people should subscribe to literary magazines

"AI is just badly recycling and regurgitating the past to be re-consumed" so succinct! so good!

Jesus Christ. DHS has held this guy in the hospital handcuffed to a bed and under constant guard for over a MONTH without ANY warrant or even ANY steps taken towards putting him into the removal system!

Some things masks can’t hide.

Dear Ezra Klein, bodily autonomy is not a bargaining chip. What rights are you willing to give up? Let’s see you walk the talk. The burger is on me. open.substack.com/pub/vajenda/...

I’m autistic. Not because of Tylenol. Not because of vaccines. Not because of some headline. I’m autistic because that’s how my brain works. Stop treating us like a problem. Start listening to us.

What movie do you consider "perfect?"

I mean, seriously, the amount of nonsense this is is very high

Worth noting that the highest profile and most successful Democratic elected official currently in those states is Laura Kelly, the Governor of Kansas, who seems to not believe in Ezra Klein’s theory of politics!

I’ve read a billion books and watched a million films and documentaries about the rise of fascism in Europe in the 30s and I really never thought being one of the fascism noticers would feel like this but here we are

Ok so in case yall missed the memo like I did. David Lehman, series editor of Best American Poetry is a Zionist ass. Literally feel embarrassed that I wound up in this situation. I was literally the only person of color in a room of 50+ people. It was terrifying. #poetry #bestamericanpoetry

Anyone with student loans serviced by MOHELA and on SAVE still not seeing interest accrue? It's been over a month! Mainly curious bc my loan interest is gonna be like ~$220/month.

Today was Botox round 2 for migraines. My neuro is convinced this one will help, and I'm still trying to be optimistic. Today is also Day 179 of daily migraines. Here's hoping this stops them before I hit the half-year mark 🤞

Illinois Gov. Pritzker ahead of Trump National Guard deployment: "To Chicagoans... Look out for your communities and your neighbours. Know your rights. Film things that you see happening... Authoritarians thrive on your silence. Be loud for America."

Concern over low birth rates was what the theocracy in Margaret Atwood’s Handmaid’s Tale used to come to power.

Just putting this out there. Not on any AWP panels in Baltimore, but I do plan on coming. If you're looking for readers, I might be interested 👀 Also, if you've got a panel, let me know! Excited to be hitting the East Coast for the first time ever in March 😊

Less than two weeks away! Come by the Replay to hear some rad music and words.

Still floating from this unbelievable news from April. CHURN was longlisted for the 2024 Maya Angelou Book Award. So cool! ✨️❤️

Haven't posted much on here, so if you don't already know, I'm the author of CHURN, an illustrated novel-in-stories pubbed by Texas Review Press in 2024. It was a finalist for the Edmund White Award for Debut Fiction and longlisted for the Maya Angelou Book Award! More here: www.chloechunseim.com

Decided to rewatch PARASITE last night, and it just gets better with every rewatch. The final illustration (below) of my debut novel, CHURN, and the final chapter, are an homage to PARASITE. The film is so perfect, so well made and we'll acted. It breaks my heart in the best way everything. 😭

I’m not surpried by the NEA’s decision to cancel and delete the efforts of Creative Writing Fellows but I am disappointed by the clear determination that creatives are once again not valued or given any kind of grace for the time it took to fill out the application.

Correct. It’s insane that anyone is standing for this. We need people in the streets, campus protests, a general strike. Democrats should be holding rallies and press events constantly. The apathy in the face of all this is astounding.

Something very very weird happened during the Hugos award ceremony... It's been on my mind for days, and so I wrote this blog: "When People Giggle at Your Name, or the 2025 Hugo Awards Incident" grigorylukin.com/2025/08/21/w... #Worldcon

Good night Bluesky. Together is the only way we build liveable todays and tomorrows. Moreover we must destroy ICE & smash fascism.

Hey UK readers! Kindle UK has selected Someone You Can Build A Nest In as one of their monthly picks for August. It's won a Nebula and a Locus award, and it's a finalist for the Hugo, and for a limited time you can get it for just 99p. Feel like meeting a queer monster today?

Is this show good or am I just in love with her: Fantasy Edition 🗡🐲🔥 Also, yes, WHEEL OF TIME gets four. I CANNOT cope that they canceled it after an amazing S3 😭💔

I doubt a Black reporter could have done this story and been "invited in." But, apparently, the Times does not consider that this fact may bias their story? How is segregated access "objective?" Whiteness is a credential often presented as neutrality.

I refuse to believe we are going to relitigate slavery. SLAVERY. It’s too much.

Our submissions are now ✨ open✨ again, so here's a reminder of what we're looking for: ✨ Voice-driven writing ✨ Fresh, authentic, & unpublished work ✨ Compelling voices

anyway the choice america faces going forward is live in the confederacy or do reconstruction for real and purge those motherfuckers from all of public life. and there isn’t really an in-between.

COVID-19 rates in the Southwestern United States reached 12.5% — the highest in the nation. It comes as California students return to the classroom after RFK Jr. nixed the CDC’s recommendation that they receive booster shots. apple.news/AYgqw6NIxSxW...

the thing about incarcerated trans people is that virtually no one will stand up for them & that’s fucking horrific because i literally cannot think of a worse place to be a trans person in america than prison. if you’re cis you should read this. trans people, keep on scrolling; you already know.

Please read this book. bookshop.org/p/books/one-...

Imagine if NYTimes journalists were being routinely massacred by a foreign state and competing media outlets responded by explaining that the Times is a mouthpiece for imperialism and propaganda arm of the US and Israeli governments such that murdering its workers was defensible.

This week, ICE illegally denied me entry into a processing facility in my district, and today, they released a statement saying I “[gave] the appearance of a political stunt intended to generate publicity rather than pursue genuine oversight.” I have some thoughts.🧵

[worst possible stuff happening everywhere] man why do I feel bad

I guess “White Party” was just too on the nose?

Thanks so much to our amazing intern Evangeline Lim for putting together these summer beauties for your reading pleasure! Featuring @dinalrelles.bsky.social @chloechun.bsky.social @emilylauracosta.bsky.social @joshmccolough.bsky.social Eli Kourtis, Ajay Makan, Aurielle Marie, Juliana Lamy, & more!

I hate him.

This is gross, and the full blog post is even worse. I’m gonna be sending an email

Wow. So deeply disappointing from a journal I’ve long admired. Research is exploration. Structure is meaning. Brainstorming is thought. These should not be outsourceable.

Alright everyone, one last push. If you or anyone you know is: - LGBTQ+ - 13-24 years old - In the US Trevor Project is recruiting responses for their survey on LGBTQ+ mental health. It has HUGE impacts on policy, please take it and share widely if you can :) trvr.org/survey2025

If people take the trouble to tell you you don’t matter, you do. Otherwise they wouldn’t bother.

Protesters Urged Not To Give Trump Administration Pretext For What It Already Doing

Pretty sure this should tell you all you need to know about the veracity of the DOJ's charges against Kilmar Abrego Garcia.

My statement on the charges filed against me: