Silent No More
@demian-yumei.bsky.social
Survivor, Artist Activist, Feminist, Writer, and Musician
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The darker the night the brighter my light must shine, even though I may be but a tiny point of light in a vast and deep sky.
The darker the night the brighter my light must shine, even though I may be but a tiny point of light in a vast and deep sky.
October 2, 2025 at 4:21 PM
The darker the night the brighter my light must shine, even though I may be but a tiny point of light in a vast and deep sky.
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Raskin: "It's not lost on anyone that shutting the government down allows them not swear in our new colleague, Ms Grijalva from Arizona, who would be the 218th signature to discharge the Epstein files and to put a vote on that on the House floor."
October 1, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Raskin: "It's not lost on anyone that shutting the government down allows them not swear in our new colleague, Ms Grijalva from Arizona, who would be the 218th signature to discharge the Epstein files and to put a vote on that on the House floor."
Preserving my family legacy, the good and the bad of it, becomes more important to me each day. Telling the truth about my family, about me and my place in it is both hard as hell and incredibly healing. I wish my country wasn't so afraid of its own story.
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Daddy, I'm Sorry but I'm Not White.
The family story was that I was the spittin’ image of you, no resemblance to mom, except a hint of “oriental” exotic beauty. That was Mom’s contribution.
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August 25, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Preserving my family legacy, the good and the bad of it, becomes more important to me each day. Telling the truth about my family, about me and my place in it is both hard as hell and incredibly healing. I wish my country wasn't so afraid of its own story.
silentnomore.substack.com/p/daddy-im-s...
silentnomore.substack.com/p/daddy-im-s...
Sometimes, you feel so alone, and then someone actually makes you feel seen. Another serendipitous moment of grace, another step toward healing.
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A Thousand Points of Light
A poem for the victims and survivors of Epstein and Maxwell, and for all victims and survivors of sexual abuse.
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August 3, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Sometimes, you feel so alone, and then someone actually makes you feel seen. Another serendipitous moment of grace, another step toward healing.
silentnomore.substack.com/p/a-thousand...
silentnomore.substack.com/p/a-thousand...
Joy is inviting your 16 yr old granddaughter to a co-working session. She says, “Yes!” and you meet up, but then you just talk together, mostly she talks, and when you two realize it, she laughs and says, "Let's get together again tomorrow!" That is joy to this Nana’s grateful and delighted heart ❤️
July 31, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Joy is inviting your 16 yr old granddaughter to a co-working session. She says, “Yes!” and you meet up, but then you just talk together, mostly she talks, and when you two realize it, she laughs and says, "Let's get together again tomorrow!" That is joy to this Nana’s grateful and delighted heart ❤️
If you need a little break from all the news, I invite you to read something fanciful, inspirational, and filled with wonder. I started working on this story this as a healing ritual for my mom after she had passed away 27 years ago.
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The River of Heaven + song
This is the retelling of an Asian myth that my mother loved, based on the version she used to tell her children while we star-gazed in the backyard.
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July 18, 2025 at 3:22 PM
If you need a little break from all the news, I invite you to read something fanciful, inspirational, and filled with wonder. I started working on this story this as a healing ritual for my mom after she had passed away 27 years ago.
silentnomore.substack.com/p/the-river-...
silentnomore.substack.com/p/the-river-...
Listening to soft jazz this morning and reading this book. I picked it up years ago, like lots of years ago, and I’m telling you, for me, it was meant for this moment ❤️ Nourish your soul. If you can read or listen to audio, you are not alone. #ResistFascism, #ProtectDemocracy, #UseYourVoice
July 11, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Listening to soft jazz this morning and reading this book. I picked it up years ago, like lots of years ago, and I’m telling you, for me, it was meant for this moment ❤️ Nourish your soul. If you can read or listen to audio, you are not alone. #ResistFascism, #ProtectDemocracy, #UseYourVoice
1/3 I can’t take all the bad news in. It overwhelms me, renders me useless. And yet, I refuse to be blind, to turn my back on the suffering for personal comfort. So I take in what I can. To know enough. To stand. To witness. To sit with it. Then to ask, “How does this speak to me?”
#resist
#resist
July 10, 2025 at 6:26 PM
1/3 I can’t take all the bad news in. It overwhelms me, renders me useless. And yet, I refuse to be blind, to turn my back on the suffering for personal comfort. So I take in what I can. To know enough. To stand. To witness. To sit with it. Then to ask, “How does this speak to me?”
#resist
#resist
The greatest act of defiance is to love. The power is in the individual or communal way (or both) each one of us has to decide what that will look like. #resist, #express, #useyourvoice
July 9, 2025 at 11:24 AM
The greatest act of defiance is to love. The power is in the individual or communal way (or both) each one of us has to decide what that will look like. #resist, #express, #useyourvoice
Love Elle Cordova! Oo-de-lally Oo-de-lally Golly what a bill. Her music is as powerful as her comedy. #powerofmusic, #artistactivism, #resist
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184K reactions · 28K shares | The “big beautiful bill” is a reverse Robinhood move (it steals from the poor and gives to the rich), so Roger Miller’s “Oo-De-Lally” song from the Robinhood movie seemed...
The “big beautiful bill” is a reverse Robinhood move (it steals from the poor and gives to the rich), so Roger Miller’s “Oo-De-Lally” song from the Robinhood movie seemed like the perfect tune for...
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July 8, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Love Elle Cordova! Oo-de-lally Oo-de-lally Golly what a bill. Her music is as powerful as her comedy. #powerofmusic, #artistactivism, #resist
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Sometimes, truth flies farther when you sing it 🎶
#powerofmusic, #artistactivism, #useyourvoice, #resist,
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#powerofmusic, #artistactivism, #useyourvoice, #resist,
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28K views · 1K reactions | THE PROBLEM IS REALLY THE BILLIONAIRE This song has been on our minds a lot lately 😑#vocalharmony #folkmusic #vocalband #singout #folksong #raiseyourvoice #hardtimes | Windb...
THE PROBLEM IS REALLY THE BILLIONAIRE This song has been on our minds a lot lately 😑#vocalharmony #folkmusic #vocalband #singout #folksong #raiseyourvoice #hardtimes.
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July 8, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Sometimes, truth flies farther when you sing it 🎶
#powerofmusic, #artistactivism, #useyourvoice, #resist,
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#powerofmusic, #artistactivism, #useyourvoice, #resist,
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The most beautiful reply to “What’s the point?” A thousand yeses to this! If you’re feeling discouraged or overwhelmed, please, please watch this. 💙 #resist, #rest, #rise, #sphereofinfluence
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19K reactions · 858 shares | Never done a video like this but it needs said.. ❤️🌎 #bebetter #begood #beyou #bethechange #currentaffairs | Josh Donaldson
Never done a video like this but it needs said.. ❤️🌎 #bebetter #begood #beyou #bethechange #currentaffairs.
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July 8, 2025 at 10:41 PM
The most beautiful reply to “What’s the point?” A thousand yeses to this! If you’re feeling discouraged or overwhelmed, please, please watch this. 💙 #resist, #rest, #rise, #sphereofinfluence
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My mother's story isn’t the story of an immigrant, though she was one. It’s not the story of a minority, though we were often reminded we were. It’s the story of an American.
Those with white-colored glasses. Deal with it. We’re not going away. #diversity, #resist, #useyourvoice
Those with white-colored glasses. Deal with it. We’re not going away. #diversity, #resist, #useyourvoice
July 8, 2025 at 9:54 PM
My mother's story isn’t the story of an immigrant, though she was one. It’s not the story of a minority, though we were often reminded we were. It’s the story of an American.
Those with white-colored glasses. Deal with it. We’re not going away. #diversity, #resist, #useyourvoice
Those with white-colored glasses. Deal with it. We’re not going away. #diversity, #resist, #useyourvoice
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Politics is personal. So I'm sharing more of my personal stories as a daughter of a naturalized citizen (marriage to my father decades ago).
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Story Behind the Story, "The River of Heaven"
A releasing ritual for my mother's passing 27 years ago. A myth, a longing, and a daughter's gift.
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July 8, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Politics is personal. So I'm sharing more of my personal stories as a daughter of a naturalized citizen (marriage to my father decades ago).
silentnomore.substack.com/p/story-behi...
silentnomore.substack.com/p/story-behi...
When you can’t find the words to speak, sing it!
“You’re the voice, try and understand it. Make a noise and make it clear. We’re not going to sit in silence. We’re not going to live with fear.”
(from 1987, but so relevant today)
youtu.be/X-TPRdzHZDU?...
“You’re the voice, try and understand it. Make a noise and make it clear. We’re not going to sit in silence. We’re not going to live with fear.”
(from 1987, but so relevant today)
youtu.be/X-TPRdzHZDU?...
John Farnham | You're The Voice | Whispering Jack (With end credits)
YouTube video by Gary86
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July 5, 2025 at 12:59 PM
When you can’t find the words to speak, sing it!
“You’re the voice, try and understand it. Make a noise and make it clear. We’re not going to sit in silence. We’re not going to live with fear.”
(from 1987, but so relevant today)
youtu.be/X-TPRdzHZDU?...
“You’re the voice, try and understand it. Make a noise and make it clear. We’re not going to sit in silence. We’re not going to live with fear.”
(from 1987, but so relevant today)
youtu.be/X-TPRdzHZDU?...
Our constitutional rights are not there to be ignored at the whim of a petulant dictator wanna-be. They’re not there to be conferred or taken away to suit his greed or the avarice of his regime.
No Kings
On June 14—Flag Day—Donald Trump wants tanks in the street and a made-for-TV display of dominance for his birthday. A spectacle meant to look like strength. But real power isn’t staged in Washington. ...
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June 10, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Our constitutional rights are not there to be ignored at the whim of a petulant dictator wanna-be. They’re not there to be conferred or taken away to suit his greed or the avarice of his regime.
Sitting with cup of tea, listening to birds singing outside. Under grey skies and drizzle rain, the songs come through, like auditory rays of sunshine we cannot yet see.
May 29, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Sitting with cup of tea, listening to birds singing outside. Under grey skies and drizzle rain, the songs come through, like auditory rays of sunshine we cannot yet see.
This is me and koi ❤️
May 19, 2025 at 5:12 AM
This is me and koi ❤️
Impressive. Inspiring. “College graduates walk out as MAGA Republican governor speaks.”
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WOW: College graduates WALK OUT as MAGA Republican governor speaks
YouTube video by Brian Tyler Cohen
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May 19, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Impressive. Inspiring. “College graduates walk out as MAGA Republican governor speaks.”
youtube.com/shorts/6jkhw...
youtube.com/shorts/6jkhw...
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AOC: This administration — and Noem — spits on the American flag every time they engage in that nonsense. So I don’t want to hear anything about “America First.” These people, and this administration, are putting America last by acting like their allegiance is to a man instead of the Constitution.
May 11, 2025 at 3:34 AM
AOC: This administration — and Noem — spits on the American flag every time they engage in that nonsense. So I don’t want to hear anything about “America First.” These people, and this administration, are putting America last by acting like their allegiance is to a man instead of the Constitution.
Congratulations, @Samira Ahmed! Creating in times like these IS necessary. Going to write now, maybe a little recording. 💙
April 10, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Congratulations, @Samira Ahmed! Creating in times like these IS necessary. Going to write now, maybe a little recording. 💙
Thank you for posting this. Using our voices involves first reclaiming them. The beauty is as you use your voice you reclaim more and more of it. So, even if you can only whisper, know that within it is a mighty roar 💙
April 10, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Thank you for posting this. Using our voices involves first reclaiming them. The beauty is as you use your voice you reclaim more and more of it. So, even if you can only whisper, know that within it is a mighty roar 💙
Love Ms Crockett ❤️
As a criminal defense attorney, the vast majority of my cases were NOT immigrants.
So let's stop pretending immigrants are the problem when there's a 34-count convicted felon sitting in the White House.
The hypocrisy is outrageous.
So let's stop pretending immigrants are the problem when there's a 34-count convicted felon sitting in the White House.
The hypocrisy is outrageous.
April 10, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Love Ms Crockett ❤️