Hannah Kim
@thisishannahkim.bsky.social
Philosophy professor, Univ of Arizona 🌵 executive team at SEP 👩💻 thinking about fiction, poetry, music, movies, time, VR, AI & East Asian thought 🇰🇷🇰🇵 freelancer for philosophy, arts & culture ✌️
www.hannahkimphilosophy.com
www.hannahkimphilosophy.com
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Fine essay about RENTAL FAMILY, one of my favorite (and one of the most woefully underseen) films of the year.
My latest for the inimitable @brightwalldarkroom.com!! Rental Family gave me a lot to think about & I enjoyed writing about the emotional + relational labor found in it. Also still excited about the Brenaissance 🤠
New today on the site!
The Best of 2025 issue continues, with @thisishannahkim.bsky.social on RENTAL FAMILY
The Best of 2025 issue continues, with @thisishannahkim.bsky.social on RENTAL FAMILY
February 4, 2026 at 9:17 PM
Fine essay about RENTAL FAMILY, one of my favorite (and one of the most woefully underseen) films of the year.
My latest for the inimitable @brightwalldarkroom.com!! Rental Family gave me a lot to think about & I enjoyed writing about the emotional + relational labor found in it. Also still excited about the Brenaissance 🤠
New today on the site!
The Best of 2025 issue continues, with @thisishannahkim.bsky.social on RENTAL FAMILY
The Best of 2025 issue continues, with @thisishannahkim.bsky.social on RENTAL FAMILY
Rental Family (2025): The Labor and Pretense We Live By
Rental Family suggests that modern life hasn’t changed all that much; someone has to do the work of being there, and the cost still falls unevenly.
www.brightwalldarkroom.com
February 4, 2026 at 8:41 PM
My latest for the inimitable @brightwalldarkroom.com!! Rental Family gave me a lot to think about & I enjoyed writing about the emotional + relational labor found in it. Also still excited about the Brenaissance 🤠
Feels like -33F outside & lake Michigan is frozen as far as I can see. Missing Tucson!
January 23, 2026 at 2:20 PM
Feels like -33F outside & lake Michigan is frozen as far as I can see. Missing Tucson!
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Benicio del Toro up first at @nyfcc.bsky.social awards. And here’s my booklet essay, for his Best Supporting Actor win.
January 7, 2026 at 12:55 AM
Benicio del Toro up first at @nyfcc.bsky.social awards. And here’s my booklet essay, for his Best Supporting Actor win.
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of joy, of art!
“When I speak about making our city more affordable, my vision is not limited to the homes that we live in or the child care that we’re making universal — it’s also a vision where we make it possible for working people to afford lives of joy, of art, of rest, of expression.”
Handing Out Free Tickets, Mamdani Says Theater Should Not Be ‘a Luxury’
www.nytimes.com
January 10, 2026 at 3:26 AM
of joy, of art!
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every seat in a movie theater should have an "I have to pee" button and if enough people press it they should be able to pause the movie
January 7, 2026 at 2:08 AM
every seat in a movie theater should have an "I have to pee" button and if enough people press it they should be able to pause the movie
Had my first drum lesson in like 15 years and it was so fun 😭 learned a few afro-cuban beats. what a perfect start to the year
January 7, 2026 at 12:18 AM
Had my first drum lesson in like 15 years and it was so fun 😭 learned a few afro-cuban beats. what a perfect start to the year
My two moods of the year. Happy end of 2025!!
December 31, 2025 at 6:50 PM
My two moods of the year. Happy end of 2025!!
my latest for LA Review of Books!!
I feel like "storytelling" was everywhere (at least pre-pandemic)... and suddenly it disappeared! I wondered whether narrative is now driven more by character or mood rather than plot-- and what all that means.
I feel like "storytelling" was everywhere (at least pre-pandemic)... and suddenly it disappeared! I wondered whether narrative is now driven more by character or mood rather than plot-- and what all that means.
"To live in a 'post-narrative' world isn’t to abandon narrative, but to drive it differently."
Hannah Kim on the importance of storytelling in our culture and lives. https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/when-story-loses-the-plot/
Hannah Kim on the importance of storytelling in our culture and lives. https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/when-story-loses-the-plot/
December 20, 2025 at 6:07 PM
my latest for LA Review of Books!!
I feel like "storytelling" was everywhere (at least pre-pandemic)... and suddenly it disappeared! I wondered whether narrative is now driven more by character or mood rather than plot-- and what all that means.
I feel like "storytelling" was everywhere (at least pre-pandemic)... and suddenly it disappeared! I wondered whether narrative is now driven more by character or mood rather than plot-- and what all that means.
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Thus redacted Zarathustra
Some of these redactions are almost like modern art
December 19, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Thus redacted Zarathustra
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From IMDb: “After being unemployed for several years, a man devises a unique plan to secure a new job: eliminate his competition.”
“On behalf of Director Park Chan-wook's new film, we are cordially inviting all Fortune 500 CEOs to a special screening of NO OTHER CHOICE.
This is truly a film that speaks to our gracious executive leaders and the culture they have cultivated.”
Beast mode shit.
This is truly a film that speaks to our gracious executive leaders and the culture they have cultivated.”
Beast mode shit.
December 15, 2025 at 8:41 PM
From IMDb: “After being unemployed for several years, a man devises a unique plan to secure a new job: eliminate his competition.”
I was interviewed on freelancing while keeping up with teaching + research, what it was like learning how to pitch, and what I find refreshing + rewarding about freelancing! A cool series that I was grateful to partake in.
open.substack.com/pub/howimake...
open.substack.com/pub/howimake...
Interview #71: How Hannah Kim Makes Money Writing
In this interview, Hannah explains how she balances teaching with freelance writing, and why getting paid at all still feels refreshing after years in academia.
open.substack.com
December 4, 2025 at 11:45 PM
I was interviewed on freelancing while keeping up with teaching + research, what it was like learning how to pitch, and what I find refreshing + rewarding about freelancing! A cool series that I was grateful to partake in.
open.substack.com/pub/howimake...
open.substack.com/pub/howimake...
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when someone tells me not to use em dashes because AI uses em dashes
November 30, 2025 at 7:48 PM
when someone tells me not to use em dashes because AI uses em dashes
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Coming up: Could you reliably narrate the story of your life? Ray & @profjoshlandy.bsky.social tell tales with Helena de Bres from @wellesley.edu, author of "Philosophy in the First Person" – Sunday 11 am on KALW 91.7 FM in San Francisco & www.kalw.org/show/philoso....
#PhilSky #narrative #meaning
#PhilSky #narrative #meaning
November 7, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Coming up: Could you reliably narrate the story of your life? Ray & @profjoshlandy.bsky.social tell tales with Helena de Bres from @wellesley.edu, author of "Philosophy in the First Person" – Sunday 11 am on KALW 91.7 FM in San Francisco & www.kalw.org/show/philoso....
#PhilSky #narrative #meaning
#PhilSky #narrative #meaning
Toki Pona is a tiny invented language with only 120-140 words-- and the cutest script ever!
I wrote for Psyche's new Notes for Self series about metaphor in Toki Pona. When every word is meant to stretch, what happens to the literal-figurative distinction?
psyche.co/notes-to-sel...
I wrote for Psyche's new Notes for Self series about metaphor in Toki Pona. When every word is meant to stretch, what happens to the literal-figurative distinction?
psyche.co/notes-to-sel...
November 7, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Toki Pona is a tiny invented language with only 120-140 words-- and the cutest script ever!
I wrote for Psyche's new Notes for Self series about metaphor in Toki Pona. When every word is meant to stretch, what happens to the literal-figurative distinction?
psyche.co/notes-to-sel...
I wrote for Psyche's new Notes for Self series about metaphor in Toki Pona. When every word is meant to stretch, what happens to the literal-figurative distinction?
psyche.co/notes-to-sel...
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Heard about the Louvre jewel heist and my first thought was “finally, some good old fashioned normal crime”
October 19, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Heard about the Louvre jewel heist and my first thought was “finally, some good old fashioned normal crime”
The University of Arizona rejects the compact and instead submits a Statement of Principles to the Department of Education: president.arizona.edu/sites/defaul...
October 20, 2025 at 9:44 PM
The University of Arizona rejects the compact and instead submits a Statement of Principles to the Department of Education: president.arizona.edu/sites/defaul...
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The speaker is just amazing. Raising interesting questions, answering them in a prima facie reasonable way, looking at how this answer is historically determined and then taking a fresh look at things through a Daoist angle.
Next talk on #ChinesePhilosophy at #UofT, by Hannah Kim, title: "Fiction without Mimesis: A Comparative Philosophy of Fiction"
#Philosophy #philsky #GlobalPhilosophy
philosophy.utoronto.ca/event/global...
#Philosophy #philsky #GlobalPhilosophy
philosophy.utoronto.ca/event/global...
Global Philosophy Research Interest Group Talk (Hannah Kim, Arizona) - Department of Philosophy
Hannah Kim (Arizona) works on aesthetics, metaphysics, and Asian philosophy.
philosophy.utoronto.ca
October 17, 2025 at 7:42 PM
The speaker is just amazing. Raising interesting questions, answering them in a prima facie reasonable way, looking at how this answer is historically determined and then taking a fresh look at things through a Daoist angle.
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Excited to have @thisishannahkim.bsky.social at our next Global Philosophy Series talk. This is a hybrid event; Zoom details are available in the link.
Next talk on #ChinesePhilosophy at #UofT, by Hannah Kim, title: "Fiction without Mimesis: A Comparative Philosophy of Fiction"
#Philosophy #philsky #GlobalPhilosophy
philosophy.utoronto.ca/event/global...
#Philosophy #philsky #GlobalPhilosophy
philosophy.utoronto.ca/event/global...
Global Philosophy Research Interest Group Talk (Hannah Kim, Arizona) - Department of Philosophy
Hannah Kim (Arizona) works on aesthetics, metaphysics, and Asian philosophy.
philosophy.utoronto.ca
October 16, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Excited to have @thisishannahkim.bsky.social at our next Global Philosophy Series talk. This is a hybrid event; Zoom details are available in the link.
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An actual hot take: Too many authors are afraid of editors watering down their voice or whatever and not afraid enough of editors letting you put any old slop on the page.
October 8, 2025 at 10:34 PM
An actual hot take: Too many authors are afraid of editors watering down their voice or whatever and not afraid enough of editors letting you put any old slop on the page.
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I just saw someone use the abbreviation “AI;DR” and I’ll be laughing for a while.
October 6, 2025 at 10:00 PM
I just saw someone use the abbreviation “AI;DR” and I’ll be laughing for a while.
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The real generational divide is people who refuse to watch a video if it could be an article versus people who refuse to read an article if it could be a video
September 29, 2025 at 1:45 PM
The real generational divide is people who refuse to watch a video if it could be an article versus people who refuse to read an article if it could be a video
Wow, One Battle After Another was phenomenal. Incredible pacing, great soundtrack, A+ acting from everyone, timely issues. Just great storytelling all around. Go see it in theaters while it's playing!!
September 30, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Wow, One Battle After Another was phenomenal. Incredible pacing, great soundtrack, A+ acting from everyone, timely issues. Just great storytelling all around. Go see it in theaters while it's playing!!
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Linguistics
September 11, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Linguistics
Wow, what a stunning poem
One of my favorite poems since childhood, and a poem I share every #autumnequinox.
By the 12thc warrior poet Xin Qiji 辛棄疾, sidelined during peacetime, demoted, drifting through a decade of minor posts in remote lands.
Poetry, then, is that which is left unsaid.
“My, what a cool and lovely autumn.”
By the 12thc warrior poet Xin Qiji 辛棄疾, sidelined during peacetime, demoted, drifting through a decade of minor posts in remote lands.
Poetry, then, is that which is left unsaid.
“My, what a cool and lovely autumn.”
September 24, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Wow, what a stunning poem