ABOUT

Pinayism, developed by Dr. Allyson Tintiangco-Cubales in 1995, is a RADICAL PINAY SISTERHOOD that connects the global and local to the personal stories of PINAY struggle, survival, service, sisterhood, and strength to emotionally, mentally, physically, politically, and spiritually uplift ourselves. Soon, thereafter, more Pinays became compelled to expand Pinayism and it grew as a dynamic theory into methods and practices within many diverse spaces.

The following are just some of the ways and people who have applied Pinayism:

In history (Dawn Bohulano Mabalon, Joan May Cordova, Emily Lawsin)
In organizing and in the arts (Irene Faye Duller, Kuttin Kandi, Adrienne Orilla, JJ Tintiangco, Christine Balance, Lucy Mae Burns, Kappa Psi Epsilon)
In pedagogy and education (Jocyl Sacramento, Melissa Nievera, Arlene Daus-Magbual, Cindy Huynh, PEP)
In literature (Barbara Jane Reyes, Melissa Canlas, Melissa Sipin, Maria Vallarta, Janice Sapigao, Mary Grace Burns)
In music and dance (Ruby Ibarra, Rocky Rivera, Mahalaya Tintiangco-Cubales, Armil Grace Alvarez)
In queer communities (Jenelle Borja, Celeste Francisco, Aimee Espiritu)
In mixed communities (Teresa Hodges, Janet Stickmon)
In healing spaces (Janet Co, Jana Lynne Umipig, Verma Zapanta, Claudine del Rosario)
In entrepreneurship (Glenda Macatangay, Gina Mariko Rosales)
In motherscholarship (Cheryl Matias, Korina Jocson, Tracy Buenavista, Patricia Halagao, Arlene Daus-Magbual, Jocyl Sacramento, Glenda Macatangay, Armil Grace Alvarez, Angelique Lobo, Beatrice Tesorero)
With Pinoys (Frank Samson, Roderick Daus-Magbual, Val Tintiangco-Cubales)

Pinayism Praxis P’s

PROCESS

Pinayism is an individual and communal PROCESS of decolonization, humanization, self-determination, liberation, and relationship-building.

PLACE

Pinayism is a PLACE where Pinay epistemologies, positionalities, and identities are at the center of the discourse/dialogue/conversation and organizing.

PRODUCTION

Pinayism is critical cultural PRODUCTIONS of art, performance, engaged scholarship, advocacy, and political action that expresses Pinay perspectives and counternarratives.

PEDAGOGY

Pinayism is a critical PEDAGOGY that focuses on: 1. the teaching and learning of critical Pinay studies and 2. mentoring and reproducing a community of Pinayistas and social justice educators, artists, service providers, entrepreneurs, and advocates.

About Allyson Tintiangco-Cubales:

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Dr. Tintiangco-Cubales was born and raised on Ohlone land (Fremont, California) with parents who were immigrants from the Philippines–womb (Batangas) and seed (Tarlac).

Dr. Tintiangco-Cubales is an award-winning full professor in the College of Ethnic Studies at San Francisco State University. Since 2000, she’s been teaching in the Asian American Studies Department with a focus on Filipina/x/0 (American) Studies. She is also an affiliated faculty member in the Educational Leadership Doctoral Program. She has mentored hundreds of critical master’s and doctoral students who are now teaching and working in schools, colleges, and community organizations across the nation. She is also the co-founder and director of Community Responsive Education (CRE) and Teaching Excellence Network (TEN), two nationwide firms that support the development of responsive, equitable, and justice-driven educators. She is provided direct support to schools, districts, and organizations in many cities including San Francisco, Daly City, Oakland, Los Angeles, El Rancho, New York, Newburgh, Boston, Allentown, and Baltimore. Her most recent endeavor with CRE is the development of a community responsive wellness index that will be used in schools across the nation. In 2001, she founded Pin@y Educational Partnerships (PEP), a “barangay” that focuses on providing schools with Ethnic Studies courses and curriculum, developing radical educators, and creating resources for Filipina/x/o communities and similarly marginalized people. She has worked with several school districts throughout the nation, including the San Francisco Unified School District, to co-develop Ethnic Studies, Social Justice, and Filipino Language curriculum. She is the author of four books of curriculum and numerous articles focused on the applications of critical pedagogy, Ethnic Studies curriculum, Motherscholarship, and Pinayism. Allyson coined Pinayism in 1995 and has stayed committed to developing Pinay sisterhood and she currently sits on the board of Pinayista. She also prides herself in being a “cheerleader” who supports many people to find their sacred purpose so that they can contribute to community actualization. Allyson is also currently in the Immersion DIWA program learning to wield her wind.

Allyson is a loving partner to Val Tintiangco-Cubales, a phenomenal teacher and leader and the mother of Mahalaya, a prolific dancer and artist.

Teaching Philosophy

LINK TO ALLYSON'S CV

CV HERE