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Seo-Young J. Chu (she/they)
@seoyoungjchu.bsky.social
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disabled queer Korean Am semi-feral writer/CUNY prof. A Refuge for Jae-in Doe; I, Stereotype: Detained in the Uncanny Valley; Do Metaphors Dream of Literal Sleep? A Science-Fictional Theory of Representation; The DMZ Responds; Postmemory Han; #MeToo
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Today I voted early for @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
A photo shows a “Queens Votes Early” sticker on a black shirt that I’m wearing
October 25, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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Finding shelter from anxiety and stress inside a Weeping Beech Tree

#WeepingBeechTree #WeepingBeech #WeepingTree #Trees
June 19, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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I have never before seen roses growing inside/amid the branches and leaves of a tree.

(Does anyone know what kind of tree this is?)
[Red roses blossom amid green leaves] [Red roses blossom amid green leaves] [Red roses blossom amid green leaves] [Red roses blossom amid green leaves]
May 30, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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Last week I was stunned to learn I had been selected as the recipient of the Innovator in Inclusive Practices Award presented by the Committee for Disabled Students at Queens College, CUNY. This may be the most meaningful award I’ve received in my life. What an honor🙏🏼

#Access #Disability #Equity
[A plaque reads: “Committee for Disabled Students of Queens College. Innovative in Inclusive Practices. Presented to: DR. SEO-YOUNG CHU For Advancing Equity Through Innovative Ideas in Teaching. Your Work Inspires Lasting Change. 2025”]
May 9, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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My next book, A REFUGE FOR JAE-IN DOE AND OTHER FUGUES, won’t be out until early 2026, but already it’s starting to feel somewhat real now that it has a cover and a webpage! #PunctumBooks
A screenshot from the Punctum Books website shows a black-and-white image-less book cover with text that reads: “Seo-Young Chu 주서영 A REFUGE FOR JAE-IN DOE and Other Fugues” A screenshot from the Punctum Books website shows the following list of hashtags: #Autotheory, #CulturalStudies #CriticalTheory, #Neurodiversity #MeToo, #academia, #autotheory, #capitalism, #CreativeNonfiction, #CulturalMemory, #DreamVision, #fugitivity, #hauntology, #IntergenerationalTrauma, #Korea, #KoreanWar, #memoir, #MentalIllness, #Orientalism, #paratext, #PTSD, #refuge, #SexualViolence, #SpeculativeFiction, #StanfordUniversity, #suicide, #temporality, #TimeTravel, #trauma, #xenophobia
January 19, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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What an honor it is for my poetry to be featured on Knowledge Commons. Many thanks to @KCommons_org for the vital work you do!

#KnowledgeCommons #OpenAccess
Screenshot of a tweet reads: “poem by Korean American poet @seoyoung_chu. Check out this short piece and the rest of her work in KCWorks! Stay tuned as we continue sharing works of creative writing. buff.ly /3BICH90 RESEARCH SPOTLIGHT LIFE 38 By Seo-Young Chu”
January 7, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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[A photo shows a gorgeous yellow-eyed cat with fluffy gray fur sitting in front of a flower shop in downtown Flushing, Queens, NYC] [A photo shows a gorgeous yellow-eyed cat with fluffy gray fur sitting in front of a flower shop in downtown Flushing, Queens, NYC] [A photo shows a gorgeous yellow-eyed cat with fluffy gray fur sitting in front of a flower shop in downtown Flushing, Queens, NYC]
November 19, 2024 at 5:32 PM
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I was walking home from the pharmacy when I encountered this breathtakingly gorgeous cat
A photo shows a gorgeous yellow-eyed cat with fluffy gray fur sitting in front of a flower shop in Queens, NYC A photo shows a gorgeous yellow-eyed cat with fluffy gray fur sitting in front of a flower shop in Queens, NYC
November 18, 2024 at 10:50 PM
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It was an honor to give a talk on #AltTexts, ocularly estranging referents, vision loss, & low-intensity science fiction for "Theorizing Image Descriptions," a workshop organized by Matteo Kobza, Vera Thomann, & Lancelot Stücklin, sponsored by #uzh #unige @unifr.bsky.social

#Disability #A11y
Part of a poster reads: “‹theorizing image descriptions: literature and/as alt text> / workshop with seo-young chu / date: 13.-14. june 2024 / place: plattenstrasse 43, 8032 zürich, room p1g-2-211 / reader: to download from here / thu 13.06. 14:00-15:30 | introducing alt texts / 16:00-18:00 literature as alt text” A slide reads «The image description is a genre where ekphrastic poetics and disability justice converge. No single definition of "image description" exists, though there is consensus about its purpose: to make the physically observable visual information in visual images accessible to members of the blind and low-vision community. There seems to be some consensus, moreover, that image descriptions should be as neutral and succinct as possible in communicating to readers the relevant visual information in a picture. But what counts as "relevant"? At what point does the pressure to be "succinct" result in a lack of descriptiveness? Is it even possible for any description to be "neutral"?» A photograph shows a Korean woman wearing thick eyeglasses smiling at the camera. A photograph shows the city of Zurich, including part of Lake Zurich, as seen from a tall building on a bright and cloudy day. Mountains rise in the distance.
June 19, 2024 at 1:30 PM
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A New York Times headline dated Aug. 22, 1910, reads: “KOREA AS A NATION TO END THIS WEEK. Its Emperor Agrees to a Convention Giving Absolute Control to Japan. NO DISTURBANCE EXPECTED. Country Thoroughly Policed. Koreans at Present Know Nothing of What Is About to Happen.” #history #Korea
New York Times headline dated Aug. 22, 1910, reads “KOREA AS A NATION TO END THIS WEEK. Its Emperor Agrees to a Convention Giving Absolute Control to Japan. NO DISTURBANCE EXPECTED. Country Thoroughly Policed. Koreans at Present Know Nothing of What Is About to Happen.”
August 22, 2023 at 4:54 PM