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Jenn | Reappropriate

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Asian American feminism and racial justice. Blogging since 2002. I like pangolins.

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Jenn | Reappropriate @reappropriate.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I don’t understand the folks who didn’t enjoy Lanterns. I mean it was originally pitched as kind of like True Detective but with Green Lanterns, and that is kind of what it is…
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 19/09/2026
Exclusive: Russell Vought, the White House’s budget chief, criticized the National Institutes of Health, accusing it of funding “woke” initiatives that went against President Trump, including his order barring “equity-related” grants and contracts.
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Vought pushes for scrutiny of NIH grants in Oval Office clash
A heated debate took place in the Oval Office on Friday, with some Trump officials accusing the National Institutes of Health of funding grants that conflict with the president’s agenda.
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Jenn | Reappropriate @reappropriate.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
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Jenn | Reappropriate @reappropriate.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
This is so illegal. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/19/b...
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CNN and MS NOW Reporters Barred From White House After Trump Announces Ban
The prohibition on certain journalists was a stark escalation in President Trump’s war on the media, and will probably face a legal challenge.
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Jenn | Reappropriate @reappropriate.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Not saying the Converse ad is high art here. I am saying that consideration of the viewer experience is kind of a fundamental part of media theory…
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Jenn | Reappropriate @reappropriate.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Everyone trying to defend that Converse ad apparently missed the part about how the viewer is also an active participant in the meaning of any art or media piece. If the art piece evokes a racist image for the viewer regardless of the actual subject matter, that is in and of itself meaningful.
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Jenn | Reappropriate @reappropriate.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Un-fucking-cceptable. www.texastribune.org/2026/09/17/u...
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Majors related to race, gender cut at University of Texas
The University of Texas at Austin rejected a department’s plan to keep the majors, a decision that came without public knowledge, an interim department chair told faculty.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
NSF has reduced the research budget for all atmospheric, ocean, and earth sciences by ~80%. 80%! A lot of us will not be conducting new research or training new students for the foreseeable future.
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Jenn | Reappropriate @reappropriate.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
So many good things come from non-profit work, including some of my favorite art galleries and museums - but also much of the important advocacy work that my account has tried to highlight. It’s unsurprising that Trump can’t understand the value of non-profit work but still…
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Jenn | Reappropriate @reappropriate.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Trump went on a rant today that supposedly because the Kennedy Center needs repairs and the government would subsidize that, the Trump administration should get credit. What a load of horseshit and also JFC I’m so frustrated that we have totally lost the definition of a non-profit.
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Stop AAPI Hate Action @stopaapihateaction.org · 15/09/2026
Asian and Pacific Islanders deserve to know the full extent of ICE’s attacks, so we built a public data tool to show you exactly that. Our new A/PI ICE Tracker shows ICE arrests, detentions, and deportations across 35 A/PI countries of citizenship (plus Hong Kong and Macau) and all 50 US states. ⬇️
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Asian & Pacific Islander ICE Tracker
Stop AAPI Hate's Asian and Pacific Islander (A/PI) ICE Tracker monitors Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) activity involving A/PI people under the current U.S. administration (beginning with President Trump's inauguration day on Jan 20, 2025) and provides a better understanding of ICE's impact on our communities. Data is updated as it becomes available.
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Stop AAPI Hate Action @stopaapihateaction.org · 14/09/2026
Nearly half of South Asian adults say they experienced a hate act due to their race, ethnicity, and nationality last year, according to our latest research. We also continue to receive stories from South Asians nationwide about racist attacks they've faced at work, school, and other public spaces.
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The State of Anti-South Asian Hate - Stop AAPI Hate Action
Anti-immigrant rhetoric and policies fuel alarming levels of  anti-South Asian hate — both online and on the ground.
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Jenn | Reappropriate @reappropriate.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Oh and yeah, my students as a group tend to do well on formal assessments. And I’m super okay with that.
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Jenn | Reappropriate @reappropriate.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Exactly. Again full disclosure, I’m on this soap box bc I literally posted my practice exam - with answer key and grading rubric - yesterday morning. But yes - the point of exams shouldn’t be the exam grade but how you can use it to get students to synthesize the material up to that point.
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Jenn | Reappropriate @reappropriate.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
❤️❤️❤️🙏
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Jenn | Reappropriate @reappropriate.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
So yeah, I get some of the complaints. As an instructor, I shouldn’t be asked to do all the work of learning for my students. My slides shouldn’t have everything perfectly pre-chewed. But giving my students MORE tools so they can do the active learning themselves? That’s actually a good thing.
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Jenn | Reappropriate @reappropriate.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
And also, if what I do helps some students lower their test anxiety because they feel better prepared and less surprised on the day of? Cool. I want them to show me what they know as best they can. Being freaked out and surprised with “gotcha questions” undermines that.
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Jenn | Reappropriate @reappropriate.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
And if that results in them doing better on the exam because they kind of knew what to expect? Cool. They learned it. That was the whole point. The practice exam prompts them to learn it. The actual exam only exists to show what they learned in the process.
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Jenn | Reappropriate @reappropriate.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
This. Is. Where. The. Learning. Happens. This is where they are being encouraged to actively engage material, question and probe what they know, and hopefully achieve a deeper understanding that they will carry beyond my class.
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Jenn | Reappropriate @reappropriate.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I post practice exams so students can test their knowledge and understanding. So they can practice the types of questions they’ll get. So they’ll go back and revisit stuff they got wrong on the exam with their notes.
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Jenn | Reappropriate @reappropriate.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
If the goal is about reinforcing and checking student learning and understanding, then that goal is undermined when students are unprepared for the question formats, when they don’t know what’s important, or how to prepare themselves.
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Jenn | Reappropriate @reappropriate.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The point of exams should not be “gotchas” designed to trick students. They should not be a “weed out” mechanism designed to force failure of some students. They can instead be a tool for learning - a “hey, learn this because it’s so important I’m going to check” roadmap for the course content.
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Jenn | Reappropriate @reappropriate.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Exams and tests are a learning and teaching mechanism like any other. If my goal is for students to learn material by the end of the semester, exams can be just another tool - like homeworks and lectures - in my toolbox.
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Jenn | Reappropriate @reappropriate.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Full disclosure - I do this. I fully explain the structure of my tests and I give my students practice exams that are structured similarly to the actual exams. And I think doing this is good.
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Jenn | Reappropriate @reappropriate.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I saw someone complaining that students want practice tests with questions in the same format as the actual test. And like, respectfully, I don’t understand this to be the same issue at all.
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Jenn | Reappropriate @reappropriate.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Saw a social media post somewhere complaining that students these days want a lot of class material pre-processed for them. And a lot of those complaints are valid bc students are looking to shortcut doing the active learning and synthesis that will lead to better understanding. But…
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Jenn | Reappropriate @reappropriate.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Another book rec for the littles - Bitter Tea and Rock Candy by Yan Gu.
Cover of Bitter Tea and Rock Candy by Yan Gu.
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Jenn | Reappropriate @reappropriate.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Oh yes I could definitely see that.
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Jenn | Reappropriate @reappropriate.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Parents of littles: this is a very good, understated book about 1st/2nd gen AsAm identity, specifically Chinese American, but could be a conversation starter for other immigrant or refugee experiences.
Cover of “Watercress” by Andrea Wang, pictures by Jason Chin.
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Derek Halliday 🇨🇦 @dthalliday.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
We are even sorry that we are angry!
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Jenn | Reappropriate @reappropriate.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Do you know how much of an asshole you have to be to piss off Canadians?
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Jenn | Reappropriate @reappropriate.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
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South Park: Get Him! Canadian Mounties
Alt: South Park: Get Him! Canadian Mounties
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Jenn | Reappropriate @reappropriate.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Next he's going to sign an EO declaring that the American side of the Niagara Falls is actually the good side.
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Jenn | Reappropriate @reappropriate.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
It is fucking Lake Ontario. It is always going to be fucking Lake Ontario.
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Jenn | Reappropriate @reappropriate.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
What this will most likely mean is that young parents - mostly women, mostly families without as much economic means - will be pushed out of their studies.
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Jenn | Reappropriate @reappropriate.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
These centers are not without their problems, but they were often one of the only options, used most often by graduate students, postdocs, and junior faculty — many of whom weren’t making a ton of money to begin with.
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Jenn | Reappropriate @reappropriate.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
This is absolutely devastating for families of young kids at UCLA. My family relied on university childcare at a different UC, and would not have been able to function as a family without it. www.latimes.com/california/s...
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Blow to Westside child care: UCLA to close infant and toddler centers charging $3,000 a month
UCLA will close its remaining child-care centers in June, leaving hundreds of families scrambling to find new care amid an acute countywide shortage.
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Jenn | Reappropriate @reappropriate.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Typo in previous post - I *don’t have commentary outside my field
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Jenn | Reappropriate @reappropriate.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
This was absolute cruelty.
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Jenn | Reappropriate @reappropriate.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
I was not following his academic career, and definitely feel like I have commentary on scholarship outside my field. I do know that this level of scrutiny is absolutely vile and obviously is being disproportionately applied to punish and push out Black scholars.
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Jenn | Reappropriate @reappropriate.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Fuck. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/14/w...
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Jason Arday, Cambridge Professor Accused of Plagiarism, Is Found Dead
Mr. Arday resigned last week after the university announced an investigation into allegations of plagiarism and fabrication.
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Jenn | Reappropriate @reappropriate.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
I would straight kill for a salad right now. (And yes, I know about buying local and farmers markets. Mine was completely out of any kind of salad or salad-like leafy green last week.)
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Jenn | Reappropriate @reappropriate.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Omg!!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️
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Jenn | Reappropriate @reappropriate.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Cheerios and fruit, pretty much exclusively. We did (and still do) a lot of breakfast on the go so that works great.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 24/06/2026
Alaska vowed to resolve the murders of Indigenous people. But when one nonprofit asked state law enforcement officials for a fundamental piece of data — a list of Indigenous murders they’d investigated — the state said no. (Published Aug. 2025 with @adn.com)
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Alaska Vowed to Resolve Murders of Indigenous People. Now It Refuses to Provide Their Names.
When the nonprofit Data for Indigenous Justice filed public records requests with the Alaska Department of Public Safety concerning cases it had investigated, the state rejected them.
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Jenn | Reappropriate @reappropriate.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
JFC www.nytimes.com/2026/06/23/u...
They will get an Android tablet, an American flag and copies of the Constitution and Declaration of Independence. They will also receive a packet of literature that provides a sanitized, Trump-approved view of American and South African history, one that criticizes racial equity and civil rights laws and promotes claims of discrimination against white people.

The welcome bags include a report commissioned by Mr. Trump during his first term that downplays the role of slavery in the country’s founding, and a children’s book accusing South Africa’s government of “favoring the Black population.”
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Jenn | Reappropriate @reappropriate.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/06/20/o...
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Opinion | The Science That Turned Lizard Venom Into GLP-1s Is Under Attack
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Amanda Litman @amandalitman.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Alert: @runforsomething.net is hiring a digital comms director. Help us find someone great! workforcenow.adp.com/mascsr/defau...
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Recruitment
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Jenn | Reappropriate @reappropriate.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
The way I cringed at his “lifting” form in that video. Guaranteed injury.
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Jenn | Reappropriate @reappropriate.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
I can bench and shoulder press more than Pete Hegseth.
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