Melissa Hung
@melissahung.bsky.social
Writer & journalist. 📚Disability Intimacy, Body Language. Founding editor, Hyphen. Writing about immigrant communities, Asian America, culture, food, disability & more. melissahung.xyz
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Melissa Hung
@melissahung.bsky.social
· Sep 23
Hello new followers. Welcome! A bit about me. I’m a writer & journalist. You probably found me through @gregpak.bsky.social's journalists starter pack. I know Greg because back in the day I started a little film festival in Houston & I used to screen Greg’s films!
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A 6-year-old boy is missing after ICE arrested him and his dad in NYC last week and shipped them off to separate facilities
www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/02/i...
www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/02/i...
ICE Arrested and Separated Chinese Father From 6-Year-Old Son, Advocates Say
The father and son were detained at an ICE check-in on Nov. 26, advocates say. The son’s location is currently unknown, while the father is being held at an upstate ICE facility.
www.thecity.nyc
December 2, 2025 at 9:08 PM
A 6-year-old boy is missing after ICE arrested him and his dad in NYC last week and shipped them off to separate facilities
www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/02/i...
www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/02/i...
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You never know how your art might influence someone else.
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December 2, 2025 at 2:37 PM
You never know how your art might influence someone else.
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You never know how your art might influence someone else.
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December 2, 2025 at 2:37 PM
You never know how your art might influence someone else.
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American healthcare: You are a doctor and have a cancer that you are an expert in. But insurance denies your treatment. By @harrymok.bsky.social
He’s a leading expert in nonsmoker lung cancer. After he got the disease, insurance denied his treatment
OPINION: Stanford Dr. Bryant Lin is both a patient and an advocate in yet another vexing health care problem: insurance denials.
www.sfchronicle.com
December 1, 2025 at 10:48 PM
American healthcare: You are a doctor and have a cancer that you are an expert in. But insurance denies your treatment. By @harrymok.bsky.social
A lovely tribute to Alice Wong by Rebecca Cokley. "Alice was constantly watching what people were doing, and lifting up people whose work she thought deserved attention and amplification."
I am so lucky to have been on the receiving end of this when she included me in one of her anthologies.
I am so lucky to have been on the receiving end of this when she included me in one of her anthologies.
A Tribute to an Oracle, Alice Wong
Alice had the ability to look to the future and a world where laws and attitudes did not keep disabled people poor, pitied, and isolated.
www.thenation.com
December 1, 2025 at 10:42 PM
A lovely tribute to Alice Wong by Rebecca Cokley. "Alice was constantly watching what people were doing, and lifting up people whose work she thought deserved attention and amplification."
I am so lucky to have been on the receiving end of this when she included me in one of her anthologies.
I am so lucky to have been on the receiving end of this when she included me in one of her anthologies.
Post a movie where you are from
(Fun fact: The scenes of Grover Cleveland, the public high school that Max gets kicked out to, were filmed at my actual public high school)
(Fun fact: The scenes of Grover Cleveland, the public high school that Max gets kicked out to, were filmed at my actual public high school)
November 23, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Post a movie where you are from
(Fun fact: The scenes of Grover Cleveland, the public high school that Max gets kicked out to, were filmed at my actual public high school)
(Fun fact: The scenes of Grover Cleveland, the public high school that Max gets kicked out to, were filmed at my actual public high school)
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Never seen it put this way and it's really powerful.
I think the shortest version of why LLMs are an anti education technology is that education is fundamentally about making shared context to understand ourselves, each other, and the world
And by design LLMs destroy shared context
And by design LLMs destroy shared context
November 23, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Never seen it put this way and it's really powerful.
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Zohran flip your hair again we need healthcare get him to give us healthcare.
November 21, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Zohran flip your hair again we need healthcare get him to give us healthcare.
What is happening?! Trump seems smitten! I don’t know how to process this
Reporter: Are you affirming that you think the president is a fascist?
Mamdani: I've spoken about --
Trump: Just say yes, it's easier than explaining.
Mamdani: I've spoken about --
Trump: Just say yes, it's easier than explaining.
November 21, 2025 at 11:27 PM
What is happening?! Trump seems smitten! I don’t know how to process this
I’ve lived in many cities and Brooklyn drivers are the worst. Stop signs are just mere suggestions that no one seems to follow
November 20, 2025 at 10:11 PM
I’ve lived in many cities and Brooklyn drivers are the worst. Stop signs are just mere suggestions that no one seems to follow
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Big reminder, NYC! @handsoffnyc.bsky.social is doing know-your-rights and ICE watch trainings in every borough - 11/22 in Manhattan, 11/23 in Staten Island, 12/6 in Brooklyn and the Bronx, and 12/13 in Queens!
Sign up today! We protect each other!
www.handsoffnyc.com/take-action
Sign up today! We protect each other!
www.handsoffnyc.com/take-action
Take Action — Hands Off NYC
www.handsoffnyc.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Big reminder, NYC! @handsoffnyc.bsky.social is doing know-your-rights and ICE watch trainings in every borough - 11/22 in Manhattan, 11/23 in Staten Island, 12/6 in Brooklyn and the Bronx, and 12/13 in Queens!
Sign up today! We protect each other!
www.handsoffnyc.com/take-action
Sign up today! We protect each other!
www.handsoffnyc.com/take-action
On average, it costs 28% more for a household with a disabled adult to have the same standard of living as a household without someone disabled. And that's from 2015 to 2018 data, so it's probably even more now. (Source: a 2020 study from the National Disability Institute)
freelancing in 2025 feels so different than even a few years ago. healthcare premiums are so expensive, being disabled is so expensive. money worries grind down the ability to think creatively or engage deeply with the world outside day to day survival
November 19, 2025 at 5:22 PM
On average, it costs 28% more for a household with a disabled adult to have the same standard of living as a household without someone disabled. And that's from 2015 to 2018 data, so it's probably even more now. (Source: a 2020 study from the National Disability Institute)
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I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
Opinion | Jamal Khashoggi: What the Arab world needs most is free expression
The Arab world needs a modern version of the old transnational media so citizens can be informed about global events.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
Grief is exhausting. I feel so depleted
November 18, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Grief is exhausting. I feel so depleted
Laughing but also crying
To Alice Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything
You were a hero to Asian Americans, drag queens and people with disabilities around the world. May you do what you wanna do as your chariot carries you over the rainbow.
by Maureen Dowd
You were a hero to Asian Americans, drag queens and people with disabilities around the world. May you do what you wanna do as your chariot carries you over the rainbow.
by Maureen Dowd
November 18, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Laughing but also crying
A lovely tribute to Alice Wong by @thrasherxy.bsky.social. "She did not gatekeep knowledge; she shared it with the generosity and glee of a neighbor passing out full-sized candy bars on Halloween." I laughed at the part where she told him to “EAT THE FUCKING COOKIES!!!!” So very Alice.
Remembering Alice Wong: Writer, Advocate, Friend
Though we were in frequent conversation for a decade, I only got to meet my friend Alice Wong in person just once. And when I did, I was a bundle of nerves—and that was before she cussed me out wi…
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November 18, 2025 at 3:27 PM
A lovely tribute to Alice Wong by @thrasherxy.bsky.social. "She did not gatekeep knowledge; she shared it with the generosity and glee of a neighbor passing out full-sized candy bars on Halloween." I laughed at the part where she told him to “EAT THE FUCKING COOKIES!!!!” So very Alice.
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Alice Wong was one of the most effective people challenging the Whiteness of disability communities and its many flaws, but who believed fiercely in us as a community, in disabled people as oracles.
Alice brought so much to so many of us, it’s hard to measure the kind of gratitude I have for that.
Alice brought so much to so many of us, it’s hard to measure the kind of gratitude I have for that.
November 15, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Alice Wong was one of the most effective people challenging the Whiteness of disability communities and its many flaws, but who believed fiercely in us as a community, in disabled people as oracles.
Alice brought so much to so many of us, it’s hard to measure the kind of gratitude I have for that.
Alice brought so much to so many of us, it’s hard to measure the kind of gratitude I have for that.
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The irony here is painful.
Alice Wong wrote a column for Vogue called Disability Visibility. You can still find all her writing for Vogue under her author name.
But *Disability Visibility* - also the name of the advocacy group she launched - has been erased.
Exactly how disabled people often are.
Alice Wong wrote a column for Vogue called Disability Visibility. You can still find all her writing for Vogue under her author name.
But *Disability Visibility* - also the name of the advocacy group she launched - has been erased.
Exactly how disabled people often are.
The new owners of Teen Vogue have already erased her column.
www.teenvogue.com/tag/disabili...
www.teenvogue.com/tag/disabili...
November 15, 2025 at 11:07 PM
The irony here is painful.
Alice Wong wrote a column for Vogue called Disability Visibility. You can still find all her writing for Vogue under her author name.
But *Disability Visibility* - also the name of the advocacy group she launched - has been erased.
Exactly how disabled people often are.
Alice Wong wrote a column for Vogue called Disability Visibility. You can still find all her writing for Vogue under her author name.
But *Disability Visibility* - also the name of the advocacy group she launched - has been erased.
Exactly how disabled people often are.
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One way I have found to mourn someone is to set up a monthly sustaining donation to a mutual aid effort they cared about. If you can join me in honoring Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social with a sustaining donation today, please do. Thank you Alice, and I will not let the bastards grind me down.
November 15, 2025 at 12:34 PM
One way I have found to mourn someone is to set up a monthly sustaining donation to a mutual aid effort they cared about. If you can join me in honoring Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social with a sustaining donation today, please do. Thank you Alice, and I will not let the bastards grind me down.
I woke up to the news that Alice Wong @sfdirewolf.bsky.social has joined the ancestors. Thank you, Alice, for your leadership, your fierce sense of justice, for including so many of us in your movement (our movement), for your sense of humor, for your friendship.
November 15, 2025 at 4:32 PM
I woke up to the news that Alice Wong @sfdirewolf.bsky.social has joined the ancestors. Thank you, Alice, for your leadership, your fierce sense of justice, for including so many of us in your movement (our movement), for your sense of humor, for your friendship.
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This Saturday (11/15), join us for a citywide day of community action where New Yorkers are coming together to build our relationships, visibility, and collective strength—borough by borough, block by block—in resistance to the Trump administration.
Find an event near you:
www.HandsOffNYC.com/nov15
Find an event near you:
www.HandsOffNYC.com/nov15
November 14, 2025 at 7:22 PM
This Saturday (11/15), join us for a citywide day of community action where New Yorkers are coming together to build our relationships, visibility, and collective strength—borough by borough, block by block—in resistance to the Trump administration.
Find an event near you:
www.HandsOffNYC.com/nov15
Find an event near you:
www.HandsOffNYC.com/nov15
Healthcare is so unaffordable in the US now but it used to be EVEN worse b/c before the ACA, insurance could put a lifetime limit on payouts, as my friend @fumikochino.bsky.social found out. Listen to her story in this podcast, where @mcuban.bsky.social is also a guest talking about Cost Plus Drugs.
November 14, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Healthcare is so unaffordable in the US now but it used to be EVEN worse b/c before the ACA, insurance could put a lifetime limit on payouts, as my friend @fumikochino.bsky.social found out. Listen to her story in this podcast, where @mcuban.bsky.social is also a guest talking about Cost Plus Drugs.
In some good personal news, I was accepted into a literary thing I’ve applied to for years! This was my sixth time applying. Collect your rejections and keep going.
November 13, 2025 at 10:34 PM
In some good personal news, I was accepted into a literary thing I’ve applied to for years! This was my sixth time applying. Collect your rejections and keep going.
In Denver, there is no trace of its Chinatown, which the city demolished in waves during the 1940s and 1960s. Today, a new generation of chefs are reclaiming their heritage, building community, and cooking up tasty dishes. Story by @estarla.bsky.social www.cntraveler.com/story/in-den...
In Denver, New Restaurants Honor a Long-Erased Chinatown
In downtown Denver, a hub for the Chinese American community dating back to the 1880s, the next generation of chefs are embracing their heritage.
www.cntraveler.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:23 PM
In Denver, there is no trace of its Chinatown, which the city demolished in waves during the 1940s and 1960s. Today, a new generation of chefs are reclaiming their heritage, building community, and cooking up tasty dishes. Story by @estarla.bsky.social www.cntraveler.com/story/in-den...
I shared a behind-the-scenes look at curating a retrospective of @authorgracelin.bsky.social's work for @carlemuseum.bsky.social (a process that I found similar to reporting and writing a journalistic story). If you were thinking about seeing the show, go soon. It's up for 7 more weeks.
From Nov/Dec #HBMag @melissahung.bsky.social on curating THE ART OF GRACE LIN exhibit at @carlemuseum.bsky.social: " @authorgracelin.bsky.social + I share a hope that visitors to the exhibit will experience joy, but that they will also feel the humanity behind her work" www.hbook.com/story/curati...
Curating The Art of Grace Lin
From the November/December 2025 issue of The Horn Book Magazine.
www.hbook.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:31 PM
I shared a behind-the-scenes look at curating a retrospective of @authorgracelin.bsky.social's work for @carlemuseum.bsky.social (a process that I found similar to reporting and writing a journalistic story). If you were thinking about seeing the show, go soon. It's up for 7 more weeks.