Lucy Dan (she/her/她)

Joined August 2021

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Subject: a piece of gratitude From: [email protected] To: [email protected] — Hi E., You always listen, engaged and
By Lucy Dan (she/her/她)2 years ago in Poets
I don’t want to be accommodated
I do not want to be part of a space where I have to be accommodated. I want to be part of a space where who I am
By Lucy Dan (she/her/她)2 years ago in Poets
A trip to the fridge
It had been quite a long time since I’d had food so I went to the fridge to see what was in there. There were eight eggs,
By Lucy Dan (she/her/她)2 years ago in Poets
Write
this: is a new promise to myself if I feel angry, write. if I feel frustrated, write. if I feel sad, write. if I feel excited!
By Lucy Dan (she/her/她)2 years ago in Poets
The bathroom at my first scientific conference
at my first scientific conference I waited impatiently as the line to the women's bathroom snaked outside of the bathroom doors and around the bend; thinking about how embarrassing (!) and rude (!) it might be to walk into a session three minutes into the first presentation and oh why did I drink so much of that free, watered-down coffee?
By Lucy Dan (she/her/她)2 years ago in Poets
A line or a square?
When we think there are two components of dialogue: 1. what they said 2. what I said we assume that language is infallible.
By Lucy Dan (she/her/她)2 years ago in Poets
Kintsugi
When pottery breaks, it can be fixed; some even say the final product’s beauty far outweighs the original. *** Held together,
By Lucy Dan (she/her/她)2 years ago in Poets
Criticized
where there is criticism I hide in my shell. I protect, am afraid. I think instinctively, there are 2 reasons.
By Lucy Dan (she/her/她)2 years ago in Poets
Anger
Anger is a shouty emotion. It cries, and cries louder until all you hear is the magnitude of sound but not the words,
By Lucy Dan (she/her/她)2 years ago in Poets
Three unconventional things I learned from Marie Kondo
{1} What is Joy? Joy is so easy to see in kids. Notice how their posture, their facial expression changes when they're happy and playing; contrast that with what they look like when they're sad.
By Lucy Dan (she/her/她)2 years ago in Lifehack
I’m not a good writer, but I write anyways
I’m not a good writer but I write anyways. / My grammar is loose and sometimes (often) I? use — punctuation; wrong.
By Lucy Dan (she/her/她)2 years ago in Poets
How do you deal with manuscript rejection?
One of the soft skills that people don’t talk about at all, not typically listed on a resume but quite crucial in preventing burnout.
By Lucy Dan (she/her/她)2 years ago in Journal