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Julie Feng
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Ph.D Candidate researching cultural resistance + liberation communication at the University of Washington. Creating for community.
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For National First-Generation College Celebration Day, the University of Washington College of Arts & Sciences invited me to share what it means to be #FirstGen.

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Julie Feng Shared in 2024 Student - Ph.D. Communication, UW Seattle M.A. Cultural Studies, UW Bothell, 2021 B.A. English: Creative Writing, UW Seattle, 2013 What does it mean to you to be a current first-generation student? Being the first person in my family to go to college means that I enter every space as an excavator, a fugitive, a conspirator, a fighter, a bridge builder, a fire starter, and an advocate for myself and for my communities. What brought you to the University of Washington? I'm a triple Husky - I got my B.A. in English/Creative Writing, my M.A. in Cultural Studies, and now working on my Ph.D. in Communication at the UW. It's important to be rooted in a local community. Although I've lived in other places in the world and I will again, I find meaning in having a home here. Where do you see yourself after graduation? Whatever pathway I take after graduation, it'll always include research, art, pedagogy, and cultural work towards collective liberation. I hope to be a scholar of stories who makes a change in the world! What insights would you share with current and future first-gen students? You're not just on the right path, you are paving the path. You're not lucky to be here, here is lucky to have you.
November 8, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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I connected with some inspiring scholars of media, communication, and cultural studies at the @meccsa.bsky.social @meccsa2025.bsky.social conference! What a beautiful time in Edinburgh. #MeCCSA2025
Red tote bag that reads "MeCCSA 2025: Identity and Belonging" with a Edinburgh Napier University building in the background
September 8, 2025 at 10:26 PM
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I met her once, when I was an intern at Seattle Arts & Lectures. I was too nervous to approach her, but she walked up to me and said, "Hello, I'm Nikki." Like I wouldn't know!!!

RIP Nikki Giovanni, an icon and a legend.
Revolutionary Dreams i used to dream militant dreams of taking over america to show these white folks how it should be done i used to dream radical dreams of blowing everyone away with my perceptive powers of correct analysis i even used to think i'd be the one to stop the riot and negotiate the peace then i awoke and dug that if i dreamed natural dreams of being a natural woman doing what a woman does when she's natural i would have a revolution ALLOWABLES I killed a spider Not a murderous brown recluse Nor even a black widow And if the truth were told this Was only a small Sort of papery spider Who should have run When I picked up the book But she didn't And she scared me And I smashed her I don't think I'm allowed To kill something Because I am Frightened
December 10, 2024 at 10:37 PM
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Kicking off with the #NCACreatorsPrecon at #NCA2024 🤳
Stickers that read "revaluing the creator economy" and "feminist media scholar" and a beaded friendship bracelet that says "NCA"
November 20, 2024 at 6:28 PM