R. O. Kwon 권오경
@rokwon.bsky.social
📚 nationally bestselling novels Exhibit & The Incendiaries • co-edited Kink • Lambda Literary Duggins Prize • ‘25-‘26 American Library in Paris Visiting Fellow 🌈 she/her
www.ro-kwon.com
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helloo friends we have an update to our teaching collective, The Ministry of Words: we’ve added a screenwriting class ✨
scholarships are available for writers of color & the new class will be taught by the formidable & Emmy-nominated Fatimah Asghar
theministryofwords.com
scholarships are available for writers of color & the new class will be taught by the formidable & Emmy-nominated Fatimah Asghar
theministryofwords.com
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We are in fact DESPERATE for winter coats, waterproof gloves, and good boots. We get so many wonderful donations but it is so cold and the numbers of unhoused unsheltered people are going up at the absolute worst time for it, and we run out of coats weekly.
The frigid Twin Cities temperatures will hurt the homeless; so do not gloat about the impact on ICE without also stepping up here:
If you're still able to help Minnesota, @supplydepotmpls.bsky.social is always accepting donations. $10 buys a pack of handwarmers. If you were given Amazon gift cards this year for Christmas, you can shop their Amazon wishlist: linktr.ee/sanctuarysup...
January 14, 2026 at 7:29 PM
We are in fact DESPERATE for winter coats, waterproof gloves, and good boots. We get so many wonderful donations but it is so cold and the numbers of unhoused unsheltered people are going up at the absolute worst time for it, and we run out of coats weekly.
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now that's more like it
The Congressional Progressive Caucus, a group of nearly 100 House Democrats, will announce later today that it's formally endorsing legislation to strip $175 billion from ICE and put it toward affordable housing. www.huffpost.com/entry/doj-fe...
Progressive Caucus Backs Bill To Redirect ICE Money To Affordable Housing
www.huffpost.com
January 14, 2026 at 8:05 PM
now that's more like it
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For people elsewhere who have asked how to support Minnesota while we’re overrun with nazi thugs, here’s an excellent list of places that could use financial help. Lots of choices. Thank you so much!
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Stand With Minnesota: Resource Hub
Causes to Donate to in Minnesota to Help Our Communities Defend Themselves from ICE This list is now available/shareable at standwithminnesota.org *Note: I am from Minnesota, and these come from peo...
docs.google.com
January 15, 2026 at 2:48 AM
For people elsewhere who have asked how to support Minnesota while we’re overrun with nazi thugs, here’s an excellent list of places that could use financial help. Lots of choices. Thank you so much!
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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Even just a name can put in motion efforts that get someone released. If they're a citizen, we can get them jail support. If they're an immigrant, there are groups working overtime to file habeas petitions before they're whisked out of state. But it starts with a name.
If you see one, the most important thing to say is “WHAT’S YOUR NAME” because otherwise the person is gone for good, maybe. I witnessed one in an alley as the sole pursuit car, I was the only witness, I froze for a second and didn’t shout it in time, and the guy is just… gone now. I’ll never know.
January 14, 2026 at 2:56 PM
Even just a name can put in motion efforts that get someone released. If they're a citizen, we can get them jail support. If they're an immigrant, there are groups working overtime to file habeas petitions before they're whisked out of state. But it starts with a name.
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Someone just called in ICE knocking doors in Uptown and within 5 minutes maybe 100 people had arrived. Probably a false alarm but extremely hard to see how ICE operates with this kind of suffocating neighborhood response. Incredible work Minneapolis. ICE, just give up and get out already.
January 14, 2026 at 9:44 PM
Someone just called in ICE knocking doors in Uptown and within 5 minutes maybe 100 people had arrived. Probably a false alarm but extremely hard to see how ICE operates with this kind of suffocating neighborhood response. Incredible work Minneapolis. ICE, just give up and get out already.
et tu, libby?!
libby users, you can give them feedback on their new fuckery of an ai policy by pressing the bottom-center button in the app & scrolling down
libby users, you can give them feedback on their new fuckery of an ai policy by pressing the bottom-center button in the app & scrolling down
Our official policy provides clarity on our AI usage and the broader impact of AI on the book industry as a whole. Read OverDrive's full policy here: https://bit.ly/4be33jB
January 13, 2026 at 2:00 PM
et tu, libby?!
libby users, you can give them feedback on their new fuckery of an ai policy by pressing the bottom-center button in the app & scrolling down
libby users, you can give them feedback on their new fuckery of an ai policy by pressing the bottom-center button in the app & scrolling down
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For lawyers in Minnesota who want to resist the ICE occupation: forms.gle/YK9mVYTft1Lt...
So many folks in our legal community are ready and eager to get involved. But right now, a lot of work is being done in a decentralized way, by groups without bandwidth to organize. Let's coordinate efforts.
So many folks in our legal community are ready and eager to get involved. But right now, a lot of work is being done in a decentralized way, by groups without bandwidth to organize. Let's coordinate efforts.
Minnesota Immigration Legal Response Clearinghouse intake form
MILRC is an attempt to coordinate legal resources between the various coalitions and organizations responding to the ICE occupation of the Twin Cities. By submitting information, you agree that we may...
forms.gle
January 12, 2026 at 10:06 PM
For lawyers in Minnesota who want to resist the ICE occupation: forms.gle/YK9mVYTft1Lt...
So many folks in our legal community are ready and eager to get involved. But right now, a lot of work is being done in a decentralized way, by groups without bandwidth to organize. Let's coordinate efforts.
So many folks in our legal community are ready and eager to get involved. But right now, a lot of work is being done in a decentralized way, by groups without bandwidth to organize. Let's coordinate efforts.
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It would take a two-word amendment to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 to subject ICE agents and other federal law enforcement officers to the same liability for constitutional violations that local and state officers currently face.
If Congress actually cared about what it's seeing, it could pass that overnight.
If Congress actually cared about what it's seeing, it could pass that overnight.
January 12, 2026 at 10:56 PM
It would take a two-word amendment to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 to subject ICE agents and other federal law enforcement officers to the same liability for constitutional violations that local and state officers currently face.
If Congress actually cared about what it's seeing, it could pass that overnight.
If Congress actually cared about what it's seeing, it could pass that overnight.
was interviewed about power-lifting by @jennitaur.bsky.social for @thebeliever.net <3
always grateful for the release that lifting gives me, this ability to exist as & inside of a body
always grateful for the release that lifting gives me, this ability to exist as & inside of a body
“The greatest bliss I find in my work comes from completely forgetting I have a body. Which isn’t overall ideal for, like, how to lead a life.”
— @rokwon.bsky.social, interviewed by @jennitaur.bsky.social
www.thebeliever.net/no-one-gave-...
— @rokwon.bsky.social, interviewed by @jennitaur.bsky.social
www.thebeliever.net/no-one-gave-...
No One Gave It to You - Believer Magazine
During my senior year of high school, a guidance counselor who had it in for me gleefully noticed I was missing a semester’s worth of PE. I still have the paper on the Cupertino High School letterhead...
www.thebeliever.net
January 13, 2026 at 6:01 AM
was interviewed about power-lifting by @jennitaur.bsky.social for @thebeliever.net <3
always grateful for the release that lifting gives me, this ability to exist as & inside of a body
always grateful for the release that lifting gives me, this ability to exist as & inside of a body
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It's worth your time to call Hilton to cancel your account with them. 1-800-446-6677. Here's why:
They asked me if it was because of the ICE thing. I said it was. Then they suggested I wait a couple days to see if they were going to change course.
The pressure is getting to them. Let's keep it up.
They asked me if it was because of the ICE thing. I said it was. Then they suggested I wait a couple days to see if they were going to change course.
The pressure is getting to them. Let's keep it up.
Boycott Hilton Hotels
January 11, 2026 at 11:42 PM
It's worth your time to call Hilton to cancel your account with them. 1-800-446-6677. Here's why:
They asked me if it was because of the ICE thing. I said it was. Then they suggested I wait a couple days to see if they were going to change course.
The pressure is getting to them. Let's keep it up.
They asked me if it was because of the ICE thing. I said it was. Then they suggested I wait a couple days to see if they were going to change course.
The pressure is getting to them. Let's keep it up.
truly i will do almost anything to avoid calling strangers & this app greatly eases my aversion to getting on the phone! & doing something inevitably feels better than sitting with my rage
January 9, 2026 at 2:54 AM
truly i will do almost anything to avoid calling strangers & this app greatly eases my aversion to getting on the phone! & doing something inevitably feels better than sitting with my rage
five calls makes it easy to call your reps, it takes mere minutes & they provide a script. you can call about ice’s murder of renee nicole good, a fellow writer & poet. you can call about venezuela
apps.apple.com/us/app/5-cal...
apps.apple.com/us/app/5-cal...
January 9, 2026 at 2:52 AM
five calls makes it easy to call your reps, it takes mere minutes & they provide a script. you can call about ice’s murder of renee nicole good, a fellow writer & poet. you can call about venezuela
apps.apple.com/us/app/5-cal...
apps.apple.com/us/app/5-cal...
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My very smart colleagues are doing excellent coverage of the ICE shooting in Minneapolis today. I would urge you to follow along with local sources familiar with the area and the residents here.
Live: Mayor Frey blasts ICE in fiery response to fatal shooting
The mayor called for calm after a fatal shooting by an immigration agent in south Minneapolis. ICE said the agent acted defensively.
www.startribune.com
January 7, 2026 at 7:06 PM
My very smart colleagues are doing excellent coverage of the ICE shooting in Minneapolis today. I would urge you to follow along with local sources familiar with the area and the residents here.
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what this should make clear to everyone in this country is that it does not matter who you are, there's no "it could never happen to me"
you can be a white woman who drives around with stuffed animals in her car, and they will still kill you in cold blood and call you a domestic terrorist
you can be a white woman who drives around with stuffed animals in her car, and they will still kill you in cold blood and call you a domestic terrorist
The murdered woman's glove compartment is filled with stuffed animals.
January 7, 2026 at 8:54 PM
what this should make clear to everyone in this country is that it does not matter who you are, there's no "it could never happen to me"
you can be a white woman who drives around with stuffed animals in her car, and they will still kill you in cold blood and call you a domestic terrorist
you can be a white woman who drives around with stuffed animals in her car, and they will still kill you in cold blood and call you a domestic terrorist
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Béla Tarr, 1955-2026: the great cinematic poet of despair, whose movies were as rigorously bleak as they were paradoxically invested in the infinite value of every human life. The Kafka of motion pictures. Thread of images from his masterpiece Damnation (1988).
January 6, 2026 at 5:09 PM
Béla Tarr, 1955-2026: the great cinematic poet of despair, whose movies were as rigorously bleak as they were paradoxically invested in the infinite value of every human life. The Kafka of motion pictures. Thread of images from his masterpiece Damnation (1988).
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New Interview: www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...
January 3, 2026 at 9:42 PM
New Interview: www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...
this Friday!! we’re having an info session for The Ministry of Words, our new teaching collective 🌱
if you have any questions for Fatimah Asghar, @ingridrojasc.bsky.social, or me, or if you just want to hear more, please contact us at [email protected] for the session link
if you have any questions for Fatimah Asghar, @ingridrojasc.bsky.social, or me, or if you just want to hear more, please contact us at [email protected] for the session link
January 4, 2026 at 9:26 PM
this Friday!! we’re having an info session for The Ministry of Words, our new teaching collective 🌱
if you have any questions for Fatimah Asghar, @ingridrojasc.bsky.social, or me, or if you just want to hear more, please contact us at [email protected] for the session link
if you have any questions for Fatimah Asghar, @ingridrojasc.bsky.social, or me, or if you just want to hear more, please contact us at [email protected] for the session link
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Candid answer - as someone who handled constituent affairs calls for years - while they’re not checking the phone right now, the urgency of the moment is important.
Show them you care enough to make the weekend call, and be counted that way. Staffers will clock and report this upstream.
Show them you care enough to make the weekend call, and be counted that way. Staffers will clock and report this upstream.
Is there actually a benefit to leaving a VM now vs getting a staffer on Monday? Can do both but just curious
January 3, 2026 at 4:03 PM
Candid answer - as someone who handled constituent affairs calls for years - while they’re not checking the phone right now, the urgency of the moment is important.
Show them you care enough to make the weekend call, and be counted that way. Staffers will clock and report this upstream.
Show them you care enough to make the weekend call, and be counted that way. Staffers will clock and report this upstream.
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Three million people live in Caracas, five million in the metro area. It's one of the densest cities in South America. Remember this in the morning when they try to spin this as anything other than a cold-blooded attack on a major civilian center.
January 3, 2026 at 7:20 AM
Three million people live in Caracas, five million in the metro area. It's one of the densest cities in South America. Remember this in the morning when they try to spin this as anything other than a cold-blooded attack on a major civilian center.
wrote about the usefulness of forcing myself to celebrate things! even & perhaps especially when i don’t feel like it
open.substack.com/pub/rokwon/p...
open.substack.com/pub/rokwon/p...
January 3, 2026 at 12:44 AM
wrote about the usefulness of forcing myself to celebrate things! even & perhaps especially when i don’t feel like it
open.substack.com/pub/rokwon/p...
open.substack.com/pub/rokwon/p...
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If you are a resident of California, the state now has a portal where you can demand deletion of your personal data from 500+ registered data brokers with a single request form, for free.
consumer.drop.privacy.ca.gov
consumer.drop.privacy.ca.gov
consumer.drop.privacy.ca.gov
January 2, 2026 at 2:26 AM
If you are a resident of California, the state now has a portal where you can demand deletion of your personal data from 500+ registered data brokers with a single request form, for free.
consumer.drop.privacy.ca.gov
consumer.drop.privacy.ca.gov
oh my goodness would love that so much ✨🙏🏻
January 2, 2026 at 6:02 AM
oh my goodness would love that so much ✨🙏🏻
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How I'm approaching 2026 in regards to the actions of 2025
Mayor Mamdani has nullified every executive order issued by Eric Adams after he struck his corrupt bargain with Trump to secure dismissal of the indictment against him.
January 1, 2026 at 11:19 PM
How I'm approaching 2026 in regards to the actions of 2025
i said i was rereading the iliad
was informed the book is too long
was informed the book is too long
What’s the funniest reason someone got mad at you on Bluesky this year?
December 30, 2025 at 10:23 PM
i said i was rereading the iliad
was informed the book is too long
was informed the book is too long