Ming Lauren Holden, PhD
@minglishmuffin.bsky.social
Author of REFUGE, chosen by Lidia Yuknavitch as the winner of the inaugural Kore Press Memoir Award. I’m also an actor, director, visual artist, editor, & teacher. 20+ years of experience in 20+ countries, primarily in refugee advocacy & international aid
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Next time someone says they don’t have to apologize for being white anymore, ask them to tell about the most recent time they were forced to apologize for being white and who made them do it.
December 29, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Next time someone says they don’t have to apologize for being white anymore, ask them to tell about the most recent time they were forced to apologize for being white and who made them do it.
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Nobody works this hard for this long to cover up something this bad unless they are guilty.
December 20, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Nobody works this hard for this long to cover up something this bad unless they are guilty.
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The latest example of the power of anti-corruption, pro-reform politics.
December 13, 2025 at 6:59 PM
The latest example of the power of anti-corruption, pro-reform politics.
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Two victims of previous school shootings — Mia Tretta, who was shot in the stomach in 2019 at Saugus High School, and Zoe Weissman, who survived the 2018 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School — are now at Brown. Gun violence is out of control in this country.
December 14, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Two victims of previous school shootings — Mia Tretta, who was shot in the stomach in 2019 at Saugus High School, and Zoe Weissman, who survived the 2018 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School — are now at Brown. Gun violence is out of control in this country.
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We should bring back scrolls, books are great but scrolls would be cool
December 13, 2025 at 12:23 PM
We should bring back scrolls, books are great but scrolls would be cool
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Just when I thought I couldn't admire the man more...
🎯 🎯 🎯 💯 💯 💯 👍 👍 👍
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December 13, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Just when I thought I couldn't admire the man more...
🎯 🎯 🎯 💯 💯 💯 👍 👍 👍
🎯 🎯 🎯 💯 💯 💯 👍 👍 👍
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I hate a lot of stuff, but most of all I hate how hard we fail the kids.
December 14, 2025 at 4:15 AM
I hate a lot of stuff, but most of all I hate how hard we fail the kids.
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I'm getting tired of this President using his platform to verbally abuse and demean people in our country just because he can.
Hey dickhead, try doing your job better instead of focusing on all the 1980s put-downs.
Hey dickhead, try doing your job better instead of focusing on all the 1980s put-downs.
December 11, 2025 at 2:52 PM
I'm getting tired of this President using his platform to verbally abuse and demean people in our country just because he can.
Hey dickhead, try doing your job better instead of focusing on all the 1980s put-downs.
Hey dickhead, try doing your job better instead of focusing on all the 1980s put-downs.
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we all got cowed into avoiding "virtue signaling" as if the public affirmation of socially agreed upon ethical principles was somehow cringey instead of a significant part of what a "society" even is. now all there's left is vice signaling, and it's reshaping society.
December 8, 2025 at 6:07 PM
we all got cowed into avoiding "virtue signaling" as if the public affirmation of socially agreed upon ethical principles was somehow cringey instead of a significant part of what a "society" even is. now all there's left is vice signaling, and it's reshaping society.
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ICYMI: It’s nomination season, and if you’re a former guest editor of BAE or a writer who has appeared in its pages, I’d be really honored if you’d consider nominating my essay for BAE 2026. Nominations are due December 15. A link to nom guidelines in the thread.
My essay is up at @literaryhub.bsky.social about the late, great Lana Clarkson and other promising young women whose lives have been derailed or destroyed by men. It’s also about my childhood sexual abuse and how I have tried, and failed, to reckon with it.
lithub.com/on-promising...
lithub.com/on-promising...
On Promising Young Women (and the Nameless Men Who Get in Their Way)
“The woman is a footnote in the man’s history.” –Rebecca Hazelton * There’s this photo of Lana Clarkson that I think about often. She’s outside, backed by a blue sky, the green and brown spotted hi…
lithub.com
December 8, 2025 at 5:29 PM
ICYMI: It’s nomination season, and if you’re a former guest editor of BAE or a writer who has appeared in its pages, I’d be really honored if you’d consider nominating my essay for BAE 2026. Nominations are due December 15. A link to nom guidelines in the thread.
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We should have a government Department of Enshittification that regulates tech companies that are enshittifiying their products and dictates changes to prevent it.
December 8, 2025 at 6:17 PM
We should have a government Department of Enshittification that regulates tech companies that are enshittifiying their products and dictates changes to prevent it.
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It's unbelievable how corrupt the Supreme Court is. It's insane that we are letting them get away with it. They are taking away all of our rights.
December 5, 2025 at 3:24 AM
It's unbelievable how corrupt the Supreme Court is. It's insane that we are letting them get away with it. They are taking away all of our rights.
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I can't stop thinking about the purported drug smugglers being murdered by the US military. The punishment for drug offenses isn't the death penalty. This is just bloodlust and men in suits playing with lives they don't care about. It's truly grotesque and gravely compromises this country.
December 5, 2025 at 4:12 PM
I can't stop thinking about the purported drug smugglers being murdered by the US military. The punishment for drug offenses isn't the death penalty. This is just bloodlust and men in suits playing with lives they don't care about. It's truly grotesque and gravely compromises this country.
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The fact that a second strike like that in an armed conflict is definitely a war crime should not completely negate the fact that *there is no war* and ALL the strikes are cold-blooded murder. The whole chain of command are murderers.
December 5, 2025 at 1:20 AM
The fact that a second strike like that in an armed conflict is definitely a war crime should not completely negate the fact that *there is no war* and ALL the strikes are cold-blooded murder. The whole chain of command are murderers.
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listen
I don't have any illusions about the United States military, what it does, or how many times this has happened before
but the fact that they sat there for 41 minutes, watched two scared, human beings desperately struggling to stay alive, and then murdered them has fucked me up so deeply
I don't have any illusions about the United States military, what it does, or how many times this has happened before
but the fact that they sat there for 41 minutes, watched two scared, human beings desperately struggling to stay alive, and then murdered them has fucked me up so deeply
December 5, 2025 at 2:33 AM
listen
I don't have any illusions about the United States military, what it does, or how many times this has happened before
but the fact that they sat there for 41 minutes, watched two scared, human beings desperately struggling to stay alive, and then murdered them has fucked me up so deeply
I don't have any illusions about the United States military, what it does, or how many times this has happened before
but the fact that they sat there for 41 minutes, watched two scared, human beings desperately struggling to stay alive, and then murdered them has fucked me up so deeply
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Melania chose “Home Is Where the Heart Is” as the theme for the White House Christmas decorations, which is pretty tone deaf for an administration deporting people from the only home they’ve known for decades. What’s next, a Great Gatsby party during a government shutdown?
December 4, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Melania chose “Home Is Where the Heart Is” as the theme for the White House Christmas decorations, which is pretty tone deaf for an administration deporting people from the only home they’ve known for decades. What’s next, a Great Gatsby party during a government shutdown?
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Why is jared Kushner meeting w Putin
December 5, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Why is jared Kushner meeting w Putin
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Huge congratulations to the wonderful Donna Haraway for winning the 2025 Erasmus Prize:
erasmusprijs.org/en/laureates...
erasmusprijs.org/en/laureates...
December 4, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Huge congratulations to the wonderful Donna Haraway for winning the 2025 Erasmus Prize:
erasmusprijs.org/en/laureates...
erasmusprijs.org/en/laureates...
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Everyone thinks they have the best dog, and none of them are wrong.
December 4, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Everyone thinks they have the best dog, and none of them are wrong.
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When the U.S. commits war crimes, acts of war, and meddles in the internal affairs of other countries, it jeopardizes our national security because it invites retaliation and sets precedence for others to follow suit.
December 4, 2025 at 6:46 PM
When the U.S. commits war crimes, acts of war, and meddles in the internal affairs of other countries, it jeopardizes our national security because it invites retaliation and sets precedence for others to follow suit.
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How about we worry less, as a society, about whether individuals might be cheating to get a disability accommodation or some help buying food, and more about whether extremely wealthy people and corporations are paying their fair share of taxes?
December 2, 2025 at 9:42 PM
How about we worry less, as a society, about whether individuals might be cheating to get a disability accommodation or some help buying food, and more about whether extremely wealthy people and corporations are paying their fair share of taxes?
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Last week, ICE arrested and separated a father and son after a routine check-in. Six-year-old Yuanxin had just enrolled in the first grade at an elementary school in Astoria. Now he's in custody, alone. ICE won't say where. This cruelty serves no one. It must end.
December 2, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Last week, ICE arrested and separated a father and son after a routine check-in. Six-year-old Yuanxin had just enrolled in the first grade at an elementary school in Astoria. Now he's in custody, alone. ICE won't say where. This cruelty serves no one. It must end.
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Every US military officer swears an oath when commissioned.
That oath is to NOT to obey all orders.
It is to preserve, protect & defend the Constitution against all enemies foreign & domestic.
Their 1st obligation is to obey the law & the law prohibits the deliberate killing of unarmed citizens.
That oath is to NOT to obey all orders.
It is to preserve, protect & defend the Constitution against all enemies foreign & domestic.
Their 1st obligation is to obey the law & the law prohibits the deliberate killing of unarmed citizens.
December 2, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Every US military officer swears an oath when commissioned.
That oath is to NOT to obey all orders.
It is to preserve, protect & defend the Constitution against all enemies foreign & domestic.
Their 1st obligation is to obey the law & the law prohibits the deliberate killing of unarmed citizens.
That oath is to NOT to obey all orders.
It is to preserve, protect & defend the Constitution against all enemies foreign & domestic.
Their 1st obligation is to obey the law & the law prohibits the deliberate killing of unarmed citizens.
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Important to teach kids that you can admire the artistry and creativity of something while also deeply disagreeing with some of those artistic decisions. Considered critique is good, and stan culture has diluted so much of our cultural commentary
December 2, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Important to teach kids that you can admire the artistry and creativity of something while also deeply disagreeing with some of those artistic decisions. Considered critique is good, and stan culture has diluted so much of our cultural commentary
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I hope someone draws this wonderful story about Tom Stoppard's Arcadia and the power of the arts to help us see things differently, to the attention of our Education Secretary. Do read it, it will lift your spirits.
December 2, 2025 at 10:59 AM
I hope someone draws this wonderful story about Tom Stoppard's Arcadia and the power of the arts to help us see things differently, to the attention of our Education Secretary. Do read it, it will lift your spirits.