Renee Tajima-Peña
@rtajimapena.bsky.social
Filmmaker PBS Asian Americans, Who Killed Vincent Chin?, May 19th Project, No Más Bebés, Calavera Highway & more
Professor at UCLA
Professor at UCLA
In a year of fires and ICE - LA still has joy and each other
October 19, 2025 at 3:50 AM
In a year of fires and ICE - LA still has joy and each other
Tag the press if u post images of the millions who marched. Sometimes they need help 👀
@nbcnews @abcnews @cbsnews @cnn @cnnpolitics @newshour @nytimes @wsj @washingtonpost @apnews @latimes @dallasnews @houstonchron @chicagotribune @sltrib @bostonglobe @miamiherald @ajcnews @newsweek @time @people
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October 19, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Tag the press if u post images of the millions who marched. Sometimes they need help 👀
@nbcnews @abcnews @cbsnews @cnn @cnnpolitics @newshour @nytimes @wsj @washingtonpost @apnews @latimes @dallasnews @houstonchron @chicagotribune @sltrib @bostonglobe @miamiherald @ajcnews @newsweek @time @people
@nbcnews @abcnews @cbsnews @cnn @cnnpolitics @newshour @nytimes @wsj @washingtonpost @apnews @latimes @dallasnews @houstonchron @chicagotribune @sltrib @bostonglobe @miamiherald @ajcnews @newsweek @time @people
The takeaway: Why bother flying them in when he could just call them all on Signal? 🤣📲 #PeteHegseth #SignalGate
October 3, 2025 at 5:32 PM
The takeaway: Why bother flying them in when he could just call them all on Signal? 🤣📲 #PeteHegseth #SignalGate
Do people really believe that highly skilled Koreans at the Hyundai plant would want to permanently leave a prosperous, advanced country like S. Korea that just ousted their president for declaring martial law—
—to live here in Temu Gilead?
#Hyundai # StopICE
—to live here in Temu Gilead?
#Hyundai # StopICE
September 9, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Do people really believe that highly skilled Koreans at the Hyundai plant would want to permanently leave a prosperous, advanced country like S. Korea that just ousted their president for declaring martial law—
—to live here in Temu Gilead?
#Hyundai # StopICE
—to live here in Temu Gilead?
#Hyundai # StopICE
TBH when I was a little girl I thought the logo was an offensive slur and the old guy was being labeled a “cracker”
August 23, 2025 at 6:52 AM
TBH when I was a little girl I thought the logo was an offensive slur and the old guy was being labeled a “cracker”
Like his boss #IceBarbie, Gregory Bovino loves the camera.
He led the massive military-style sweep at MacArthur Park (only to find kids at summer camp).
Yesterday it was Little Tokyo (100 agents, arrested 1 vendor).
Read about his Kern County immigration raid-photo opps bit.ly/4ly9gIh
He led the massive military-style sweep at MacArthur Park (only to find kids at summer camp).
Yesterday it was Little Tokyo (100 agents, arrested 1 vendor).
Read about his Kern County immigration raid-photo opps bit.ly/4ly9gIh
August 15, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Like his boss #IceBarbie, Gregory Bovino loves the camera.
He led the massive military-style sweep at MacArthur Park (only to find kids at summer camp).
Yesterday it was Little Tokyo (100 agents, arrested 1 vendor).
Read about his Kern County immigration raid-photo opps bit.ly/4ly9gIh
He led the massive military-style sweep at MacArthur Park (only to find kids at summer camp).
Yesterday it was Little Tokyo (100 agents, arrested 1 vendor).
Read about his Kern County immigration raid-photo opps bit.ly/4ly9gIh
Today #ICE and Border Patrol descended on the plaza of the Japanese American Nat'l Museum. The very spot where Japanese Americans, including my family, were rounded up and sent to concentration camps with no due process in 1942.
The community wasn't having it. Read JANM's statement bit.ly/4oDsjng
The community wasn't having it. Read JANM's statement bit.ly/4oDsjng
August 15, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Today #ICE and Border Patrol descended on the plaza of the Japanese American Nat'l Museum. The very spot where Japanese Americans, including my family, were rounded up and sent to concentration camps with no due process in 1942.
The community wasn't having it. Read JANM's statement bit.ly/4oDsjng
The community wasn't having it. Read JANM's statement bit.ly/4oDsjng
2025 is like 1942 in good ways too.
Celebrating people showing up to protect their neighbors from ICE & those who showed up for Japanese Americans in 1942:
- Jackie Robinson's family cared for the home of their Japanese Amer neighbors while they were imprisoned in camps
#StopICE 1/3
Celebrating people showing up to protect their neighbors from ICE & those who showed up for Japanese Americans in 1942:
- Jackie Robinson's family cared for the home of their Japanese Amer neighbors while they were imprisoned in camps
#StopICE 1/3
July 4, 2025 at 11:15 PM
2025 is like 1942 in good ways too.
Celebrating people showing up to protect their neighbors from ICE & those who showed up for Japanese Americans in 1942:
- Jackie Robinson's family cared for the home of their Japanese Amer neighbors while they were imprisoned in camps
#StopICE 1/3
Celebrating people showing up to protect their neighbors from ICE & those who showed up for Japanese Americans in 1942:
- Jackie Robinson's family cared for the home of their Japanese Amer neighbors while they were imprisoned in camps
#StopICE 1/3
"How Working Class Asians Helped Secure Zohran's Victory"
A way forward in this season of despair--an essential read by Jeff Chang @zentronix.bsky.social
You won't get it from the pundits but IFYKYK, this political force has been building for years & not only in NYC.
Read & share bit.ly/45TUmbv
A way forward in this season of despair--an essential read by Jeff Chang @zentronix.bsky.social
You won't get it from the pundits but IFYKYK, this political force has been building for years & not only in NYC.
Read & share bit.ly/45TUmbv
June 30, 2025 at 6:25 PM
"How Working Class Asians Helped Secure Zohran's Victory"
A way forward in this season of despair--an essential read by Jeff Chang @zentronix.bsky.social
You won't get it from the pundits but IFYKYK, this political force has been building for years & not only in NYC.
Read & share bit.ly/45TUmbv
A way forward in this season of despair--an essential read by Jeff Chang @zentronix.bsky.social
You won't get it from the pundits but IFYKYK, this political force has been building for years & not only in NYC.
Read & share bit.ly/45TUmbv
I can't believe on January 8 half the town where I grew up burned down and that's Gaza every damn day.
May 18, 2025 at 2:21 AM
I can't believe on January 8 half the town where I grew up burned down and that's Gaza every damn day.
UCLA students were watching the film The Encampments when dozens of police in riot gear stormed the screening.
A dystopian nightmare of universities deploying thought police to persecute students whose ideas, politics and values don't align with power.
A dystopian nightmare of universities deploying thought police to persecute students whose ideas, politics and values don't align with power.
May 2, 2025 at 2:41 AM
UCLA students were watching the film The Encampments when dozens of police in riot gear stormed the screening.
A dystopian nightmare of universities deploying thought police to persecute students whose ideas, politics and values don't align with power.
A dystopian nightmare of universities deploying thought police to persecute students whose ideas, politics and values don't align with power.
Police are blockading Royce Quad at UCLA because students wanted to watch The Encampments film
1 year ago while a violent mob attacked the Gaza encampment sending students to the ER—police just watched.
1 year ago while a violent mob attacked the Gaza encampment sending students to the ER—police just watched.
May 1, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Police are blockading Royce Quad at UCLA because students wanted to watch The Encampments film
1 year ago while a violent mob attacked the Gaza encampment sending students to the ER—police just watched.
1 year ago while a violent mob attacked the Gaza encampment sending students to the ER—police just watched.
Shoulda warned those #Dodgers not to eat the Billy 🐐at the White House. IYKYK🤣🤣🤣
April 13, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Shoulda warned those #Dodgers not to eat the Billy 🐐at the White House. IYKYK🤣🤣🤣
Tr*mp/GOP Homeland Security brownshirts targeting little kids:
"Federal Agents Turn Up at Two LA Schools Seeking 'Acess' to Young Children" bit.ly/3ROYgK8
For Japanese Americans like my US citizen mom, it started with the Alien Enemies Act and ended with years of imprisonment #StopRepeatingHistory
"Federal Agents Turn Up at Two LA Schools Seeking 'Acess' to Young Children" bit.ly/3ROYgK8
For Japanese Americans like my US citizen mom, it started with the Alien Enemies Act and ended with years of imprisonment #StopRepeatingHistory
April 11, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Tr*mp/GOP Homeland Security brownshirts targeting little kids:
"Federal Agents Turn Up at Two LA Schools Seeking 'Acess' to Young Children" bit.ly/3ROYgK8
For Japanese Americans like my US citizen mom, it started with the Alien Enemies Act and ended with years of imprisonment #StopRepeatingHistory
"Federal Agents Turn Up at Two LA Schools Seeking 'Acess' to Young Children" bit.ly/3ROYgK8
For Japanese Americans like my US citizen mom, it started with the Alien Enemies Act and ended with years of imprisonment #StopRepeatingHistory
Best thing about #HandsOff is you can march wherever you are!
April 5, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Best thing about #HandsOff is you can march wherever you are!
On Jan 8 we didn’t know if the Eaton fires would ignite again so I gathered up whatever I thought mom most values. Today I looked at the bottom of this piece of wood.
I always thought it was beautiful. I never realized it carried history
I always thought it was beautiful. I never realized it carried history
April 3, 2025 at 2:06 AM
On Jan 8 we didn’t know if the Eaton fires would ignite again so I gathered up whatever I thought mom most values. Today I looked at the bottom of this piece of wood.
I always thought it was beautiful. I never realized it carried history
I always thought it was beautiful. I never realized it carried history
Female Senate pages used to refer to Strom Thurmond as “the Tongue.” This was years before #MeToo.
Can’t unsee that image. Ewww.
A bit of Capitol Hill history now that Thurmond is in the news after Cory Booker’s 25+ hour speech besting his filibuster record.
Can’t unsee that image. Ewww.
A bit of Capitol Hill history now that Thurmond is in the news after Cory Booker’s 25+ hour speech besting his filibuster record.
April 2, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Female Senate pages used to refer to Strom Thurmond as “the Tongue.” This was years before #MeToo.
Can’t unsee that image. Ewww.
A bit of Capitol Hill history now that Thurmond is in the news after Cory Booker’s 25+ hour speech besting his filibuster record.
Can’t unsee that image. Ewww.
A bit of Capitol Hill history now that Thurmond is in the news after Cory Booker’s 25+ hour speech besting his filibuster record.
During the McCarthy witch hunts the Chinese Confession Program threatened students & labor organizers w/ deportation. Chinese communities were terrorized, people were forced to inform on family and neighbors.
See THE CHINATOWN FILES vimeo.com/606025635
@thirdworldnewsreel.bsky.social @zeteo.com
See THE CHINATOWN FILES vimeo.com/606025635
@thirdworldnewsreel.bsky.social @zeteo.com
March 30, 2025 at 3:01 AM
During the McCarthy witch hunts the Chinese Confession Program threatened students & labor organizers w/ deportation. Chinese communities were terrorized, people were forced to inform on family and neighbors.
See THE CHINATOWN FILES vimeo.com/606025635
@thirdworldnewsreel.bsky.social @zeteo.com
See THE CHINATOWN FILES vimeo.com/606025635
@thirdworldnewsreel.bsky.social @zeteo.com
Don’t mess with Bay Area women of a certain age.
Prof Susan Kegeles took down a Trumper who was aiming a stun gun at #Tesla protesters on Saturday.
Grandmother Xiao Zhen Xie clocked an anti-Asian racist in 2021.
Prof Susan Kegeles took down a Trumper who was aiming a stun gun at #Tesla protesters on Saturday.
Grandmother Xiao Zhen Xie clocked an anti-Asian racist in 2021.
March 25, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Don’t mess with Bay Area women of a certain age.
Prof Susan Kegeles took down a Trumper who was aiming a stun gun at #Tesla protesters on Saturday.
Grandmother Xiao Zhen Xie clocked an anti-Asian racist in 2021.
Prof Susan Kegeles took down a Trumper who was aiming a stun gun at #Tesla protesters on Saturday.
Grandmother Xiao Zhen Xie clocked an anti-Asian racist in 2021.
Years ago i gave this #23andMe kit to my husband and he refused to use it. He didn't trust his data with them. Dammit.
I really hate it when he's right..
I really hate it when he's right..
March 25, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Years ago i gave this #23andMe kit to my husband and he refused to use it. He didn't trust his data with them. Dammit.
I really hate it when he's right..
I really hate it when he's right..
Nelson Mandela and the ANC were designated as terrorists by the U.S. at the time when students marched, occcupied buildings and formed encampments in protest of the apartheid regime of South Africa.
Once again, students are on the right side of history. #FreeMahmoudKhalil
Once again, students are on the right side of history. #FreeMahmoudKhalil
March 15, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Nelson Mandela and the ANC were designated as terrorists by the U.S. at the time when students marched, occcupied buildings and formed encampments in protest of the apartheid regime of South Africa.
Once again, students are on the right side of history. #FreeMahmoudKhalil
Once again, students are on the right side of history. #FreeMahmoudKhalil
Huge Stand Up for Science rally at the Federal Bldg on Friday.
Dear Republicans, don't piss off the scientists.
Dear Republicans, don't piss off the scientists.
March 11, 2025 at 5:17 AM
Huge Stand Up for Science rally at the Federal Bldg on Friday.
Dear Republicans, don't piss off the scientists.
Dear Republicans, don't piss off the scientists.
Spoke too soon. LA is in the streets!
February 3, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Spoke too soon. LA is in the streets!
My brother’s house in Altadena. Regretted walking thru the ash because of the asbestos, lead, toxins. They say we should wear PPE.
Then it struck me. Gaza. This massive destruction on an unimaginable scale. Living in the toxic detritus. Feeding your children if there’s food. Giving birth. Dying.
Then it struck me. Gaza. This massive destruction on an unimaginable scale. Living in the toxic detritus. Feeding your children if there’s food. Giving birth. Dying.
January 24, 2025 at 3:33 AM
My brother’s house in Altadena. Regretted walking thru the ash because of the asbestos, lead, toxins. They say we should wear PPE.
Then it struck me. Gaza. This massive destruction on an unimaginable scale. Living in the toxic detritus. Feeding your children if there’s food. Giving birth. Dying.
Then it struck me. Gaza. This massive destruction on an unimaginable scale. Living in the toxic detritus. Feeding your children if there’s food. Giving birth. Dying.
Really UCLA? Fire is raging over the hill. LA's in a state of emergency. Staff, students and faculty live in evacuation zones. Smoke. Tree fell on Bruinwalk.
What's the plan? Crickets from the administration.
1/2
What's the plan? Crickets from the administration.
1/2
January 8, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Really UCLA? Fire is raging over the hill. LA's in a state of emergency. Staff, students and faculty live in evacuation zones. Smoke. Tree fell on Bruinwalk.
What's the plan? Crickets from the administration.
1/2
What's the plan? Crickets from the administration.
1/2