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Apr 18, 2021 25 tweets 31 min read Read on X
Accountability

Flowers, I will go see she said.

Headed to Esplanade (cuz this photo alone would check a box but would actually be cheating - the power of “optics” or manufactured data whose lives & careers are Twitter).

Question everything you see
See like a #pediatrician Image
I shall see from a new perspective she said - I will cross on the other side.

(Actually, I wanted to be on the other side but would have to walk a block to cross so, fine, I’ll cross on this side. Bah humbug). Image
I shall admire the barely born green hope unfurling into the crisp Spring air, fragile yet #resilient, she said

(Yay #Science and @museumofscience #BostonStrong #Boston ... and yes, and requisite monuments to male anatomy and war as well) Image
I shall be as perfect as I am, bridging worlds as I do is my purpose, she said. You see blemish? I see strength that carries you over the river. Look again with fresh eyes.

(Yay #healthcare & #science & #Engineering #BostonStrong #Boston) Image
I will seek to improve my vision, she said

(Yay @MassEyeAndEar @DGlaucomflecken #ophthalmology #ORL #ENT) Image
I shall be old as stone and new as blossom, rooted as steel and effervescent as pollen, sturdy as concrete and delicate as petal, she said. Secure me as you will, but you shall not contain me.

(@LibertyHotel used to be a jail)

#boston #BostonStrong #spring #SpringTime Image
I shall traverse this labyrinth you built but know your gatekeeping is your weakness, not mine, she said. I shall go my way for my purpose, planting seeds as I go.

#boston #BostonStrong #spring #SpringTime @LibertyHotel @MassEyeAndEar @MassGenBrigham @MonganHealthPol @MGHCCHI1 Image
I shall be both shadow and light, she said. In my shade you can dream, in my illumination you can grow.

(Okay, this is getting grandiose but grew up to a mom who quoted Byron & Ghalib. That is a Longfellow poem line inscribed)

#boston #BostonStrong #spring #SpringTime Image
I shall light the way towards the sea, she said.

#boston #BostonStrong #spring #SpringTime Image
I shall recede, not flow forward always, she said. The way of knowledge is not straight.

#boston #BostonStrong #spring #SpringTime Image
I shall go it alone she said. The fast way is is not my way, not today.

(The Red Line had just stopped)

#boston #BostonStrong #spring #SpringTime @MBTA Image
I shall defy your boundaries for me, she said. There is no wrong way.

#boston #BostonStrong #spring #SpringTime

(“Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing,
there is a field. I’ll meet you there.” -Rumi) Image
The way is wearisome, she said. Why do you begrudge me this rest? I shall inhabit crooks and crannies.

#boston #BostonStrong #spring #SpringTime #Homeless #unhoused #housinginstability Image
I shall turn my face to the light, she said.

#boston #BostonStrong #spring #SpringTime Image
I shall pollinate, she said.

#boston #BostonStrong #spring #SpringTime Image
I shall scale any wall, she said.

#boston #BostonStrong #spring #SpringTime ImageImageImage
I shall wear scarlet, she said. Mine is not a demure or delicate blush. Beware the thorns, if you seek to pluck this bloom.

(It’s also the color of @Harvard my alma mater & of @MIT where I am now)

#boston #BostonStrong #spring #SpringTime Image
I shall radiate joy, she said.

#boston #BostonStrong #spring #SpringTime Image
I shall be plant gardens as I go, she said.

#boston #BostonStrong #spring #SpringTime Image
I shall blossom with abandon, she said.

(“I want to do with you what spring does with the cherry trees.” -Neruda)

#boston #BostonStrong #spring #SpringTime ImageImageImageImage
I shall be exuberant, she said.

#boston #BostonStrong #spring #SpringTime ImageImageImageImage
I shall remain free no matter how you seek to capture me, she said. You are chained to your greed while travel with the wind, rivers, and earth.

(The MA seal is *finally* getting changed instead of showing conquest & subjugation)

#boston #BostonStrong #spring #SpringTime Image
I shall embrace and envelope the past, she said.

#boston #BostonStrong #spring #SpringTime ImageImage
I shall bedazzle, she said. When grasped I shall disintegrate and spread my essence in the wind.

#spring #SpringTime #boston #BostonStrong #esplanade @MassDCR Image
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This. When I had experiencing #bullying towards myself, I had just walked away or been silent, keep moving forward.

Once I had some degree of “rank”, felt others should not “just deal”

I did speak up on behalf of those less powerful… which only set me up for this mislabeling.
That is not to say that as faculty you should not speak up for or defend students are trainees

but you should be aware of this.

If the #bully is a woman, then she can always claim that she is being “attacked”… “as a woman”

That narrative aligns with a common reality.
False narratives spread quickly

if they align with something that people recognize as a truth (& may even have experienced themselves)

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I think I need to go to law school. It might be a bit late to be #RBG & make it to SCOTUS… but seriously, it is all about the courts, the law, legal precedents.

Or maybe I just need to make myself small/silent enough to be able to fit into a government job again?
As hard as it is for me to stay in government long term given all the regulations that box you in/tie you up

plus needing to be a public servant to serve every taxpayer, even the ones you don’t agree with/like

Despite that, you *can* have an impact…small things at scale matter
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…even though other times I am like, okay, how long exactly am I supposed to serve in this life because I am exhausted. (Albeit I did just recover from anemia.)
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Thing is those who have been safely tucked in cocoon of suburbia, worried about junior making the cut for the bball team
now feels suddenly scary

Us: not new
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➡️empowers bullies

Be a true ally
Not bully ally

Cuz:
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