Susan Kiyo Ito
Writer, adoptee, author of memoir I Would Meet You Anywhere, National Book Critics Circle finalist. 🥚 website: http://www.thesusanito.com member of the Writers Grotto
- Reposted by Susan Kiyo ItoWaPo laid off: -- A journalist covering protest movements and extremism -- A Pulitzer-winning local enterprise reporter -- the race and ethnicity beat reporter -- ... the Amazon beat reporter In addition to so many others
- Reposted by Susan Kiyo ItoToday, as Gaza continues to be stuck in a bloody limbo, we are turning our website over to Gaza and its people in an initiative we are calling “A Day for Gaza.” There will be no pieces published on our website today that do not come directly from Gaza.
- Reposted by Susan Kiyo ItoReminder that, in recent days, children have rallied and protested for their freedom inside an ICE detention center where water has been described as "putrid" and meals reportedly contain “bugs,” dirt, and debris. This is where the kidnapped 5-year-old Liam Ramos is being held.
- My minister is there! So proud
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- Reposted by Susan Kiyo ItoDecember Writing Prompt from our blog editors:
- Reposted by Susan Kiyo ItoIt looks like it's been scrubbed from every official 60 Minutes page now. It's only a 30-second promo but here it is if you didn't get a chance to see it.
- Actively, in real time, trying to scrub this from the internet. The Youtube video here is set to private now. 60minutestonight.com/inside-cecot...
- Reposted by Susan Kiyo ItoAs lawyers, John Roberts, Brett Kavanaugh, and Amy Coney Barrett were involved in bringing this travesty of a case to SCOTUS, and they have now all joined Clarence Thomas—who voted with the majority here—as justices of the court.
- Reposted by Susan Kiyo ItoIt’s been two weeks since ICE took Yuanxin Zheng from his father. He is six years old. He’s still not home. This has to end.
- Reposted by Susan Kiyo Ito🥚 An adoptee scriptwriter calls it: Hollywood stories reinforce damaging tropes of adopted people as imposters/ devil children with trauma used as a plot device for evil [Marvel’s Loki] OR as the grateful waif who graces the lives of others [Roald Dahl’s Matilda] www.bbc.com/news/article...
- Reposted by Susan Kiyo Ito$120/2000 Thank you everybody!! 🙏💚💚 If we can get $500 in a chunk, I can lower this goal to $1500 total, so please keep boosting and sharing- new eyes help!!
- Reposted by Susan Kiyo ItoIt’s unreal that we take children from their families and pay strangers to care for them, when the majority of removals are due to poverty in the first place
- Reposted by Susan Kiyo ItoThinking about shopping on Amazon for Cyber Monday? Watch this first. youtube.com/shorts/FaRBjqYsXRE
- Reposted by Susan Kiyo ItoLiterally buying one copy of a book at your local indie bookstore can mean the difference in whether they buy future books from that author.
- Reposted by Susan Kiyo ItoICE DETAINED MARILYN. Fuck these people. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
- Reposted by Susan Kiyo ItoAs you’re preparing for your Thanksgiving meal, remember the skilled work it took to get that food to your grocery store. Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
- Reposted by Susan Kiyo ItoI was just thinking about contributing to the "charity" Feeding America. Until I discovered that the salary for its CEO, Claire Babineaux-Fontenot, was approximately $949,866 in 2024, with her total compensation being $1,113,502. Apparently, feeding America isn't her top priority.
- Reposted by Susan Kiyo ItoThe CDC has turned off its vaccine search tool. The vaccines.gov site now gives an error when you enter a valid zip code. They also removed text saying “Vaccines can help you stay healthy” and added a banner saying the site is being updated.
- Ughhh I wish I’d done this the past 15 years 😭
- It’s just cruel to students and faculty that colleges only give Thursday and Friday off this week. 😫
- Reposted by Susan Kiyo Ito"I’m thinking about the bleached bones O’Keeffe collected as her symbols of the desert. I’m remembering that, like O’Keeffe, my parents initially came to the desert from the East Coast hoping for a kind of renewal." @jennyqi.bsky.social therumpus.net/2025/11/18/p...
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- Reposted by Susan Kiyo ItoThis colonial horror is happening now in Denmark.
- Reposted by Susan Kiyo ItoI tried to do what my good friend LP is doing and finish my bachelors degree as a working professional. I failed, but if I’d had this community back then, it would have meant everything to have this happen. It would mean everything now to see my friend get to do this. Let’s share far and wide, ok?
- In a mad attempt to stave off the AI beast, i introduced my students to letterpress printing this week.
- Reposted by Susan Kiyo Itoit’s been a while since I mentioned that i created a feed for posts by people who are adopted/trafficked/purchased out of their original families. please consider adding it. And if you would like to post to it, please let me know in a reply. 🥚
- Reposted by Susan Kiyo ItoUS citizen Maria Greeley, a Latina who was adopted, was walking home from work downtown when masked agents zip tied her. They said she “doesn’t look like a Greeley.” This is how the government treats people under current deportation policies. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/15/l...
- Reposted by Susan Kiyo ItoThere is no such thing as unskilled labor, only devalued labor.
- Reposted by Susan Kiyo ItoI invented a thing called Admin Night and I've come to recruit for it. Get hip to the tiny obligations grinding us down, isolating us and stealing our time! Wake up to the structural reasons why! Get shit done! Admin Night is fun and funny and helpful! Start your own! www.wsj.com/lifestyle/re...
- Reposted by Susan Kiyo Ito‘Death remains my intimate shadow partner. It has been with me since birth, always hovering close by. I understand one day we will finally waltz together into the ether. I hope when that time comes, I die with the satisfaction of a life well-lived, unapologetic, joyful, & full of love.’ —Alice Wong
- Reposted by Susan Kiyo ItoReinstate Sarah Kendzior
- Reposted by Susan Kiyo ItoA classic example of the inversions of settler colonialism: the settler becomes the native and the Indigenous person becomes an outsider on their own land.
- Reposted by Susan Kiyo ItoAn M.I.T. study found that 95% of companies that had invested in A.I. tools were seeing zero return. It jibes with the emerging idea that generative A.I., “in its current incarnation, simply isn’t all it’s been cracked up to be,” John Cassidy writes. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/mlYgP3
- Reposted by Susan Kiyo ItoBounty Hunters. They are really revisiting the original purpose of policing-slave patrols-to inspire their visions of the future.
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- Reposted by Susan Kiyo ItoI will say that I hate that adopted people constantly have to address this question when trying to access their records or other information about *themselves* and their family of origin. It’s a foundation of their identity. It belongs to them and they’re entitled to have it for that reason alone.
- Reposted by Susan Kiyo Ito"truly it was out of curiosity"
- Nobody needs a 🐻 cup
- If we go on strike, our union of 12,000 workers are calling on customers to NOT BUY STARBUCKS. Sign our pledge to not cross a picket line and we'll send you local calls to action - nocontractnocoffee.org
- Reposted by Susan Kiyo ItoIf any of these Senators 👇👇👇are yours, CALL NOW and tell them not to cave. On the heels of Tuesday’s election results, literally thinking about snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. This is why Mamdani won.
- Reposted by Susan Kiyo ItoList of US airports where flights will be reduced during the shutdown. Cuts will begin tomorrow (Friday the 7th)
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- Reposted by Susan Kiyo ItoIt’s been a pleasure working with Lex and everyone in the politics vertical at Teen Vogue. I’m heartbroken that my column, Disability Visibility, is gone. Teen Vogue was one of the few places that published disabled journalists regularly. I just spent the last 2 months working on my next column
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- Reposted by Susan Kiyo ItoGabriel Garcia Aviles would pass away just ten days later, leaving a grieving family with a lot of unanswered questions. The full story: lataco.com/second-death... By Izzy Ramirez
- Reposted by Susan Kiyo ItoWe cannot make the same mistake. We cannot let them redistrict our maps to tip the scale in their favor. We have one shot to stop Trumps rigging the elections. This will affect all of us. We all stand together 👊🏼💙 We all stand with you! 🙌🏼🙌🏼 Vote YES on PROP 50
- Reposted by Susan Kiyo ItoI was laid off from Teen Vogue this week, alongside multiple other phenomenal team members. At our Summit, I was asked how it felt to be 1 of 2 Black women left and what that meant for representation. Now, there are no Black women at Teen Vogue and that is incredibly painful to think about.
- Reposted by Susan Kiyo ItoThree years ago today, I lost my birthfather Jerry Knight. Today I'm announcing what he waited for: WONDERLAND: A Black Market Baby's Rise from the Rabbit Hole April 1, 2026 (his birthday) myadoptedlife.com/wonderland-t... Join the launch list. #adoptee #memoir #adoption #writingcommunity 🥚
- Reposted by Susan Kiyo Itothank you for all the support; the statement from our union is now live here with some more reporting. now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
- Reposted by Susan Kiyo Ito🥚BIPOC Adoptee Books!!
- So honored to speak with Gretchen twice in one month!
- it’s been a couple of years since my friend @gretchensisson.bsky.social published RELINQUISHED, reporting her years of research on the causes and consequences of women relinquishing their children for #adoption. i think now is an especially apt time to recommend this brilliant book. +
- Reposted by Susan Kiyo ItoNovember is National Adoption Awareness Month, created by the adoption industry and others who enable and benefit from family separation to celebrate and promote their “work”. Please take the opportunity to listen to adopted people and others who’ve been harmed by the system—this month and always.
- One year I really need to see this in person!
- Reposted by Susan Kiyo ItoOne example of the price increases on the horizon. People are literally about to be priced out in the same way landlords price people out of apartments. It won’t stop here either How many of us have already put off going to the doctor/dentist, simply because we can’t afford it? This is unacceptable
- Reposted by Susan Kiyo ItoOver 40 million people will lose their food assistance because the wealthy require fascism to further line their pockets. We have to link arms and take care of one another while recognizing these motherfuckers will take everything unless we stop them. jaredyatessexton.substack.com/p/a-war-agai...
- Reposted by Susan Kiyo ItoAntifascist mutual aid request:
- my friend Grace is the woman who stood up to the guy in the Nazi SS uniform in those viral videos youve probably seen- he broke her nose with a beer stein - please share & donate and give her a hand with medical expenses, recovery and potential expenses gofund.me/72cb1a415
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