Evelyn Shih
@amethystjazz.bsky.social
Assistant Professor at the University of Minnesota; Chinese & Korean cultural studies; media, ecologies, phenomenology; comedy. Sound and noise, signifying everything.
TIL that college students still watch and pass around old Vines fondly. I had no idea! (And also…Vine might be back?) But I guess they were teens/tweens before it died the first time…
November 18, 2025 at 3:40 AM
TIL that college students still watch and pass around old Vines fondly. I had no idea! (And also…Vine might be back?) But I guess they were teens/tweens before it died the first time…
I have also been seeing tributes around my various timelines. Rest in Power.
Alice Wong was a fierce and kind light in the world, I loved her writing and learned so much from it as the granddaughter/daughter/sister of disabled people. I take solace in how my timeline is filled with love for and tribute to her.
November 16, 2025 at 12:43 AM
I have also been seeing tributes around my various timelines. Rest in Power.
A little bunny sleeping next to a large canvas at the MOMA
October 18, 2025 at 4:11 AM
A little bunny sleeping next to a large canvas at the MOMA
This Kandinsky was one of my favorite finds at the Guggenheim today. Like of course this is how K does a landscape!
October 18, 2025 at 4:09 AM
This Kandinsky was one of my favorite finds at the Guggenheim today. Like of course this is how K does a landscape!
Triptych of breastfeeding women and their babies at the Met
October 17, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Triptych of breastfeeding women and their babies at the Met
Looking for suggestions: I was going to show *Hero* (2022, S. Korea) for a class session on musicals, powerful affect, and national(ist) narrative, but my DVD order is delayed. Any suggestions for alternates? Could be a film from anywhere. Must be a musical.
October 9, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Looking for suggestions: I was going to show *Hero* (2022, S. Korea) for a class session on musicals, powerful affect, and national(ist) narrative, but my DVD order is delayed. Any suggestions for alternates? Could be a film from anywhere. Must be a musical.
Wow I just watched Kpop Demon Hunters with a bunch of college juniors and seniors and…they were not only blah, but they also know less about it than I do. Do I just have very specific students who are incredibly sheltered from the reaches of the honmoon??
September 15, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Wow I just watched Kpop Demon Hunters with a bunch of college juniors and seniors and…they were not only blah, but they also know less about it than I do. Do I just have very specific students who are incredibly sheltered from the reaches of the honmoon??
Toddler’s current favorite meal: fufu (tofu) and fanfan (飯飯；rice)
September 15, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Toddler’s current favorite meal: fufu (tofu) and fanfan (飯飯；rice)
My daughter’s latest. She calls it “The Breakfast.”
August 1, 2025 at 10:12 PM
My daughter’s latest. She calls it “The Breakfast.”
Soda Pop is literally #2 on my toddler’s playlist under Baby Shark and above Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes 😂 Possibly it’s topping charts because a lot of parents now have it on endless repeat?
July 28, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Soda Pop is literally #2 on my toddler’s playlist under Baby Shark and above Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes 😂 Possibly it’s topping charts because a lot of parents now have it on endless repeat?
“…Our laughter outpaced what we know of the world, for a few seconds at a time.” On laughter, shared utopian vision opened up by a joke, and a small flash of light in the dark.
"We laugh because, if we must live through it, we feel entitled to our laughter, unified within it." www.newyorker.com/news/essay/z...
Zohran Mamdani and Mahmoud Khalil Are in on the Joke
What it feels like to laugh when the world expects you to disappear.
www.newyorker.com
July 13, 2025 at 9:07 PM
“…Our laughter outpaced what we know of the world, for a few seconds at a time.” On laughter, shared utopian vision opened up by a joke, and a small flash of light in the dark.
Bringing this cool thread to the attention of folks interested in Korean and Japanese culture. A good read!
I found this reply interesting ("Can those foreign companies open shop in the US?")
I don't think Japanese or South Korean menswear can be made in the US. At least, not without losing something. Let's explore why. 🧵
I don't think Japanese or South Korean menswear can be made in the US. At least, not without losing something. Let's explore why. 🧵
July 8, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Bringing this cool thread to the attention of folks interested in Korean and Japanese culture. A good read!
It is warm, breezy, and beautiful right now in Boulder
July 8, 2025 at 2:28 AM
It is warm, breezy, and beautiful right now in Boulder
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Despite warnings from the law enforcement not to attend today’s No Kings rally after this mornings shooting of Minnesota lawmakers with the killer on the lose, the No Kings Rally is happening at the Minnesota State Capitol in St. Paul.
June 14, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Despite warnings from the law enforcement not to attend today’s No Kings rally after this mornings shooting of Minnesota lawmakers with the killer on the lose, the No Kings Rally is happening at the Minnesota State Capitol in St. Paul.
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Melissa Hortman, who was assassinated last night, was the Speaker of the Minnesota House in the 2023-2024 session, when Democrats ran the state government.
That means she had a leading role in shepherding the many landmark reforms that Dems adopted in that period—an important legacy. Brief 🧵.
That means she had a leading role in shepherding the many landmark reforms that Dems adopted in that period—an important legacy. Brief 🧵.
June 14, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Melissa Hortman, who was assassinated last night, was the Speaker of the Minnesota House in the 2023-2024 session, when Democrats ran the state government.
That means she had a leading role in shepherding the many landmark reforms that Dems adopted in that period—an important legacy. Brief 🧵.
That means she had a leading role in shepherding the many landmark reforms that Dems adopted in that period—an important legacy. Brief 🧵.
My toddler has learned how to ask “What’s this?” about everything she doesn’t know the name for. Meanwhile, my third grader asked me “Mommy, what’s Juneteenth?” One is ontological, the other epistemological, though there may be a little of each in the other. I hope my answers were good enough!
June 5, 2025 at 3:28 AM
My toddler has learned how to ask “What’s this?” about everything she doesn’t know the name for. Meanwhile, my third grader asked me “Mommy, what’s Juneteenth?” One is ontological, the other epistemological, though there may be a little of each in the other. I hope my answers were good enough!
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Chinese Exclusion 2.0?: An Online Teach-In on Visa Revocations and What it Means for Chinese Students and the U.S.
@chowleen.bsky.social @jackchin.bsky.social @kaiserkuo.bsky.social; Mae Ngai, (Columbia); Thomas Kellogg, (Georgetown Law)
www.international.ucla.edu/ccs/event/17...
@chowleen.bsky.social @jackchin.bsky.social @kaiserkuo.bsky.social; Mae Ngai, (Columbia); Thomas Kellogg, (Georgetown Law)
www.international.ucla.edu/ccs/event/17...
Chinese Exclusion 2.0?: An Online Teach-In on Visa Revocations and What it Means for Chinese Students and the U.S.
Webinar
www.international.ucla.edu
June 3, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Chinese Exclusion 2.0?: An Online Teach-In on Visa Revocations and What it Means for Chinese Students and the U.S.
@chowleen.bsky.social @jackchin.bsky.social @kaiserkuo.bsky.social; Mae Ngai, (Columbia); Thomas Kellogg, (Georgetown Law)
www.international.ucla.edu/ccs/event/17...
@chowleen.bsky.social @jackchin.bsky.social @kaiserkuo.bsky.social; Mae Ngai, (Columbia); Thomas Kellogg, (Georgetown Law)
www.international.ucla.edu/ccs/event/17...
Not the main point of the OP, but I’m kind of impressed that they kept up the sign language interpretation throughout the wacky sports announcer style narration 😂 🙌
By far my favorite part of South Korean elections: election night graphics. SBS television station kills it EVERY. TIME. They play these clips all night and they get more and more unhinged and creative as the night goes on.
June 4, 2025 at 6:21 AM
Not the main point of the OP, but I’m kind of impressed that they kept up the sign language interpretation throughout the wacky sports announcer style narration 😂 🙌
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May 25, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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May 24, 2025 at 3:19 PM
My toddler has learned to say “more” but it sounds like “mao” and as a Mandarin speaker it makes me laugh every time
a cartoon of a cat sitting next to a red bowl of food .
Alt: a cartoon of a cat sitting next to a red bowl of food .
media.tenor.com
May 20, 2025 at 3:24 PM
My toddler has learned to say “more” but it sounds like “mao” and as a Mandarin speaker it makes me laugh every time
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Release of the year
May 16, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Release of the year
Connoisseurs of both Mexican and Taiwanese cuisine please let me know I’m not crazy: does the consommé for quesabirria taste eerily similar to the broth for beef noodle soup 牛肉麵？??
May 6, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Connoisseurs of both Mexican and Taiwanese cuisine please let me know I’m not crazy: does the consommé for quesabirria taste eerily similar to the broth for beef noodle soup 牛肉麵？??