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The Valley of Dry Bones (Ezekiel 37)

Dedicated to the indigenous people of Palestine.Dhikra an-Nakba, Memory of the Catastrophe.A continuous experience of violence and dispossession. During my time in exile, with the hand of the 主1 upon me, She brings me out by the Spirit of the 主, and sets me in the middle of a valley, a valley full of bones. She leads me back and forth among a great multitude of bones on the floor of the valley.…

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As an eating disorder survivor, I know I must speak. This piece is my attempt to connect our struggles. Every day that aid is blocked by "Israel," every day our friends in Gaza go without nutrition and water, is a day too long—a battle for survival.

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The Root is a Fractal

To see a World in a Grain of SandAnd a Heaven in a Wild Flower,Hold Infinity in the palm of your handAnd Eternity in an hour.William Blake In the process of understanding and solving complex problems,We look for a root cause, a thread that unravels the knot, a scapegoat. But Indra’s Net describes interfusion, interconnectedness, interpenetration;Each jewel reflecting an infinite number of other…

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Free Zine! "Acupuncture: A Manifesto"

In order for acupuncture to survive, the profession must burn. Formatted for zine by @sunrequiem, adapted from Dr. Tyler Phan’s podcast episode (with permission). We hope that this manifesto will be read by TCM and acupuncture practitioners, medical practitioners, physical therapists, public health practitioners, researchers, those who have experienced and/or treated addiction and trauma, and…

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Practicing the art of transforming the mud of suffering 🪷

I spent much of 2024 observing and contemplating the lotus plant.Some thoughts related to mud and maintaining practice in these times… “Shock and awe (technically known as rapid dominance) is a military strategy based on the use of overwhelming power (force concentration) and spectacular displays of force to paralyze the enemy’s perception of the battlefield and destroy their will to fight.” –…

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Liberation as Gongfu, Warrior Monk Medicine, and Disability Justice

In this post, I will share about my 2024 movement practices: in essence, training to become a threat to imperialism, for spiritual cultivation, and for physical health. I will also establish the connection between two practices that are both important to me: Disability Justice and Gongfu (Kungfu). This is given the context of my lived experience with severe disability, recovery, and “movement as…

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Grief, Observed: The Energies of the Metal Element and Autumn

In this season, I have been feeling heaviness and grief that is disproportionate to the circumstances of my personal life. I spent time discerning the source: is it individual or interpersonal? Is it collective? It was difficult to parse out, but what I can ascertain is that my emotions are connected with the seasons. In Chinese medicine, fall is the season of the metal element, associated with…

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A Fetal Remembrance of Yáo Wénjì (姚文季)

My new piece for Divine Zine Issue 4: Ancestry, about my pre-natal energetic connection with my maternal grandfather.

阿公1, I miss you, although we have never met face to face. How can it be that a fetus remembers you with such striking familiarity? Maybe only you and I will ever understand, try as I might to put it into words. You know, 阿公, I met one of your drinking buddies the other day.He called themselves 酒神 and 酒仙, while you were the 酒鬼2 of the group.But to 阿婆3, you were all 酒鬼. I brought you some cherry…

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19 tips for navigating the digital world for my rad comrades 💖

This month I spent some time looking into ways to divest from Google, which funds horrible things like Project Nimbus. Along the way, I learned some tips for digital safety and I wanted to share (teaching is a form of learning too). I am not an expert, just someone who tries (imperfectly) to be conscious about media and consumption. Google, Microsoft, Apple, Meta, Amazon, etc are tech giants…

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Nakba Day Reflections

In advance of Nakba Day, I was reflecting on my learning journey about the Zionist occupation of Palestine. As a result, I made a very loose timeline to honor its significance in my life, and to encourage others to keep learning about Palestine, taking action to stop the genocide, and talking about it in their communities. The purpose of this post is not to center my lived experience over…

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The Paradigm Shift We Need For Understanding and Preventing Chronic Disease

Inspired from a thread started by Kathy Eagar, quoted with permission Fun fact: I wrote this nearly a year ago, so it’s time to get it out of my drafts. Photo by Towfiqu barbhuiya A paradigm shift is needed for chronic disease. They are thought to be caused and prevented by lifestyle factors and individual decisions… But many “mild” infectious diseases can have devastating impacts after the…

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Dialectics of Liberation: Gentleness and Resistance for Endurance

Summary: In this post, I make my case for gentleness to exist alongside resistance. I provide dialectics that give us room to embody both of these qualities. At the end, I have compiled a dozen sets of links for us to take action — I invite you to choose one. Photo by Holly Booth The work of abolishing carceral systems, cross-movement actions for the liberation of all oppressed peoples, and…

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"A Doctor's Benevolence" | 医者天下心

This translation is dedicated to the doctors, patients, and families massacred at Al-Shifa Hospital, the largest medical complex and central hospital in the Gaza Strip, located in Gaza City, Palestine. 医者天下仁心惆怅 只求人无病檀木为匣尘生药方 生死各有命为何有了心怀天下的胸襟 问天上南星任凭花开花败落树影斑驳 来时雾散尽 yī zhě tiān xià rén x��n chóu chàng zhī qiú rén wú bìngtán mù wéi xiá chén shēng yào fāng shēng sǐ gè yǒu mìngwèi hé yǒu le xīn huái…

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Personal Foundations in Traditional Chinese Medicine: My Lineage, Interest, and Experience

Hello readers! It's been so, so long since I've made another piece public, and there's a lot of ground to cover. I've been exploring and loving the practices and philosophy of TCM, I've written about it in the newest post!

Image by: Luna Hu Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM or 中医) is one of the world’s oldest medical systems, which focuses on treating and preventing disease by restoring the balance of qi in the bodymind. My TCM Lineage Chinese Medicine was taught through the generations (家传) on both sides of my family. However, my great-great-grandparents’ generation did not continue passing along the tradition,…

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Blueprint for Allyship: Health Update and How You Can Help (pw)ME

Hoping, praying, expecting, wishing, manifesting, longing for folks to pay attention to this post and read to the very end! Help! This is a call to action and a cry for solidarity. ME advocates cannot sustainably do this alone, so here’s a blueprint for allyship. See my previous posts if you think ME is “me” capitalized and I’m just screaming for attention. View this post on Instagram A post…

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To be transparent, I have not always been a Covid safety advocate. I didn't arrive at this point effortlessly or without making mistakes. But it's never too late. Humans are not static beings. Every breath is a new beginning. Although I never completely ditched the mask, there have been instances where I caved to pressure and social norms. • A multi-day conference where we masked, but still had meals together. • Going to cohort mates' houses but not discussing testing or masking beforehand. • Business school orientation where I was the only one masking, but still needed a lunch break and didn't want to sit alone. • Family members or roommates dining out, so I figured if they were exposed, I would be too. In 2020, I sank into the teachings of disability justice. I truly believed we should let the experiences of those who are most marginalized inform community care. Honestly, my actions felt hypocritical, and I couldn't take the cognitive dissonance. Silence began to feel like a moral injury, especially since I have the privilege of being a student at the "top" school of public health. This solidified when I got the sickest I ever had with ME/CFS, and learned about the #MillionsMissing movement consisting of people who had a post-viral illness like mine. While mostly bedbound for a month with limbs of lead, I knew that if I could regain enough energy, I wanted to... (1) prevent others from experiencing this and joining the #MillionsMore pipeline via Covid, (2) intervene in ME's long, ongoing history of medical harm, neglect, and gaslighting, (3) participate in community with other disabled and chronically ill people. This is why I continue to do what I do: social media advocacy, Long Covid research, mutual aid (@CovidSafeCampus), and abolitionist peer support (@Hold.Coalition). To those who have been harmed by my not wearing a mask because of my complicity in an ableist society, I sincerely apologize and do not demand forgiveness. To those who have stopped wearing a mask, it is not too late to start. Your life and the lives of your community are worthy of protection. (Caption/image description will be continued in comments) (at COVID Safety) https://www.instagram.com/p/CqQ3rqmOx5f/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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« 2022 roundup! » We’re somewhere between the Gregorian New Year and the Lunar New Year right now. My zodiac year didn’t disappoint me — there were disappointments and challenges, yes — but I got the confidence and the answers I needed. Here are some previews, the full post is in my Linktree (link in bio or https://linktr.ee/sunrequiem) and the URL is on the last slide. I value my life deeply, and I value witnessing one another in this online community, especially when so much is inaccessible and dangerous out there. Wow, I’ve connected with so many cool folks this year: mental health/ED clinicians, artists, writers, trans and disabled advocates and educators, somatic practitioners, abolitionists, people with lived experience, fellow public health students and professionals �� shout out to you all. Seriously. My growth is our growth. A Crip timeline (especially when I was sick with C0vid) means I might start a piece on Gregorian NYE, finish it on the 2nd, publish on the 6th, and publicize on the 8th. Despite using Canva for years, I’m still experimenting with what format to use for my feed posts! Thank you everyone who checked in on me and sent memes. Image descriptions will be in comments. Tags: #LunarNewYear #PublicHealthStudent #MPHStudent #CovidIsNotOver #AuDHD #Arfid #Neurodivergent #Unmasking #WearAMask #FuckDiets #pwME #MECFS #PEM #PENE #chronicIllness #NEISVoid #imposterSyndrome #AsianAmerican #NeuroQueer #AroAce #LGBTQIA #Aro #Asexuality #YearOfTheTiger #Bodymind #DisabilityJustice #MentalHealthAdvocacy #BIPOC #EatingDisordersAreASocialJusticeIssue #LongCovid (at Year of The Tiger) https://www.instagram.com/p/CnKtiEZOfic/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=