Sarena T (田 玮 炜)
@sarendipitous.bsky.social
Educator, writer, and doctor (the PhD kind). Cinnamon roll with a chunk of salt in the middle.
Pinned
“I love bones. I’m a bone eater”—my mom
(Leaving this out of context because it makes me sound like I'm descended from someone dangerous)
(Leaving this out of context because it makes me sound like I'm descended from someone dangerous)
After an unexpected hiccup, the newest crochet tapestry has finally been added to the office
November 24, 2025 at 8:10 PM
After an unexpected hiccup, the newest crochet tapestry has finally been added to the office
Crochet is the only time I will willingly do math
November 21, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Crochet is the only time I will willingly do math
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November 12, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Anyone who says Humpback Rocks is an easy hike is a liar
November 5, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Anyone who says Humpback Rocks is an easy hike is a liar
Beyond excited about this adorable ceramic yarn bowl I that I thrifted for $3
October 25, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Beyond excited about this adorable ceramic yarn bowl I that I thrifted for $3
Now available as an eBook!
Sarena Tien's Definition is now available as an ePub directly from ELJ Editions! Don't miss our latest Afternoon Short!
Definition (eBook) | ELJ Editions
Adeline Song is on the run. The US government has started to hunt down people like her. But when Adeline crosses paths with mechanic Finley Reyes, she must decide whether she will let other people con...
elj-editions.com
October 23, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Now available as an eBook!
Charlottesville sunrise
October 19, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Charlottesville sunrise
My students wrote some 🔥 final reflections, I am so relieved and excited that they took away what I was hoping they would from my class
October 15, 2025 at 9:10 PM
My students wrote some 🔥 final reflections, I am so relieved and excited that they took away what I was hoping they would from my class
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PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD!!
The University of Texas-Austin is beginning a process to eliminate the Black Studies, Latino Studies, and Gender Studies departments in the College of Liberal Arts. This is a grave threat to the educational liberty of students, faculty, staff, and the people of Texas. 1/
The University of Texas-Austin is beginning a process to eliminate the Black Studies, Latino Studies, and Gender Studies departments in the College of Liberal Arts. This is a grave threat to the educational liberty of students, faculty, staff, and the people of Texas. 1/
October 13, 2025 at 4:37 PM
PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD!!
The University of Texas-Austin is beginning a process to eliminate the Black Studies, Latino Studies, and Gender Studies departments in the College of Liberal Arts. This is a grave threat to the educational liberty of students, faculty, staff, and the people of Texas. 1/
The University of Texas-Austin is beginning a process to eliminate the Black Studies, Latino Studies, and Gender Studies departments in the College of Liberal Arts. This is a grave threat to the educational liberty of students, faculty, staff, and the people of Texas. 1/
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Please note the CWs
You stuck your slurs into my skin
when you tried to silence me, afraid of
my aberration.
Read more of "Your Remains are My Religion" by @sarendipitous.bsky.social in All My Relations, Volume 9: www.talbot-heindl.com/relations-is...
You stuck your slurs into my skin
when you tried to silence me, afraid of
my aberration.
Read more of "Your Remains are My Religion" by @sarendipitous.bsky.social in All My Relations, Volume 9: www.talbot-heindl.com/relations-is...
September 24, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Please note the CWs
You stuck your slurs into my skin
when you tried to silence me, afraid of
my aberration.
Read more of "Your Remains are My Religion" by @sarendipitous.bsky.social in All My Relations, Volume 9: www.talbot-heindl.com/relations-is...
You stuck your slurs into my skin
when you tried to silence me, afraid of
my aberration.
Read more of "Your Remains are My Religion" by @sarendipitous.bsky.social in All My Relations, Volume 9: www.talbot-heindl.com/relations-is...
Check out my novelette! Fun fact: I started writing it because someone once told me that writing can't work as "a piece of art or entertainment as well as an awareness platform."
New: Definition by Sarena Tien!
Adeline Song is on the run. The US government has started to hunt down people like her. But when Adeline crosses paths with mechanic Finley Reyes, she must decide whether she will let other people continue to define her, or whether she will finally define herself.
Adeline Song is on the run. The US government has started to hunt down people like her. But when Adeline crosses paths with mechanic Finley Reyes, she must decide whether she will let other people continue to define her, or whether she will finally define herself.
Definition | ELJ Editions
Adeline Song is on the run. The US government has started to hunt down people like her. But when Adeline crosses paths with mechanic Finley Reyes, she must decide whether she will let other people con...
elj-editions.com
September 25, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Check out my novelette! Fun fact: I started writing it because someone once told me that writing can't work as "a piece of art or entertainment as well as an awareness platform."
I had my students do trivia on nuclear testing in the Pacific, and one group chose the team name Mushroom Clouds 🤣
September 17, 2025 at 10:27 PM
I had my students do trivia on nuclear testing in the Pacific, and one group chose the team name Mushroom Clouds 🤣
Honored to have been nominated for Best of the Net. Read my poem here: phillychapbookreview.org/four-poems-b...
September 17, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Honored to have been nominated for Best of the Net. Read my poem here: phillychapbookreview.org/four-poems-b...
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Here is the Virginia Department of Health standing order that can used to get a pharmacy based covid vaccine for those 65+ or 18-64 with at least one underlying condition. Your pharmacy should have a copy as well.
www.vdh.virginia.gov/content/uplo...
www.vdh.virginia.gov/content/uplo...
www.vdh.virginia.gov
September 12, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Here is the Virginia Department of Health standing order that can used to get a pharmacy based covid vaccine for those 65+ or 18-64 with at least one underlying condition. Your pharmacy should have a copy as well.
www.vdh.virginia.gov/content/uplo...
www.vdh.virginia.gov/content/uplo...
The pharmacist said my name was pretty and wrote it in calligraphy
September 10, 2025 at 9:23 PM
The pharmacist said my name was pretty and wrote it in calligraphy
Before every class, I play a song by a Francophone singer from the country/region we're studying. Yesterday, I chose Naïka's "Belle, Belle!" and a student said the song was fire and added it to his playlist
September 9, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Before every class, I play a song by a Francophone singer from the country/region we're studying. Yesterday, I chose Naïka's "Belle, Belle!" and a student said the song was fire and added it to his playlist
This morning, I found out there's a chestnut tree across the road from me and this is the tastiest accidental discovery
September 7, 2025 at 8:20 PM
This morning, I found out there's a chestnut tree across the road from me and this is the tastiest accidental discovery
Last fall, @yellowarrowpub.bsky.social published my poem "A Doctoral Education." This fall, they featured me in .Writers.on.Writing., where I discuss my piece and my writing:
www.yellowarrowpublishing.com/writersonwri...
www.yellowarrowpublishing.com/writersonwri...
September 5, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Last fall, @yellowarrowpub.bsky.social published my poem "A Doctoral Education." This fall, they featured me in .Writers.on.Writing., where I discuss my piece and my writing:
www.yellowarrowpublishing.com/writersonwri...
www.yellowarrowpublishing.com/writersonwri...
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We took the paywall down on this one. defector.com/how-the-fuck...
How Are You Supposed To Get The COVID Vaccine Now? An Explainer | Defector
As the muggy malaise of summer winds down, you might find yourself interested in taking advantage of one of several safe and proven vaccines to help protect you from the inevitable brumal surge of res...
defector.com
September 4, 2025 at 5:27 PM
We took the paywall down on this one. defector.com/how-the-fuck...
I had my students rewrite a Mbembe quote as a tweet, and I'm still laughing at what they wrote. Some examples:
September 4, 2025 at 3:34 PM
I had my students rewrite a Mbembe quote as a tweet, and I'm still laughing at what they wrote. Some examples:
My favorite part of handwritten reflection journals is seeing all the students' cute misspellings, AI could never
August 28, 2025 at 2:28 PM
My favorite part of handwritten reflection journals is seeing all the students' cute misspellings, AI could never
I was blessed with the best bus ride ever. Her owner said it’s highly unusual for her to take to strangers, but she just lay down under my seat and stayed there the whole time
August 22, 2025 at 8:06 PM
I was blessed with the best bus ride ever. Her owner said it’s highly unusual for her to take to strangers, but she just lay down under my seat and stayed there the whole time
Thrilled to have one of my favorite poems republished in All My Relations! Check out the issue and my poem "Your Remains are My Religion"
All My Relations, Vol 9 also features poetry by Audrey T. Carroll, Dane Lyn, @jpthorn.bsky.social, Leo Rose Rodriguez, Neen Ramos, @sarendipitous.bsky.social, and X. Y. Check all the pieces out at www.talbot-heindl.com/relations-is...
All My Relations Issues
All My Relations Volume 6 is an art and lit, online and printed magazine, exploring the theme of resistance, open to BIPOC, gender variant, and disabled creatives only.
www.talbot-heindl.com
August 15, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Thrilled to have one of my favorite poems republished in All My Relations! Check out the issue and my poem "Your Remains are My Religion"
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Like I needed another reason to avoid Home Depot and Lowes.
“Have these companies given thought about how this data might put their customers in danger, whether it's cops stalking their exes or aggressive ICE agents targeting yard workers? Probably not." www.404media.co/home-depot-a...
Home Depot and Lowe's Share Data From Hundreds of AI Cameras With Cops
Home improvement stores are finding ways to share data from their Flock license plate reader cameras with law enforcement, according to public records.
www.404media.co
August 6, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Like I needed another reason to avoid Home Depot and Lowes.
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The Trump administration effectively created a de facto bathroom ban at Brown University and none of the major media is covering it, and if they do, they character it as about sports. This is how the trans visa ban was enacted and characterized.
www.advocate.com/news/transge...
www.advocate.com/news/transge...
Brown University is ‘functionally inaccessible’ to transgender students after Trump settlement
“Everyone I talked to thought it only applied to sports. But it applies to everything," one transgender student told The Advocate.
www.advocate.com
August 6, 2025 at 3:55 AM
The Trump administration effectively created a de facto bathroom ban at Brown University and none of the major media is covering it, and if they do, they character it as about sports. This is how the trans visa ban was enacted and characterized.
www.advocate.com/news/transge...
www.advocate.com/news/transge...