I wrote about us immigration’s racist and exclusionary past/present

Racial profiling by immigration agents isn’t new. It echoes one of the darkest chapters in U.S. history, with clear parallels between today’s targeting of Latino communities and the incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II.

@storti.bsky.social writes in @us.theconversation.com, we've seen this before. "The fiction that undergirds the U.S. immigration system: that immigration policy’s preference for certain immigrants is enough to justify the discriminatory policies which deem some families more valuable than others."

In "Torn," @storti.bsky.social uncovers the tensions that stem from the unrelenting violence of US imperialism—tensions which mixed race people must actively defuse and alter or risk reifying. Read the intro for free now: buff.ly/0rKMUfa

Check out our Spring 2026 catalog, featuring titles by @reluctantheologian.bsky.social, @nancyhelicopter.bsky.social, @storti.bsky.social, @emilygdoucet.bsky.social, @iansociologo.bsky.social, @kirisanter.bsky.social, and @biidaasamose.bsky.social, among others! buff.ly/eAbC27z

Brilliant forthcoming book from my brilliant former advisee! I’m so proud to have been part of the journey that led to this work.

My book, Torn, is available for pre-order 🌪️ If you place an order before Nov 9, you can take advantage of the @dukepress.bsky.social fall sale (use code FALL25 to get 50% off). Torn drops March 2026! dukeupress.edu/torn

just got news that my book is officially in production! 'Torn: Asian/white Life and the Intimacy of Violence' coming spring 2026 with Duke University Press🌱 till then, here's a playlist open.spotify.com/playlist/0Fs...

heading to philly for this symposium on Williams' Keywords at U Penn. I'll be speaking on Imperialism. More info + livestream registration: wolfhumanities.upenn.edu/events/keywo...

As we gear up to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Raymond Williams’ book "“Keywords: A Vocabulary of Culture and Society,” scholars from the social sciences, the humanities, and the arts gather on 2/21 for the Wolf Humanities Center’s 2024–2025 interdisciplinary symposium “Keywords.”

first piece of good news in a long time

The Long Covid Game -- Love this. For folks engaging with large groups who want to teach about the importance of masking and the risk of getting LongCovid, this is an excellent game you can play and use as a teaching tool. www.helloworlds.ca/the-long-cov... (Creator continues to update)

Job: Postdoc in 'Feminism and the Culture Wars' at Duke University Apps due 1/15. Please apply and circulate widely. I’m leading this search and happy to answer questions academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/29141

thank you mooncat for this playlist open.spotify.com/playlist/7xq...

Queer & Trans Studies Cultural Studies Starter Pack. This one was a bit tricky and there’s lots of room left in here still. LMK who I’m missing —was looking to build a list of queer & trans cultural studies (and adjacent) folks mostly, as I haven’t seen on of thede on here yet. go.bsky.app/6tcCTzg

hey, good to be here with you all 💙