hieyoon kim
@0absentia.bsky.social
write and teach about cinema, media, and politics; author of Celluloid Democracy (UC Press, 2023); prof at Brown
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Seen in Los Angeles
(Credit: Zurita Carpio)
(Credit: Zurita Carpio)
January 25, 2026 at 7:35 PM
Seen in Los Angeles
(Credit: Zurita Carpio)
(Credit: Zurita Carpio)
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OMG, all of "area studies" cut at UNC, this is huge. (The region-based centers like Asia, Middle East, African Studies...and more. The loss of Title VI and the $ that used to go with it taking a toll.
December 18, 2025 at 12:32 AM
OMG, all of "area studies" cut at UNC, this is huge. (The region-based centers like Asia, Middle East, African Studies...and more. The loss of Title VI and the $ that used to go with it taking a toll.
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I am a student at Brown in communication with a friend at RIBC.
There is an urgent need for blood donations to support RI. Donations in NY, NJ, MN, NB, DE or NJ can help supply RI.
Spread the word.
www.ribc.org/donate-blood/
There is an urgent need for blood donations to support RI. Donations in NY, NJ, MN, NB, DE or NJ can help supply RI.
Spread the word.
www.ribc.org/donate-blood/
Donate Blood
Check your eligibility to donate blood, learn about the process and why blood matters, and enroll in a RIBC Donor Loyalty Rewards programs.
www.ribc.org
December 13, 2025 at 11:55 PM
I am a student at Brown in communication with a friend at RIBC.
There is an urgent need for blood donations to support RI. Donations in NY, NJ, MN, NB, DE or NJ can help supply RI.
Spread the word.
www.ribc.org/donate-blood/
There is an urgent need for blood donations to support RI. Donations in NY, NJ, MN, NB, DE or NJ can help supply RI.
Spread the word.
www.ribc.org/donate-blood/
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Each semester I go in my classroom and I try to figure out what we would use to block the doors, if it would be safe to crawl out the windows, where we could hide if there was a mass shooter in campus. It’s such an indictment of this country how we have normalized these preventable tragedies.
December 13, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Each semester I go in my classroom and I try to figure out what we would use to block the doors, if it would be safe to crawl out the windows, where we could hide if there was a mass shooter in campus. It’s such an indictment of this country how we have normalized these preventable tragedies.
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We need to flood them with letters now. Write today!
"Faculty and staff—who have given decades of their lives to the university—have been given less than two weeks to accept insulting “offers” and pack up as early as January 2, 2026."
Please support our colleagues at @newschoolaaup.bsky.social
actionnetwork.org/letters/stop...
Please support our colleagues at @newschoolaaup.bsky.social
actionnetwork.org/letters/stop...
Stop the Cuts at the New School
The restructuring proposed by the New School’s upper administration will harm faculty, students and the larger New School community. Faculty and staff—who have given decades of their lives to the univ...
actionnetwork.org
December 13, 2025 at 6:34 PM
We need to flood them with letters now. Write today!
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Sign this letter in support of Sang Hea Kil as she fights for immediate reinstatement.
Dr. Sang Hea Kil - Letter
Subject: Immediate Reinstatement of Dr. Sang Hea Kil Dear President Teniente-Matson and the California State University (CSU) Board of Trustees, We are scholars and educators who are submitting this...
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December 11, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Sign this letter in support of Sang Hea Kil as she fights for immediate reinstatement.
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Sang Hea Kil is the first tenured faculty member fired from a public university in connection to pro-Palestinian advocacy.
“All faculty should be able to protest all genocides without targeted punitive actions."
- Sang Hea Kil
“All faculty should be able to protest all genocides without targeted punitive actions."
- Sang Hea Kil
Tenured US professor fired over pro-Palestinian protests contests dismissal
Sang Hea Kil is first tenured faculty member fired from a public university in connection to the protests
www.theguardian.com
December 11, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Sang Hea Kil is the first tenured faculty member fired from a public university in connection to pro-Palestinian advocacy.
“All faculty should be able to protest all genocides without targeted punitive actions."
- Sang Hea Kil
“All faculty should be able to protest all genocides without targeted punitive actions."
- Sang Hea Kil
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We're launching our second Blanket Friday today. All funds go to the Sameer Project's "Give Warmth to Gaza" campaign.
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November 28, 2025 at 7:42 PM
We're launching our second Blanket Friday today. All funds go to the Sameer Project's "Give Warmth to Gaza" campaign.
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"Happy Genocide Day"
Corrected Thanksgiving mural seen in Pensacola, Florida
Corrected Thanksgiving mural seen in Pensacola, Florida
November 28, 2025 at 12:56 AM
"Happy Genocide Day"
Corrected Thanksgiving mural seen in Pensacola, Florida
Corrected Thanksgiving mural seen in Pensacola, Florida
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"Go Birds, Fuck ICE, Free Palestine"
Seen in Philadelphia over the Schuylkill River.
Seen in Philadelphia over the Schuylkill River.
November 28, 2025 at 12:57 AM
"Go Birds, Fuck ICE, Free Palestine"
Seen in Philadelphia over the Schuylkill River.
Seen in Philadelphia over the Schuylkill River.
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This is why OpenAI is selling so aggressively to education at all levels—they want to create entire generations of users incapable of reading, writing and thinking without ChatGPT to hold their hands
And teachers and professors should call this out for what it actually is
And teachers and professors should call this out for what it actually is
To bear out this rosy projection, HSBC assumes that OpenAI will become "as ubiquitous [...] as Microsoft 365" (345mm users worldwide) while bringing in 10x the number of users (3bn).
November 25, 2025 at 11:11 PM
This is why OpenAI is selling so aggressively to education at all levels—they want to create entire generations of users incapable of reading, writing and thinking without ChatGPT to hold their hands
And teachers and professors should call this out for what it actually is
And teachers and professors should call this out for what it actually is
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#BREAKING: A student intern at Rhode Island Superior Court was briefly taken into custody by ICE this afternoon before a judge intervened, 12 News has learned. Story by @jusolyn.bsky.social and @timwhiteri.bsky.social: ⤵️
RI judge intervenes after ICE mistakenly detains Superior Court intern
A teenager was nearly taken into federal immigration custody in Providence Thursday afternoon before a Superior Court judge intervened, according to the Rhode Island Judiciary.
www.wpri.com
November 20, 2025 at 10:51 PM
#BREAKING: A student intern at Rhode Island Superior Court was briefly taken into custody by ICE this afternoon before a judge intervened, 12 News has learned. Story by @jusolyn.bsky.social and @timwhiteri.bsky.social: ⤵️
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Now free. Tae Heung “Will” Kim, a doctoral student at Texas A&M University and longtime U.S. permanent resident, Korean American scientist with a green card, is finally out of ICE detention after 3 months.
Thank you @ruemcclammyhand.bsky.social for keeping us all informed!
Thank you @ruemcclammyhand.bsky.social for keeping us all informed!
November 16, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Now free. Tae Heung “Will” Kim, a doctoral student at Texas A&M University and longtime U.S. permanent resident, Korean American scientist with a green card, is finally out of ICE detention after 3 months.
Thank you @ruemcclammyhand.bsky.social for keeping us all informed!
Thank you @ruemcclammyhand.bsky.social for keeping us all informed!
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“Don’t let the bastards grind you down. I love you all.”
November 15, 2025 at 6:15 AM
“Don’t let the bastards grind you down. I love you all.”
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Staggering atrocities in Sudan.
Following the mass slaughter of nearly 500 men, women, and children at a maternity hospital, UN officials say: "The situation is simply horrifying... El Fasher, already the scene of catastrophic levels of human suffering, has descended into an even darker hell."
Following the mass slaughter of nearly 500 men, women, and children at a maternity hospital, UN officials say: "The situation is simply horrifying... El Fasher, already the scene of catastrophic levels of human suffering, has descended into an even darker hell."
UN leaders condemn ‘horrifying’ mass killings in Sudan
Emergency security council session criticises killings of civilians in El Fasher and external supply of arms to RSF
www.theguardian.com
November 1, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Staggering atrocities in Sudan.
Following the mass slaughter of nearly 500 men, women, and children at a maternity hospital, UN officials say: "The situation is simply horrifying... El Fasher, already the scene of catastrophic levels of human suffering, has descended into an even darker hell."
Following the mass slaughter of nearly 500 men, women, and children at a maternity hospital, UN officials say: "The situation is simply horrifying... El Fasher, already the scene of catastrophic levels of human suffering, has descended into an even darker hell."
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Brown Chapter of the AAUP's Statement Urging the University to Reject the Federal Government's “Compact”
www.brownchapteraaup.org/statements
www.brownchapteraaup.org/statements
Statements — Brown AAUP
www.brownchapteraaup.org
October 8, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Brown Chapter of the AAUP's Statement Urging the University to Reject the Federal Government's “Compact”
www.brownchapteraaup.org/statements
www.brownchapteraaup.org/statements
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Our friend, poet and activist @sarahmaintains.bsky.social has been illegally detained by the IDF and is being held in an Israeli jail. There are reports of mistreatment and human rights violations. Please keep pressure on the Irish government and embassy to secure the release of Sarah and others. 🇵🇸🇮🇪
October 4, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Our friend, poet and activist @sarahmaintains.bsky.social has been illegally detained by the IDF and is being held in an Israeli jail. There are reports of mistreatment and human rights violations. Please keep pressure on the Irish government and embassy to secure the release of Sarah and others. 🇵🇸🇮🇪
THIS FRIDAY: interested in contemporary South Korean feminist movements and backlash against them? Don’t miss this roundtable!
DKSC presents a roundtable discussion on the 10th anniversary of “Feminism Reboot,” on 9/26 (Fri) at 8PM EST. We will reflect on a decade of feminist and queer politics, activism, and scholarship in Korean Studies in both North America and South Korea. Register here: bit.ly/46jg871
September 24, 2025 at 10:30 PM
THIS FRIDAY: interested in contemporary South Korean feminist movements and backlash against them? Don’t miss this roundtable!
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I cannot tell you how grim the AI in higher ed situation is. Many of the students have completely surrendered to letting AI do their homework, badly, I might add. How do you fix this? Truly, what the hell do we do, beyond what grading can address, which isn't a solution?
September 22, 2025 at 4:59 PM
I cannot tell you how grim the AI in higher ed situation is. Many of the students have completely surrendered to letting AI do their homework, badly, I might add. How do you fix this? Truly, what the hell do we do, beyond what grading can address, which isn't a solution?
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We're at the point where the Trump does something worse than Watergate daily, often multiple times a day. And none of it makes news; it's just normal now.
In a less insane time, if it was discovered that the President of the United States said this privately to their AG, it would’ve triggered an all-encompassing, impeachable corruption scandal.
Here, Trump is saying it publicly and it’s just another Saturday.
Here, Trump is saying it publicly and it’s just another Saturday.
September 21, 2025 at 2:49 AM
We're at the point where the Trump does something worse than Watergate daily, often multiple times a day. And none of it makes news; it's just normal now.
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U.S. Expresses Regret over ICE Raid Targeting South Korean Workers in Georgia
U.S. Expresses Regret over ICE Raid Targeting South Korean Workers in Georgia
On Sunday, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau expressed regret over the recent ICE raid that detained 300 South Korean workers at a Hyundai battery plant in Georgia. Landau met with Kor...
www.democracynow.org
September 15, 2025 at 5:40 PM
U.S. Expresses Regret over ICE Raid Targeting South Korean Workers in Georgia