Marikit 🇵🇭💜
@mataraykween.bsky.social
Ph.D. Comparative Literature. Diasporic literature, Filipino literature in English, postmodernism, postcolonialism, gender studies 🌈 Ally. Assistant Professor, University of the Philippines. Married with kids ❤️
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@mataraykween.bsky.social
· Nov 14
Just sharing slides from my PhD dissertation proposal, “Tropical Fantasy-Productions of Filipino Diasporic Novel in the USA from 2010 to 2024” (revised it). Hi to all comparative literature, borderland, transnational, immigrant and migrant scholars out there! Just finished writing the thing! Whew!
Sharing this starter pack so we can keep in touch with each other, Pinoy friends! But also, if you are Pinoy or Pinoy-hyphenated, let us know how your Christmases are. Maligayang pasko po, at manigong bagong taon!
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December 24, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Sharing this starter pack so we can keep in touch with each other, Pinoy friends! But also, if you are Pinoy or Pinoy-hyphenated, let us know how your Christmases are. Maligayang pasko po, at manigong bagong taon!
go.bsky.app/LSd53yq
go.bsky.app/LSd53yq
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This is extremely important
December 16, 2025 at 12:48 PM
This is extremely important
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I want to drive a dump truck of cow manure to the Microsoft headquarters and drop it off in the lobby as a thank you.
They didn't ask for it, they didn't want it, but maybe they can figure out how to get rid of it.
They didn't ask for it, they didn't want it, but maybe they can figure out how to get rid of it.
Is there a way to get this mind-numbing Co-Pilot shit off Microsoft Word?
December 15, 2025 at 10:18 PM
I want to drive a dump truck of cow manure to the Microsoft headquarters and drop it off in the lobby as a thank you.
They didn't ask for it, they didn't want it, but maybe they can figure out how to get rid of it.
They didn't ask for it, they didn't want it, but maybe they can figure out how to get rid of it.
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Love Pres Claudia
December 15, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Love Pres Claudia
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When Rob Reiner was on his all-time epic run at the start of his career, he had an opportunity to read a script that was looking for a production partner, and he lost his mind for it. He decided Castle Rock had to have it, no matter what.
December 15, 2025 at 7:37 AM
When Rob Reiner was on his all-time epic run at the start of his career, he had an opportunity to read a script that was looking for a production partner, and he lost his mind for it. He decided Castle Rock had to have it, no matter what.
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Imagine if we went after guns with the same energy that they use to deport law abiding immigrants.
December 15, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Imagine if we went after guns with the same energy that they use to deport law abiding immigrants.
About the first Filipino short story in English, Filipino anti-colonialism, and Filipino independence and democracy.
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100 Years of "Dead Stars"
The first Filipino short story in English
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December 11, 2025 at 1:32 AM
About the first Filipino short story in English, Filipino anti-colonialism, and Filipino independence and democracy.
open.substack.com/pub/taraykwe...
open.substack.com/pub/taraykwe...
Honestly, quite scary for America that you are allowing this person to lead you.
He is not well.
If someone’s grandpa posted this on Facebook, the family would be discussing assisted living by dinner.
If someone’s grandpa posted this on Facebook, the family would be discussing assisted living by dinner.
December 10, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Honestly, quite scary for America that you are allowing this person to lead you.
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“I saw everything,” said Frog. “You did very well by yourself.”
“I did not,” said Toad. “But there is one thing that I can do all by myself.”
“What is that?” asked Frog.
“I can go home,” said Toad. “Winter may be beautiful, but bed is much better.”
“I did not,” said Toad. “But there is one thing that I can do all by myself.”
“What is that?” asked Frog.
“I can go home,” said Toad. “Winter may be beautiful, but bed is much better.”
December 2, 2025 at 8:37 PM
“I saw everything,” said Frog. “You did very well by yourself.”
“I did not,” said Toad. “But there is one thing that I can do all by myself.”
“What is that?” asked Frog.
“I can go home,” said Toad. “Winter may be beautiful, but bed is much better.”
“I did not,” said Toad. “But there is one thing that I can do all by myself.”
“What is that?” asked Frog.
“I can go home,” said Toad. “Winter may be beautiful, but bed is much better.”
I’m back! Got locked out for a bit, and was busy writing two textbooks (whew). Here’s something I wrote yesterday, in the wake of so many things:
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Seeking the Human
There has always been the anti-human.
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December 2, 2025 at 3:57 AM
I’m back! Got locked out for a bit, and was busy writing two textbooks (whew). Here’s something I wrote yesterday, in the wake of so many things:
open.substack.com/pub/taraykwe...
open.substack.com/pub/taraykwe...
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I recently visited an ICE detention center with @ravenreveals.bsky.social just outside of Chicago. Kidnapping people off the streets isn’t keeping us any more safe.
Let’s close this facility and all the other ones like it down.
Let’s close this facility and all the other ones like it down.
September 3, 2025 at 8:07 PM
I recently visited an ICE detention center with @ravenreveals.bsky.social just outside of Chicago. Kidnapping people off the streets isn’t keeping us any more safe.
Let’s close this facility and all the other ones like it down.
Let’s close this facility and all the other ones like it down.
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JUST IN: Harvard won summary judgment against the Trump administration with the court finding that the admin violated Harvard's 1st amend. rights. The court has vacated the funding freeze orders and termination letters and issued a permanent injunction.
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![[cite_start]A screenshot of the first page of a court document from the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts[cite: 3]. [cite_start]The document is titled "MEMORANDUM AND ORDER" [cite: 43] [cite_start]and was filed on September 3, 2025[cite: 1].
The document lists two related civil actions:
* [cite_start]**Civil Action No. 25-cv-11048-ADB**: President and Fellows of Harvard College, et al., Plaintiffs, v. United States Department of Health and Human Services, et al., Defendants[cite: 4, 5, 14, 17, 21].
* [cite_start]**Civil Action No. 25-cv-10910-ADB**: American Association of University Professors - Harvard Chapter, et al., Plaintiffs, v. United States Department of Justice, et al., Defendants[cite: 22, 23, 24, 26, 27, 36].
[cite_start]The order is from Judge Burroughs, D.J.[cite: 44]. [cite_start]The text begins by identifying the plaintiffs in the consolidated cases[cite: 45].](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:sefgphqp2xqwh2hawaixykwz/bafkreiaefziiwcjq4laze5iymzn45j4qfm3lc226u27qrdhlxqxjixzxae@jpeg)
September 3, 2025 at 8:35 PM
JUST IN: Harvard won summary judgment against the Trump administration with the court finding that the admin violated Harvard's 1st amend. rights. The court has vacated the funding freeze orders and termination letters and issued a permanent injunction.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Troops in the streets and he thinks he’s going to get a Nobel, peace begins at home
September 1, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Troops in the streets and he thinks he’s going to get a Nobel, peace begins at home
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Happy Skynet Becomes Self-Aware Day!
August 29, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Happy Skynet Becomes Self-Aware Day!
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JUST IN: Judge Cobb has blocked the Trump administration’s effort to extend rapid-fire deportation procedures to immigrants who have been in the U.S. more than two years — warning that it is a flagrant deprivation of due process that could ensnare anyone. ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show...
August 30, 2025 at 12:35 AM
JUST IN: Judge Cobb has blocked the Trump administration’s effort to extend rapid-fire deportation procedures to immigrants who have been in the U.S. more than two years — warning that it is a flagrant deprivation of due process that could ensnare anyone. ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show...
Comparisons in my Comparative Literature classes, exploring Philippine Literature in English 🇵🇭
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Comparative Literature: Beyond the Anthologized
A few notes from my Comparative Literature classes
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August 29, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Comparisons in my Comparative Literature classes, exploring Philippine Literature in English 🇵🇭
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“No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.” Aesop
Being the reason someone feels heard, seen, valued, and loved makes more of a difference than we often realise.
🧡
#kindness #positivity #love
Picture by @joyfulsmolthings
Being the reason someone feels heard, seen, valued, and loved makes more of a difference than we often realise.
🧡
#kindness #positivity #love
Picture by @joyfulsmolthings
August 23, 2025 at 7:38 AM
“No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.” Aesop
Being the reason someone feels heard, seen, valued, and loved makes more of a difference than we often realise.
🧡
#kindness #positivity #love
Picture by @joyfulsmolthings
Being the reason someone feels heard, seen, valued, and loved makes more of a difference than we often realise.
🧡
#kindness #positivity #love
Picture by @joyfulsmolthings
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🚨BREAKING: Trump threatens to deploy the regular military into D.C. — an illegal move under the Posse Comitatus Act — and says Chicago & New York are next. We are watching a dictator rise in real time. #BlueCrew #Resist #DemocracyMatters #DefendDemocracy #ProtectDemocracy
August 23, 2025 at 7:41 AM
🚨BREAKING: Trump threatens to deploy the regular military into D.C. — an illegal move under the Posse Comitatus Act — and says Chicago & New York are next. We are watching a dictator rise in real time. #BlueCrew #Resist #DemocracyMatters #DefendDemocracy #ProtectDemocracy
2/2 for ICE has fueled an anger against the Other that has always been simmering under the lid of American politics. There is a real deficit in empathy and compassion that I cannot comprehend. How do we teach kindness to people who think that they are *already* kind?
I don’t know how the USA normalized crazy in less than two years. The way the whole system just crumbled is amazing for outsiders to see, but ultimately makes sense when you have Americans come to visit (as I did, fairly recently). The entitlement, the rage, and the rationalization of the need 1/2
August 23, 2025 at 7:03 AM
2/2 for ICE has fueled an anger against the Other that has always been simmering under the lid of American politics. There is a real deficit in empathy and compassion that I cannot comprehend. How do we teach kindness to people who think that they are *already* kind?
I don’t know how the USA normalized crazy in less than two years. The way the whole system just crumbled is amazing for outsiders to see, but ultimately makes sense when you have Americans come to visit (as I did, fairly recently). The entitlement, the rage, and the rationalization of the need 1/2
August 23, 2025 at 6:59 AM
I don’t know how the USA normalized crazy in less than two years. The way the whole system just crumbled is amazing for outsiders to see, but ultimately makes sense when you have Americans come to visit (as I did, fairly recently). The entitlement, the rage, and the rationalization of the need 1/2
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FYI: the fundraising ALL goes to the redistricting effort - not to a Newsom POTUS run. I checked.
WATCH — @jessicatarlov.bsky.social : “Some people may not like how @gavinnewsom.bsky.social is talking. You may not find his posts funny. It is absolutely working. His fundraising #’s just came out. $6.2 million THIS WEEK. 200,000 donors… Dems feel like ‘finally someone is fighting for us’.”
August 21, 2025 at 10:21 PM
FYI: the fundraising ALL goes to the redistricting effort - not to a Newsom POTUS run. I checked.