Takeo Rivera 🐋🍉🌹📚
@takeoriveraphd.bsky.social
Asian American studies professor at Boston University's dept of English. Critical ethnic studies, performance theory, queer theory, video games. Playwright. Author of “Model Minority Masochism.” Also jokes. He/him.
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Awkward self-promotion book selfie. Model Minority Masochism argues that Asian Americans develop masochistic attachments to model minority ideology, either through active embrace of self-flagellating moral punishment. global.oup.com/academic/pro...
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Giving him the red sabre is a chef's kiss little detail here
May 4, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Giving him the red sabre is a chef's kiss little detail here
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Literal Fascists: *literal coup*
Dems: *do nothing*
Non-dems who give a fuck: “wtf are you doing? Nothing? I guess we have to protest and riot”
Polls: “everyone hates fascists and wants them stopped”
Dems: “we did it! Donate now or else.”
Dems: *do nothing*
Non-dems who give a fuck: “wtf are you doing? Nothing? I guess we have to protest and riot”
Polls: “everyone hates fascists and wants them stopped”
Dems: “we did it! Donate now or else.”
April 28, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Literal Fascists: *literal coup*
Dems: *do nothing*
Non-dems who give a fuck: “wtf are you doing? Nothing? I guess we have to protest and riot”
Polls: “everyone hates fascists and wants them stopped”
Dems: “we did it! Donate now or else.”
Dems: *do nothing*
Non-dems who give a fuck: “wtf are you doing? Nothing? I guess we have to protest and riot”
Polls: “everyone hates fascists and wants them stopped”
Dems: “we did it! Donate now or else.”
The other thing is that even if Americans don’t know the word “oligarchy,” now they will. Their preexisting familiarity with the word actually does not matter. After all, “woke” has come to mean something that it never meant before.
April 27, 2025 at 8:19 PM
The other thing is that even if Americans don’t know the word “oligarchy,” now they will. Their preexisting familiarity with the word actually does not matter. After all, “woke” has come to mean something that it never meant before.
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these fuckers being able to destroy everything is not a foregone conclusion
April 24, 2025 at 9:48 PM
these fuckers being able to destroy everything is not a foregone conclusion
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I'm certainly not trying to reassure anyone, it's a race between full or partial state collapse and fascist dictatorship.
"Hope" here is, "maybe they partially collapse the state so quickly they shoot themselves in the foot"
"Hope" here is, "maybe they partially collapse the state so quickly they shoot themselves in the foot"
February 3, 2025 at 2:00 AM
I'm certainly not trying to reassure anyone, it's a race between full or partial state collapse and fascist dictatorship.
"Hope" here is, "maybe they partially collapse the state so quickly they shoot themselves in the foot"
"Hope" here is, "maybe they partially collapse the state so quickly they shoot themselves in the foot"
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elected democrats act like they were promised protection in exchange for their uselessness
February 1, 2025 at 2:51 AM
elected democrats act like they were promised protection in exchange for their uselessness
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If you are in danger unless you comply with a regime, you are in danger whether you comply or not
January 31, 2025 at 9:16 PM
If you are in danger unless you comply with a regime, you are in danger whether you comply or not
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I want the public to hear from every university president by 12 noon tomorrow. I am so serious
Exclusive: NSF this week began to search through billions of dollars of grants the agency has already awarded for anything touching on topics that President Donald Trump has criticized. And NSF has blocked grantees and trainees from accessing funds while the review is underway. scim.ag/3El0NZh
EXCLUSIVE: NSF starts vetting all grants to comply with Trump’s orders
Grantee accounts remain frozen, while union accuses NSF of ignoring rules governing peer review
scim.ag
January 31, 2025 at 2:00 AM
I want the public to hear from every university president by 12 noon tomorrow. I am so serious
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Being a good soldier who avoided public criticism of Democrats appears to have brought us to a fascist takeover of the USA. I desperately need the Democrats to be better so we actually survive this.
January 31, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Being a good soldier who avoided public criticism of Democrats appears to have brought us to a fascist takeover of the USA. I desperately need the Democrats to be better so we actually survive this.
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So the most powerful man in the world and the richest man in the world clumsily fired a bunch of senior air traffic staff, caused the worst domestic air disaster since 9/11, and then tried to blame black people
January 30, 2025 at 10:31 PM
So the most powerful man in the world and the richest man in the world clumsily fired a bunch of senior air traffic staff, caused the worst domestic air disaster since 9/11, and then tried to blame black people
omg
I have been informed it is Threshold Day 🦎🦎🦎
A day of unmitigated lust!
But such darling baby lizards…
A day of unmitigated lust!
But such darling baby lizards…
She's... or He's...? having a... something!
January 30, 2025 at 3:25 AM
omg
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How did Kamala Harris lose to the most unpopular US president on record?
Winning wasn’t Harris’s primary concern; winning without the left and anti-war movement was.
www.stephensemler.com/p/how-the-mo...
Winning wasn’t Harris’s primary concern; winning without the left and anti-war movement was.
www.stephensemler.com/p/how-the-mo...
How the most unpopular US president got reelected
Polygraph | Newsletter n°288 | 24 Jan 2025
www.stephensemler.com
January 25, 2025 at 12:43 AM
How did Kamala Harris lose to the most unpopular US president on record?
Winning wasn’t Harris’s primary concern; winning without the left and anti-war movement was.
www.stephensemler.com/p/how-the-mo...
Winning wasn’t Harris’s primary concern; winning without the left and anti-war movement was.
www.stephensemler.com/p/how-the-mo...
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Everyone reading the Colombian President
January 26, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Everyone reading the Colombian President
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“Moving to a single-payer, universal healthcare system would likely cost less than current national healthcare expenditure, according to a 2020 academic analysis – and save tens of thousands of lives each year.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
‘It’s a death sentence’: US health insurance system is failing, say doctors
Firms including United Healthcare have denied basic scans and taken months to reconsider, physicians say
www.theguardian.com
January 26, 2025 at 9:45 PM
“Moving to a single-payer, universal healthcare system would likely cost less than current national healthcare expenditure, according to a 2020 academic analysis – and save tens of thousands of lives each year.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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president of colombia, gustavo petro's response to trump
president of colombia, gustavo petro's response to trump
January 26, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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president of colombia, gustavo petro's response to trump
president of colombia, gustavo petro's response to trump
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The leftward swing in Latin America has been beautiful, and the fight back against him from Petro and Sheinbaum could hurt his project and help us meaningfully up here.
January 26, 2025 at 10:45 PM
The leftward swing in Latin America has been beautiful, and the fight back against him from Petro and Sheinbaum could hurt his project and help us meaningfully up here.
Computer, set stupidity level to maximum
January 26, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Computer, set stupidity level to maximum
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Shoutout to @teenvogue.bsky.social for this explainer on how to track ICE activity in your neighborhood.
This is a great piece.
"As deportations ramp up again, we have a choice: We can watch as our neighbors disappear or we can build on these proven strategies to protect the diverse communities we've built together."
"As deportations ramp up again, we have a choice: We can watch as our neighbors disappear or we can build on these proven strategies to protect the diverse communities we've built together."
How to Keep Tabs on ICE Agents Who May Be Surveilling Your Neighborhood
Here’s a step-by-step guide.
www.teenvogue.com
January 22, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Shoutout to @teenvogue.bsky.social for this explainer on how to track ICE activity in your neighborhood.
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Look, I’m not Catholic, but a lot of (Republican) family members are, and this is kind of a middle finger from the Vatican to these fundie Catholics. A tug on the leash, as it were. People like Vance are going to be put in a position where they have to actively defy the Church.
It’s a good move.
It’s a good move.
This is BIG news in the Catholic Church. Pope Francis is naming the U.S. Catholic Church's leading liberal bishop & leading intellectual, Cardinal Robert McElroy, as the new archbishop of Washington, D.C. Almost certainly a direct response to Trump's election.
www.washingtonpost.com/religion/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/religion/202...
Vatican to name San Diego Cardinal Robert McElroy as new D.C. leader
McElroy, known for a pastoral approach to migrants and the LGBTQ+ community, will take over an archdiocese still bruised by a sex and mismanagement scandal.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 6, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Look, I’m not Catholic, but a lot of (Republican) family members are, and this is kind of a middle finger from the Vatican to these fundie Catholics. A tug on the leash, as it were. People like Vance are going to be put in a position where they have to actively defy the Church.
It’s a good move.
It’s a good move.
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you’re doing the thing i fear
January 5, 2025 at 11:44 PM
you’re doing the thing i fear
When I read the news, I was suddenly reminded to check if Tim Gill had migrated over yet. Looking forward to getting tips on writing during every possible second of your life
Now that I’ve received my Presidential Medal of Freedom….
LETS GET THIS PARTY STARTED
LETS GET THIS PARTY STARTED
January 5, 2025 at 4:36 AM
When I read the news, I was suddenly reminded to check if Tim Gill had migrated over yet. Looking forward to getting tips on writing during every possible second of your life