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Tairan Qiu (she/her/她)
@tairanqiu.bsky.social
Mother | teacher | writer | im/migrant | artist | chef | assistant professor of literacy/ELA education. Views are my own. ✊🏽🥟🏊🏼‍♀️🪡📚⌨️
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New letter from Trump Dept of Ed suggests racial equity programs/DEI disadvantage #AsianAmericans and whites. Asian Americans, we should challenge this false, dangerous narrative EVERY SINGLE TIME. @oiyanpoon.bsky.social and I show why below
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...
On affirmative action, Asian Americans got played (opinion)
Let’s not get played again, OiYan Poon and Janelle Wong write.
www.insidehighered.com
February 17, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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Occasional reminder that there’s no, “it’s too late, its over” for anthropogenic climate change. Every molecule of CO2 that doesn’t go into the atmosphere makes a difference. Preventing 0.1 degree of warming makes a difference. Every bit of climate resilience we build together makes a difference.
January 9, 2025 at 1:18 AM
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As we witness these heartbreaking scenes from the fires in LA, an important reminder that incarcerated people make up over 30% of California’s forest firefighters.
30 percent of California's forest firefighters are prisoners
About 4,000 inmates battle blazes in the Golden State's woodlands.
www.motherjones.com
January 8, 2025 at 6:41 AM
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🌟 JoLLE’s Latest Issue is Here! 🌟

Theme: Empathy Beyond Sympathy: Rediscovering Humanity

📖 Experience the new issue now on our updated platform: openjournals.libs.uga.edu/jolle

Let’s move beyond sympathy—let’s create a world of empathy.
December 20, 2024 at 11:32 PM
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New publication🚨: Mariana Becker and I highlight moments of critical play where three Brazilian immigrant children used innovative practices to represent their transnational identities and resist Roblox paywalls that restrict player access. Read here: tinyurl.com/2a99446y
December 12, 2024 at 3:44 PM
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Hey #LRA paid members. We need more signatures to better support organizational transparency. www.change.org/p/amend-byla...
Sign the Petition
Amend Bylaws - An Elected Nominating Committee
www.change.org
December 8, 2024 at 12:48 PM
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each winter for the past 3 years, I've offered this personal writing workshop for educators needing a space for processing, healing, and community.

applications for this winter are open now.
come write and heal with us, fam. 💜

bit.ly/trulylight
December 3, 2024 at 1:15 AM
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📢 Publication alert!

💡 The Literacy Research Association 2023 Integrative Research Review Panel article titled “Interrogating Hierarchies to Build a Humanitarian Literacy Research Architecture: Multiple Perspectives” is now live at journals.sagepub.com/home/lrx
November 27, 2024 at 8:16 PM
New paper out on strategies to support emergent bilingual students in the ELA classroom through a translingual writing process! This is the first research study I’ve ever done and I am so fortunate to have done it with my sis. Check out the entire special issue on decentering the “E” in ELA Ed!
November 25, 2024 at 3:24 AM
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On a more uplifting note, please attend some of these amazing #AsianAmAF sessions at #NCTE24
November 21, 2024 at 5:52 PM
Beautiful ignited clouds on top of Boston! #ncte24
November 21, 2024 at 2:36 AM
Having a de ja vu moment of when I first joined Twitter in August 2011, when I first came to the United States. Thought I’d share what helped me calm my mind in the last few weeks. Flowers will always grow, in community with each other.
November 18, 2024 at 3:16 AM