by Aya de Leon | May 6, 2020 | Audio/Visual
I love that line from the “Message From The Future” video with AOC, Molly Crabapple & Naomi Klein: “We can be whatever we have the courage to see.” On that note, I have been visualizing Black people in the climate movement. Here’s my...
by Aya de Leon | May 4, 2020 | Poetry
Broken Record A crowd of fearful, anxious bodies collect In front of the security guarding the elevators Border control on the ground floor of Fortis Hospital, New Delhi, India “Visitor hours are only from 9 – 11” “Only two at a time” “You have to have a pass”...
by Aya de Leon | Apr 29, 2020 | Opinion, Personal Essays
You’re only as sick as your secrets. I am fat, Black, and female. And it was at the intersection of these identities that I learned about fat and the body—what would become my fat body and the bodies of others. Latina women, Black women, white women, and other women...
by Aya de Leon | Apr 27, 2020 | Audio/Visual
Last week, for Earth Day, Coco Peila dropped her latest single “Whose World?” an amazing new anthem for the climate movement and the Green New Deal. Here are the lyrics. Coco Peila is a Bay Area rap goddess and climate activist. Whose. World? Intro So cold...
by Aya de Leon | Apr 23, 2020 | Audio/Visual
Yesterday, for Earth Day, we did three different events. By the end of the day, I had nothing new to say. I was tired, but that good kind of tired when you’ve worked long and hard, but are proud of your work. And I did have a vision that I wanted to...
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