Michael Vann: Orca 5th Columnist
@michaelgvann.bsky.social
Anti-fascist surfer, grappler, & historian. "The Great Hanoi Rat Hunt", Jacobin Southeast Asia Columnist, mumbled podcast musings as a host on New Books and guest on Long Reads, Southeast Asia Crossroads, Napalm in the Morning, Bungacast, AmPrest, DLL
Meanwhile in Jakarta…
August 30, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Meanwhile in Jakarta…
By the way, professors are celebrities in Asia.
July 31, 2025 at 1:13 PM
By the way, professors are celebrities in Asia.
More like MinangkaWOW, amirite?
July 29, 2025 at 11:05 AM
More like MinangkaWOW, amirite?
Not so humble brag, but over 6 years since publication and Rat Hunt is still cracking #1 in Asian History. Looks like it will be translated into Vietnamese soon…
July 28, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Not so humble brag, but over 6 years since publication and Rat Hunt is still cracking #1 in Asian History. Looks like it will be translated into Vietnamese soon…
I have written a staggering amount in Southeast Asian Starbucks over the years.
July 22, 2025 at 10:27 AM
I have written a staggering amount in Southeast Asian Starbucks over the years.
May 19, 2025 at 2:10 AM
And another nightmarish museum for my research.
April 28, 2025 at 8:15 AM
And another nightmarish museum for my research.
FFS the American War in Vietnam ended in January, 1973. April 30, 1975, was the end of a Vietnamese civil war. Nice try @tuesdayagency.bsky.social but this error speaks volumes about erasing Vietnamese history.
April 3, 2025 at 5:22 AM
FFS the American War in Vietnam ended in January, 1973. April 30, 1975, was the end of a Vietnamese civil war. Nice try @tuesdayagency.bsky.social but this error speaks volumes about erasing Vietnamese history.
Great to see the real estate industry whitewashing itself with social justice rhetoric.
February 9, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Great to see the real estate industry whitewashing itself with social justice rhetoric.
Newest phase of my long dormant modeling career.
February 9, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Newest phase of my long dormant modeling career.
🫣 what do we do with this?
January 30, 2025 at 4:14 PM
🫣 what do we do with this?
