aris kian.
@rosewaterframes
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chillhop essentials evangelist. afrohouturist. houston poet laureate emeritus. ✨
Houston, TX.
Joined July 2011
AND IT GOT COVERAGE? yeah, this is one of my fav's that's come out of @Hou_Landing this year. 😍 Please go read it, and then support one of the organizations in the thread: https://t.co/C1xHt3BgmD
me and 70+ Houstonians wrote a group piece in response to the hurricane 🫶🏾 read below & find the contributors on my IG below:
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predictably here's today's @HoustonChron piece unironically lamenting houston's low voter turnout & low voter info, brought to you by the exact people paywalling their voter guide when they could simply give houstonians free access to basic info about what's on the ballot & when
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get into it!!! I was subscribed for years because of this deal, then paid regularly $21 a month. I recently unsubscribed and had to endure SO much hostility and questioning over the phone. we gotta be honest about this aggressive af subscription policy. lmao
@nickpowellchron Nick, Yes, the $0.99 is a fair price, and it's quick & easy online process to sign up. ...but then y'all jack up the price to a completely unrealistic $21.62 per month, and, you have a laborious, jump-thru-hoops, must *call* to unsubscribe process. -- I just tried to
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You know, the killing is so relentless that you almost get used to it. A classroom of children killed every single day. You write about it, you read about it. Someone’s mother digs herself up from the rubble. Someone’s father is split in half. There was a video of wounded man
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Tired of all these people acting like stupid petulant children about everything in the world. All the endless handwringing, feigned outrage, self victimization over words and supposed intents while a literal genocide is ongoing. Poignantly relevant chapter from @m7mdkurd on this:
Brad Lander who cross-endorsed Mamdani: “When I hear the phrase ‘globalize the Intifada,’ I say to people.. maybe you don’t mean to be saying it’s open season on Jews everywhere in the world, but that’s what I hear. “And I’d like to hear that from other people.”
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i love the sound design here. the way you can hear the lynching take place in the background hiding in the score, haunting him. just as a perfumer would navigate their memory through scent, it makes sense that the sounds of that moment would stay with slim, our musician.
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It's so frustrating to hear elected officials say things like "it’s so easy to be against something than for something, particularly when you don’t have to offer up any solution” when people have been offering solutions long before the mayor was in office.
BREAKING: After a high-tension, eight-hour meeting, Houston council has officially approved Mayor @whitmire_john's $7B budget following months of consolidation efforts and searches for cuts. https://t.co/xmyJd2Pa92 via @HoustonChron
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As the youngest poet to hold the role, Aris Kian participated in and organized nearly 100 events, media appearances, and poetry workshops. We’ve published a conversation between @rosewaterframes and Ariana Lee, Houston Youth Poet Laureate from 2022-2023. https://t.co/U2UTrLE18w
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Aris Kian and Ariana Lee discuss slam poetry, abolition, the HISD takeover, and more.
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I know it may seem like nothing comes as a result of mass demonstrations and it’s a waste of time, but that’s what they want you to think. In 2003 the result of the anti war demonstrations was the Patriot Act and invasive af TSA, Islamaphobia in the media, extreme Nationalism
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Severance is filmed with insane levels of care and intelligence - it’s so refreshing
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A singular man is removing decades of progress spanned across many mayors
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UCLA doctoral student AJ Addae turned her passion for inclusive beauty into action—launching a lab dedicated to helping skincare companies develop solutions for darker skin tones. @SULALABS #WomensHistoryMonth
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AJ Addae, a UCLA chemical biology doctoral student, launched a company that develops cosmetics for people with darker skin tones
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Extra super excited to finally share this! THE LAUGHING BARREL will published with @AliceJamesBooks in Spring 2027 💜🥳💜🥳 you can preorder now (for 20% off) at this link:
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DeeSoul Carson's debut poetry collection, The Laughing Barrel (Alice James Books, 2027)
Some exciting news! Alice James will publish @deesoulpoetry's debut poetry collection, THE LAUGHING BARREL, in April 2027. THE LAUGHING BARREL was a finalist for the 2025 Alice James Award, and we're elated that this collection and Carson have found a home with AJB 💛 Learn more
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The amount of money flowing into unverified western fundraisers could save lives on the ground. We urge everyone to stop and think about why western fundraisers get so much traction while Gazans are forced beg for any support. We could all do with a bit more shame.
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my debut full-length poetry collection, THE HUNGERING YEARS, is out with @hostpublication in 2026 💜✨🍃
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These vids of DJs playing YT to mp3 songs made shitter thru Stems compression with reactions of the modern BIPOC Yuppie audience are a COINTELPRO from record labels to dilute dance music and re-popularize older songs to the profit of private equity groups that bought the songs.
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