the pain
of thinking it’s the former
only to realize it’s the latter
is real

the book i’m writing, i started it exactly two years ago. and i *just* arrived at the right voice for the book. it took two years to get here, and this is my third book. it was not an easy journey but rn i’m grateful that with every book, i push myself to try something different.

remembering that time i - a cal state professor - was asked to be on a job market panel only to be shamed by the organizer for talking about teaching jobs and not R1 jobs.

You won’t be the same after reading these.

Imagine how much student loan debt you would be able to cancel if we stopped sending bombs and fighter jets to Israel.

never work with people who never laugh. they’re not only boring, they’re untrustworthy!

just walked by what i think was a first date and the guy just told the girl, “i’m just highly intelligent.” 🙄

the writer you are when you finish the book is different from the writer you were when you started the book.

looking at the list of Guggenheim fellows and some of these folks could’ve won in multiple categories honestly. congratulations! 🍾🎉

i failed 😩

i am at Costco, determined to buy only a rotisserie chicken

this is how you’re encouraged to read in grad school

The fact that anyone would try to trademark “chili crunch” is doing so in very poor taste but the fact that an AAPI led company with a Japanese name headed by a Korean American is trying to trademark a common use for a Chinese condiment is both disappointing and disorienting.

reverse racism deodorant

forgot & now remembering that every time i finish a chapter i get depressed

happy anniversary to the event that caused more outrage among celebrities than Israel committing genocide

my book tour (for Brown and Gay in LA) was all the way back in fall of 2022 and i’ve been kinda antisocial ever since.

Imagine knowing that Western leaders care so little for over 13,000 murdered Palestinian children, that you instead have to plead with them by showing Western passports of those murdered.

It's truly depressing that Palestinians have to shout 'see they killed white people too' to try to get people to care