Panthea Lee 李佩珊

@PantheaLee

structural justice x healing democracy x collective liberation✨ poetry meets policy

Lenape land (aka Brooklyn)
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    31 Dec 2020

    In reflecting on 2020, I realized I’ve learned so much this year. About community, anger, de/recolonization, solidarity, joy, power, and mutual care. So many kindly shared their truths with me & supported me in working out mine. So I wanted to share back:

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    Mar 12

    "Let no one mistake us for the fruit of violence...But that violence, having passed through the fruit has failed to spoil it." -Ocean Vuong As we are let us begin healing. Artwork by: Natalie Bui

    Image Description: This artwork represents healing, showing a curvy brown woman with long dark brown wavy hair outlined in thin light peach colored lines. The woman is reaching up and her body is covered in light purple hand-drawn leaves, flowers and words on her right arm that read "LET NO ONE MISTAKE US FOR THE FRUIT OF VIOLENCE..." and on her thigh, words that read "BUT THAT VIOLENCE, HAVING PASSED THROUGH THE FRUIT, HAS FAILED TO SPOIL IT. - Ocean Vuong." Behind the woman is a background filled with orange and blue green flowers, stars, and clouds against different shades of purple. This illustration is by Natalie Bui.
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    Mar 16

    “The Atlanta shootings grew into this broader ‘stop Asian hate’ movement, but sex workers and massage workers have been essentially erased.”

    "In a lot of ways my body has been in survival mode for this entire year, not just as an organizer, but as an Asian sex worker and as a woman." 3 Asian American activists tell me about their year of mourning and organizing:
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  4. Mar 15

    this question haunts me: how can a human drive their fist into a 67-year-old woman—into flesh, into bone, into anguish, into pain—over and over and over again, 125 times? the only explanation i can find: they believe their victim is less than human. my heart is in pieces.

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    Mar 15

    I want to know why these descriptions were used instead of their names.

    A New York Times article on an anti-Asian attack. The last paragraph reads: Four Asian New Yorkers have died in recent months after being attacked: a Chinese immigrant who was beaten as he collected cans in East Harlem; a 40-year-old woman who was pushed to her death at the Times Square subway station; a 35-year-old woman who was fatally stabbed by a man who followed her into her Chinatown apartment; and a 61-year-old woman who was attacked as she swept a sidewalk in Corona, Queens, in November.
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  6. Mar 11

    the resulting piece is a case for slow journalism & exploring where true accountability lies. "in 2017, Mr Simon told a state psychiatrist it was just a matter of time before he pushed a woman to the train tracks. he was discharged soon after."

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  7. Mar 11

    "We should be trying to understand who the suspect was, his path thru various jails/prisons/hospitals, his interactions with govt agencies/doctors/etc. Did they mishandle him, allow him to fall thru cracks in the system?” on the Qs we need to ask:

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  8. Mar 11

    editor: i'd like you write a piece. 3000 words. you can go a bit over if needed. me (2 weeks, 3 books, 5 interviews, 7 papers, 30 articles later): here are 5563 words of ~*~MY FEELINGS~*~ editor: me: my therapist told me to take up space! editor: me: my witches coven agrees!

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    Mar 10

    For the mandem

    A textured background with different shades of red. White text reads: Reimagining Masculinities. Healing circle for men of global majority. Every month, 8-9.15PM GMT. Next session on Tuesday 22 March
    Join our monthly Reimagining Masculinities: Healing Circle, Tues 22 March, 8-9:15PM GMT Healing and unlearning space for men of global majority. Exploring how we connect to creativity to care for our wellbeing & act on our 'will to change' (bell hooks) 👉🏿
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  10. Mar 10

    my partner surprised me with this last year. i teared up at finally (at age 38) seeing myself represented in a children's book. thank you 👁️💋✨

    My 6-yr old came home from school with this book after visiting their book fair. I asked her why she chose it. She simply said, “Because the girl has eyes like our eyes, Mommy - and they’re beautiful.” This is why representation matters. Thank you, . 🙏🏽♥️
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    Mar 9

    You know what's confusing, wild, and dissociative? Expecting journalism to be both a key component to democracy and behind a paywall.

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  12. Mar 8

    loving this convo between & but really vibing with their cutely matching backgrounds 📚 🎉 ps - support ! they're doing such critical work.

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    Feb 27

    Although our eyes are on Ukraine, today is uncanilly the 75 anniversary of Taiwan's 228 incident, a moment in history where Taiwanese resistance against an authoritarian state was met with brutallity and 38 years of Martial law. Here's my ongoing thread of critical 228 readings:

    Tomorrow is the 73rd anniversary of the 228 incident/massacre, one of the most tragic and important events in Taiwanese history. It led to the KMT enacting martial law for 38 years, known as the "White Terror"era. Here are some important 228 pieces and perspectives worth reading:
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    Feb 27

    Spotted at Taipei’s 228 march today: Hong Kong revolution, Taiwan independence, Ukraine resistance, and the badminton meme that just won’t quit

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    Feb 27
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    Yes. Imagine a thread like this for the people of Palestine.

    So I've been asked what my advice would be to civilian resistors in Ukriane, especially Kyiv. Someone with no military training but wanting to resist. Here are a few things :
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    Feb 26

    The Ukrainians, of course, have the right to resist foreign invasion & occupation. So too do countless other (often non-white) peoples across the globe, who frankly don’t get anywhere near this kind of supportive, sympathetic, & humanizing coverage from our media in the West.

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    This is wild. Sky News broadcasting a Molotov cocktail making session, and explaining the finer points of making them stick to vehicles.
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    Feb 22

    Really impressed with everyone who got an emergency PhD in epidemiology in 2020 and who now has somehow earned a master’s in Russian Studies

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    Feb 25

    Its not unempathetic to name disparities in outrage between war in Europe & wars on global majority ppls. Its connective, the continued erasure maintains imperialist war industry, if ppl were motivated to act based on horrors already lived instead of norming war/disposing of life

    “Now isn’t the time to talk about Yemen/Palestine/Libya/Iraq” 🥴 Actually, now is exactly the time to reflect on wildly different reactions to conflict depending on who’s involved & their root cause: the unrelenting belligerence/expansionism inherent to the US imperial project.
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    Feb 24

    we never stopped being at war. it’s just some casualties are remembered more than others.

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    Feb 24

    More from Moscow, chanting "no war." Unbelievably brave. , which monitors crackdowns on Russian protests, says it's counted at least 900 arrests at demonstrations in 44 cities and towns across the country.

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