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Shengxiao "Sole" Yu

Shengxiao "Sole" Yu

Reverence for the land

I went to Joshua Tree today and drove through beautiful, awe-inspiring landscapes. It was a sun filled, meditative drive with mountains…

2 min readMar 7, 2022

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Shengxiao "Sole" Yu

Flowers grow on both sides of the fence

The metallic presence of the fence Is irrelevant To the life of flowers

1 min readMar 4, 2022

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Flowers grow on both sides of the fence

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Shengxiao "Sole" Yu

Unknowable Truths

In The Evidence of Things Not Seen, written by James Baldwin in 1985, Baldwin writes about the murder of at least 21 Black children in…

3 min readMar 3, 2022

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Shengxiao "Sole" Yu

Language and Power

When I think about language and power, one anecdote is seared into my memory: I am 22 years old. I get on a plane with one of my best…

2 min readMar 1, 2022

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Shengxiao "Sole" Yu

Small is all

There is an annoying YouTube ad that keeps on playing when I try to watch videos. It opens with the narrator saying something like, when…

1 min readFeb 28, 2022

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Shengxiao "Sole" Yu

Ocean waves

I sat in front of the ocean Watching the waves come up to shore Thinking of how adrienne maree brown Describes the waves How no two waves…

1 min readFeb 27, 2022

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Shengxiao "Sole" Yu

Filing taxes is difficult by design

As we near tax season, my stress levels are increasing. I hear the same from many others in my community. I often hear people say “I am not…

1 min readFeb 26, 2022

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Shengxiao "Sole" Yu

If we truly wanted to encourage innovation

Making sure everyone had the conditions that enable them to imagine, experiment, and create.

1 min readFeb 26, 2022

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Cultural practices are connected to their socioeconomic contexts

It isn’t useful or possible to separate what is a practice that came from a people and what is a practice that came from a people in…

2 min readFeb 24, 2022

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Shengxiao "Sole" Yu

Humility is great. But perhaps we should show less of it in front of white men

The feelings associated with imposter syndrome are valid. But we should show less of them in front of white men.

2 min readFeb 19, 2022

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Shengxiao "Sole" Yu

Shengxiao "Sole" Yu

Speaker | Social justice educator | Storyteller | Creator of Nectar, a space that aims to ignite our desire and grow our capacity to live in liberated ways

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