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Terri E. Givens @profterrig.bsky.social Bad ass in poli-sci UBC, Vancouver and Menlo Park, CA. Immigration, race, far right politics. Author of Radical Empathy and Reckoning. French🇫🇷, German🇩🇪, Catsky 🐈 https://linktr.ee/terrigivens
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Let Me Go Mad In My Own Way (2025)
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Chinatown Vancouver: An Illustrated History (available May 1, 2025).
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