"Act Up, You Can Get Snatched Up": Critical Reflections on Counterstorytelling and Healing Justice as Paths to Decoloniality

This article argues for the importance of taking a decolonial turn when seeking to understand and contest the multiple layers of colonial violences that shape the lives of people of color. In particular, this article explores pathways of countering colonial violence endemic within the academy as two women of color psychology graduate students writing from within a Global North academic institution. This article theorizes beyond Whitestream psychology frameworks of wellness, toward including decolonial perspectives and reflecting on the power and potential of counterstorytelling and healing justice. Public Significance Statement This article is significant in the way that it centers the lived experiences of two women of color as they discuss their engagement with academia through a critical lens. The subversive nature of this article is important as it is meant to be an act of rebellion against the restrictive boundaries built into Whitestream institutions.