Mimi Khúc
@slothprof.bsky.social
🦥 writer, scholar, teacher of things unwell
✏️ author of *dear elia: Letters from the Asian American Abyss*
✨ I make cool shit and I make people cry
✏️ author of *dear elia: Letters from the Asian American Abyss*
✨ I make cool shit and I make people cry
wow it really *has* been about a decade!!❤️🎉
Enjoying @slothprof.bsky.social ' "Dear elia", a continutation of the "Open In Emergency" project. I saw her & got the "project" when it came to NYU in the 1st tour. It was a celebration/exhibit with a bhuddist monk & various ceremonies. This book covers the project over the decade it has existed.
June 19, 2025 at 12:45 AM
wow it really *has* been about a decade!!❤️🎉
yay!!❤️
Really happy to see @slothprof.bsky.social as @choicereviews.bsky.social Review of the week! @dukepress.bsky.social
www.choice360.org/choice-pick/...
www.choice360.org/choice-pick/...
dear elia - Choice 360
This week's review employs a perspective of "unwellness" to make a case for including mental health in Asian American studies.
www.choice360.org
May 25, 2025 at 7:57 PM
yay!!❤️
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Shout to Amelia-Marie from the Night Owl Doctoral Writing Group for gifting me dear elia: Letters from the Asian American Abyss by @slothprof.bsky.social.
April 24, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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such a lovely conversation with such brilliant humans Jina Kim and (not-pictured) Natalia Duong! it was a real honor.
Mimi Khúc @slothprof.bsky.social & Jina B. Kim discussing their new @dukepress.bsky.social #AAAS2025 disability studies books, “Dear Elia” & “Care at the End of the World”
April 21, 2025 at 1:54 PM
such a lovely conversation with such brilliant humans Jina Kim and (not-pictured) Natalia Duong! it was a real honor.
yay thank you!! I'm pretty proud of this year's care table. we frantically threw it together just the evening before and morning of. it definitely felt a little stressful--ah the irony.
please note my 12yo's contribution: an emotional support capybara (that I crocheted for him!) for petting.
please note my 12yo's contribution: an emotional support capybara (that I crocheted for him!) for petting.
Moved to see @slothprof.bsky.social care station at #AAAS2025 complete with their amazing @dukepress.bsky.social book.
April 21, 2025 at 1:52 PM
yay thank you!! I'm pretty proud of this year's care table. we frantically threw it together just the evening before and morning of. it definitely felt a little stressful--ah the irony.
please note my 12yo's contribution: an emotional support capybara (that I crocheted for him!) for petting.
please note my 12yo's contribution: an emotional support capybara (that I crocheted for him!) for petting.
new review of dear elia!! ❤️
📣New Book Review!
Check out Sidra Naveed Arshad's review of Mimi Khúc's "Dear Elia: Letters from the Asian American Abyss"
🔗https://constell8cr.com/book-reviews/transformative-care-as-pedagogy-a-review-of-mimi-khucs-dear-elia-letters-from-the-asian-american-abyss/
#TeamRhetoric #RhetComp
Check out Sidra Naveed Arshad's review of Mimi Khúc's "Dear Elia: Letters from the Asian American Abyss"
🔗https://constell8cr.com/book-reviews/transformative-care-as-pedagogy-a-review-of-mimi-khucs-dear-elia-letters-from-the-asian-american-abyss/
#TeamRhetoric #RhetComp
February 22, 2025 at 5:14 AM
new review of dear elia!! ❤️
everything is awful. so hoping this brings some cheer: Open in Emergency is officially open access!! all pieces--the hacked Asian American DSM, Asian American Tarot, daughter to mother letters, PPD pamphlet, tapestry of unwellness--now available on my website. ❤️ www.mimikhuc.com/projects/ope...
Open in Emergency — mimi khúc
A box, not a book. An arts and humanities intervention to decolonize mental health.
www.mimikhuc.com
February 14, 2025 at 1:53 AM
everything is awful. so hoping this brings some cheer: Open in Emergency is officially open access!! all pieces--the hacked Asian American DSM, Asian American Tarot, daughter to mother letters, PPD pamphlet, tapestry of unwellness--now available on my website. ❤️ www.mimikhuc.com/projects/ope...
Reposted by Mimi Khúc
Rep. LaMonica McIver: "We are at war!"
February 4, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Rep. LaMonica McIver: "We are at war!"
Reposted by Mimi Khúc
OPM is planning to fire all employees on probation (less than one year of employment). Agencies have until noon on Wednesday to submit a list of probationary employees to the OPM and indicate whether they wish to retain them—though it has been stated that this will not make a difference.
February 4, 2025 at 11:45 PM
OPM is planning to fire all employees on probation (less than one year of employment). Agencies have until noon on Wednesday to submit a list of probationary employees to the OPM and indicate whether they wish to retain them—though it has been stated that this will not make a difference.
Reposted by Mimi Khúc
Memos have been distributed to instill fear, warning federal employees that layoffs will begin if not enough people accept Elon’s buyout. This no longer feels voluntary.
February 4, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Memos have been distributed to instill fear, warning federal employees that layoffs will begin if not enough people accept Elon’s buyout. This no longer feels voluntary.
Reposted by Mimi Khúc
Senator Andy Kim just went to the USAID building, talked to the security guard there to confirm employees are being barred entry, and then did a press gaggle right there in front to call it out.
This is doing something. This is making an effort on messaging. Other Democratic lawmakers: take notes.
This is doing something. This is making an effort on messaging. Other Democratic lawmakers: take notes.
February 3, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Senator Andy Kim just went to the USAID building, talked to the security guard there to confirm employees are being barred entry, and then did a press gaggle right there in front to call it out.
This is doing something. This is making an effort on messaging. Other Democratic lawmakers: take notes.
This is doing something. This is making an effort on messaging. Other Democratic lawmakers: take notes.
Reposted by Mimi Khúc
A witch hunt has begun at the FBI. Employees are required to provide information by Tuesday and are being encouraged to report on their coworkers. The FBI questionnaire asks agents about their roles in various cases, including whether they made arrests or appeared in court, among other details.
February 3, 2025 at 4:25 PM
A witch hunt has begun at the FBI. Employees are required to provide information by Tuesday and are being encouraged to report on their coworkers. The FBI questionnaire asks agents about their roles in various cases, including whether they made arrests or appeared in court, among other details.
Reposted by Mimi Khúc
Billionaire Elon Musk has stated that work is underway to shut down the U.S. foreign aid agency, USAID. Officials have been instructed not to report to work and have been locked out of the building.
February 3, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Billionaire Elon Musk has stated that work is underway to shut down the U.S. foreign aid agency, USAID. Officials have been instructed not to report to work and have been locked out of the building.
Reposted by Mimi Khúc
An Elon Musk staffer misused the U.S. Marshals Service by falsely invoking their authority to intimidate. USAID security personnel were threatened with action by the federal Marshals Service.
February 3, 2025 at 5:41 AM
An Elon Musk staffer misused the U.S. Marshals Service by falsely invoking their authority to intimidate. USAID security personnel were threatened with action by the federal Marshals Service.
Reposted by Mimi Khúc
Education Department employees have been placed on leave for attending diversity training. Meanwhile, Republicans have introduced a bill to eliminate the Department of Education.
February 3, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Education Department employees have been placed on leave for attending diversity training. Meanwhile, Republicans have introduced a bill to eliminate the Department of Education.
Reposted by Mimi Khúc
It’s official: Elon Musk’s staffers have now illegally obtained classified information from the USAID office.
Here’s a recap of what’s happening:
Here’s a recap of what’s happening:
February 3, 2025 at 1:09 AM
It’s official: Elon Musk’s staffers have now illegally obtained classified information from the USAID office.
Here’s a recap of what’s happening:
Here’s a recap of what’s happening:
Reposted by Mimi Khúc
Elon Musk now has access to your Social Security number. The world’s richest man has gained access to the confidential personal information of every taxpayer in the United States.
February 3, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Elon Musk now has access to your Social Security number. The world’s richest man has gained access to the confidential personal information of every taxpayer in the United States.
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Reading @slothprof.bsky.social ‘s Dear Elia after many a fun reading of the AALR tarot deck is the blessing of my lunar new year. The account of dealing with Former Director’s (white) tenured fragility is hitting close to the chest.
February 2, 2025 at 4:54 AM
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love this!!
I’m teaching the WGSS grad teaching practicum this spring, which I call Practicing Women’s, Gender, & Sexuality Studies: The classroom, the field, the university. Here are the books we’ll be reading, along w/other texts. Still working on the syllabus. Hierarchies & how to challenge them is a theme.
January 12, 2025 at 1:36 PM
love this!!
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More Fave Books of 2024 🎉📚
(plus four word reviews!)
Opacities by Sofia Samatar
Write on, delicate contradiction.
Dear Elia by Mimi Khúc @slothprof.bsky.social
We are all unwell.
(plus four word reviews!)
Opacities by Sofia Samatar
Write on, delicate contradiction.
Dear Elia by Mimi Khúc @slothprof.bsky.social
We are all unwell.
January 1, 2025 at 1:11 AM
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dear elia makes this @msmagazine.com list of best books of 2024!! 🥰
The 2024 Best of the Rest is live @msmagazine.com!
Feat #books by @slothprof.bsky.social @illuminative.bsky.social @profmsinha.bsky.social @alexispauline.bsky.social @rubygonewild.bsky.social @haymarketbooks.org @adriennemareebrown.bsky.social and more!
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Feat #books by @slothprof.bsky.social @illuminative.bsky.social @profmsinha.bsky.social @alexispauline.bsky.social @rubygonewild.bsky.social @haymarketbooks.org @adriennemareebrown.bsky.social and more!
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2024 ‘Best of the Rest’: Our Favorite Books of the Year! - Ms. Magazine
You’ve read the other “Best of” lists—now read the other one. You know, for the rest of us. Here are Ms. magazine's top feminist books of 2024.
msmagazine.com
December 22, 2024 at 3:10 PM
dear elia makes this @msmagazine.com list of best books of 2024!! 🥰
grad students, come hang out with me during my drop-in office hours this Monday!
December 15, 2024 at 4:02 AM
grad students, come hang out with me during my drop-in office hours this Monday!
the university's violence just becomes clearer and clearer. thank you again @amyrwong.bsky.social for such a deep and generous read of dear elia ❤️
December 15, 2024 at 3:53 AM
the university's violence just becomes clearer and clearer. thank you again @amyrwong.bsky.social for such a deep and generous read of dear elia ❤️
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Slowly reading dear elia: Letters from the Asian American Abyss by @slothprof.bsky.social. Essential for critical disability studies, feminist studies, critical ethnic studies, and like everyone in or nearby the university.
December 14, 2024 at 6:33 AM
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"Institutions of higher education see productivity as a sign of success and wellness, but that pressure to be productive is actively making students unwell...
I’m beginning to realize that being a good student isn’t worth sacrificing my own wellness." -student op-ed on dear elia and mental health ❤️
I’m beginning to realize that being a good student isn’t worth sacrificing my own wellness." -student op-ed on dear elia and mental health ❤️
We Need to Talk About Academic Unwellness
Student mental health is precious, and we should be working just as hard to protect our mental health as we work to protect our grades.
thefordhamram.com
November 27, 2024 at 7:36 PM
"Institutions of higher education see productivity as a sign of success and wellness, but that pressure to be productive is actively making students unwell...
I’m beginning to realize that being a good student isn’t worth sacrificing my own wellness." -student op-ed on dear elia and mental health ❤️
I’m beginning to realize that being a good student isn’t worth sacrificing my own wellness." -student op-ed on dear elia and mental health ❤️