fresh Banana Leaves: Healing Indigenous Landscapes Through Indigenous Science science.org/doi/10.1126/sc… @ScienceMagazine
If history has taught us anything, it is that poor, Black, Latinx, and Indigenous people will suffer the most from Roe v. Wade being overturned. We must name that.
Retweeted by Jessica Hernandez, Ph.D. .@doctora_nature On the ways that western “conservation” programs and “helicopter research” are inimical to indigenous people, leading to displacement and ecological grief. Her prescription: Engage with indigenous communities.science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…
Retweeted by Jessica Hernandez, Ph.D. For all of you screaming “get rid of the south” , you basically screaming F more almost 60% of the Black population in the entire US and F almost 60% of Black women. That is not the solution… #RoeVsWade
Retweeted by Jessica Hernandez, Ph.D. Welcome to the United States. Where guns have more rights than women
Retweeted by Jessica Hernandez, Ph.D. pro-life but no paid maternity leave. pro-life but no affordable accessible health care. pro life but no access to mental resources for the mother. pro-life but no changes in the foster system. pro-life but no guaranteed access to good education. pro life but no increase in wages
Retweeted by Jessica Hernandez, Ph.D. do not donate to planned parenthood right now!!! they are incredibly well funded by regular donors, PLEASE DONATE TO ABORTION FUNDS!!!!!! especially in states with trigger laws (the south/midwest)
Retweeted by Jessica Hernandez, Ph.D. i’m so tired of abortion rights being framed around truly tragic circumstances like assault and incest. if you get pregnant & you don’t want to be pregnant, it is your right over your own body that is under siege. no one, including a fetus, can use your body against your consent.
Retweeted by Jessica Hernandez, Ph.D. The only abortion clinic in West Virginia is no longer performing abortions, as of today.
“Roe has never been enough, but in states like West Virginia, it was the only thing protecting abortion access,” executive director Katie Quinonez said.
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Retweeted by Jessica Hernandez, Ph.D. My dad came out well from his surgery 😌 Apparently he doesn’t remember how hysterical he was laughing with the nurses while he was under observation 🫣🤣
A million times this!! It is why the U.S. could sell the appeal of "the best country" because they hid everything here better. twitter.com/doctora_nature…
Retweeted by Jessica Hernandez, Ph.D. Ask any #immigration attorney about the constant hypocritical contradictions we have to live with when preparing and presenting #asylum cases. twitter.com/doctora_nature…
Retweeted by Jessica Hernandez, Ph.D. My father always told me that the U.S. gets to label many third or second world countries as “corrupt” or their governments as “oppressive” bc those countries are just not as good as the U.S. as hiding their corruption and oppression with “laws.” Today continues to prove that.
Wealthy white women will have zero trouble getting abortions and/or birth control. It’ll be the poor black and brown women living in red states who will be effected by this the most.
Retweeted by Jessica Hernandez, Ph.D. Racism is when a black person achieved being the most followed on the most popular app at the moment, yet they’re seen as a “factory worker”.
His name is Khaby Lame. twitter.com/nypost/status/…
Retweeted by Jessica Hernandez, Ph.D. God didn’t write the Second Amendment, a slave owner did.
Retweeted by Jessica Hernandez, Ph.D. Let me get this straight:
The Supreme Court says states cannot decide how to regulate guns—yet only the states can decide how to regulate a woman’s body.
Retweeted by Jessica Hernandez, Ph.D. the biden admin has had an unbelievable amount of time to prepare for this moment. something to keep in mind when we see how they respond
Retweeted by Jessica Hernandez, Ph.D. Today, the Supreme Court not only reversed nearly 50 years of precedent, it relegated the most intensely personal decision someone can make to the whims of politicians and ideologues—attacking the essential freedoms of millions of Americans.
Retweeted by Jessica Hernandez, Ph.D. Breaking News: The Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, eliminating the constitutional right to abortion after almost 50 years in a decision that will transform American life. nyti.ms/3OHEhcL
Retweeted by Jessica Hernandez, Ph.D. “Resilience” is a coping strategy, not a virtue. Celebrating resilience without interrogating the challenges, problems, and structural issues folks are routinely forced to confront runs the risk of idealizing the capacity to suffer.
Retweeted by Jessica Hernandez, Ph.D. First born daughters and first born daughters only: Are you okay?
Retweeted by Jessica Hernandez, Ph.D. As of yesterday, it’s now been a year since I left academia and started a job in publishing. I just deleted a long, salty thread about all the things I don’t miss about academia.
Instead, here are ten things I much prefer about my non-academic job.
Retweeted by Jessica Hernandez, Ph.D. @Ebonyteach Black and Brown women will always be lowballed so if you're receiving lots of speaking requests it may be time to bring in a third party to specifically negotiate on your behalf because your work is worth it! 4/4
Retweeted by Jessica Hernandez, Ph.D. @Ebonyteach As someone who speaks regularly now, I am signed to an agency that asks for at least x amount - but more importantly, if someone is trying to pay me next to nothing and it's still worth my time - they MUST incur the cost of travel and accommodations. 3/n
Retweeted by Jessica Hernandez, Ph.D. @Ebonyteach There are people who speak for less than an hour and get offered $15,000 and historically, these organizations will offer Black and Brown speakers less money because [racism, sexism, all the isms] also they don't *really* value the work. 2/n
Retweeted by Jessica Hernandez, Ph.D. @Ebonyteach Something I learned some time ago is that the speaking industry is a multi-million dollar industry. What does this mean?
If you wrote a book, did something tangible, or whatever, you should be at least offered $5000. Anyone offering $500 isn't valuing your labor. 1/n
Retweeted by Jessica Hernandez, Ph.D. I understand collegiality. I've been collegial to many, many people who did not... treat me with any such thing.
Maybe this was the norm when academics were genteel poverty ("we're comfortable") but we have student loans and multiple obligations in this economy.
Things change.
Retweeted by Jessica Hernandez, Ph.D. When I was a new assistant professor, I figured, wow, it's $500 for a 45 minute keynote!
But the entire gig is 36 hours plus: prep, transportation (especially in a pandemic), accommodations you have no control over, a range of interactions with many, many strangers.
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