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.
Computer, set stupidity level to maximum
January 26, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Computer, set stupidity level to maximum
Also, if I may
December 15, 2024 at 4:55 PM
Also, if I may
One day I’m going to frame this and put it on my desk so that any time I’m having a bad day, I can just glance at this to remind me of the longest, most uproarious laugh I had in years
December 13, 2024 at 1:42 AM
One day I’m going to frame this and put it on my desk so that any time I’m having a bad day, I can just glance at this to remind me of the longest, most uproarious laugh I had in years
Spotify, tell I'm a parent without telling me I'm a parent.
December 6, 2024 at 1:21 AM
Spotify, tell I'm a parent without telling me I'm a parent.
Text to my wife this morning
December 3, 2024 at 2:18 PM
Text to my wife this morning
wait, I thought that was a "Puck"?
November 26, 2024 at 7:03 PM
wait, I thought that was a "Puck"?
Post your favorite Pokemon. Wrong answers only.
November 25, 2024 at 9:33 PM
Post your favorite Pokemon. Wrong answers only.
The sequel to Little Engine That Could is a criticism of white privilege and an argument for affirmative action?! I mean, I’m onboard—all aboard, as it were.
November 24, 2024 at 3:16 PM
The sequel to Little Engine That Could is a criticism of white privilege and an argument for affirmative action?! I mean, I’m onboard—all aboard, as it were.
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...
November 22, 2024 at 3:37 PM
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...
Boston area folks, I’ll be in conversation with Cathy Park Hong in, uh… (checks clock) an hour and a half at BU’s Howard Thurman Center at 2pm! I posted this on Twitter but then I killed my Twitter, oops.
November 16, 2024 at 5:24 PM
Boston area folks, I’ll be in conversation with Cathy Park Hong in, uh… (checks clock) an hour and a half at BU’s Howard Thurman Center at 2pm! I posted this on Twitter but then I killed my Twitter, oops.
This is what peak performance looks like (when you remove the fluoride from your water)
November 15, 2024 at 3:57 PM
This is what peak performance looks like (when you remove the fluoride from your water)
And by William Marshall I mean Doctor fucking Daystrom, the best mad scientist in all of Trek
November 15, 2024 at 5:02 AM
And by William Marshall I mean Doctor fucking Daystrom, the best mad scientist in all of Trek
Trans performance studies making some huge gains these days
September 7, 2023 at 12:51 PM
Trans performance studies making some huge gains these days
Zoolander 3 looks decidedly mid
August 25, 2023 at 12:52 AM
Zoolander 3 looks decidedly mid
I’m not gonna post him all the time on here but I will provide this Exhibit A
August 23, 2023 at 2:23 AM
I’m not gonna post him all the time on here but I will provide this Exhibit A
alright, I'm new here, but I guess I'll start off by posting my (unfortunately) most viral tweet to clarify that it's me LOLOL
August 22, 2023 at 2:54 PM
alright, I'm new here, but I guess I'll start off by posting my (unfortunately) most viral tweet to clarify that it's me LOLOL