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In 2024 I was in an activist meeting after introducing myself and someone said to me "Oh, we have a Lucy from Naarm and a lucy from x". And that jokingly became my name within the small group.
When picking a name for this publication, I thought it was nice and kept it. A nod to the land we're on, where I was raised.
However, I've increasingly felt that this could be seen as claiming a heritage I do not have and am not a party to. I am a daughter of migrants fleeing war and fascism, of Central American and Spanish heritage. I didn't expect there to be literally tens of thousands of reads on many of my articles, so I didn't think it through well enough.
The domain and website lucyfromnaarm.com will change soon, and I'll setup redirects and such in a few days/weeks.
If you have any suggestions, DM them to me! This has been on my heart for a little while, but I haven't thought of anything yet.
I love my indigenous neighbours and friends. One of the best things about being racially ambiguous is that other people of colour always see themselves in you. I have countless times been the safe person on the train that people of colour, particularly indigenous people, have looked for, and spoken to me as if I'm part of their culture. I've always made it clear that I'm not, but I am always a friendly face and a safe person. The flip side of that racial ambiguity is that those who wish to target indigenous people have also targeted me – I have had things thrown at me from cars while screaming indigenous racial slurs, experienced police violence, and had unprovoked abuse that made it clear that those people were targeting me for their perception of my race. None of that is a sliver of what Indigenous people go through, but I want to share my empathy and compassion, which come from a place of limited lived experience.
I deeply apologise that it may have been disrespectful to adopt the LucyFromNaarm nickname; it was never my intention. Eitherway, I think I've outgrown it as it's well beyond personal relationships and the use that it was originally for, distinguishing me from another Lucy.
To be clear, nobody has told me to do this. There is no community drama here. It's just something that has been on my mind.
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