by Aya de Leon | Oct 15, 2020 | Audio/Visual
One of my core self-care practices is peer counseling. I use it to address childhood trauma, as well as to manage present time challenges and just the stresses of everyday life. That work supports my art and my activism, and has allowed me to stay engaged and...
by Aya de Leon | Oct 14, 2020 | Upcoming Events
Hey folks! Like what you read here? Come hear and see us live as part of LitQuake’s virtual festival this year! October 20th, 7PM, PST! Our panel was featured in the SF Chronicle, and you can register for zoom access with this link. It will also be streamed on...
by Aya de Leon | Oct 12, 2020 | Opinion, Uncategorized
Tr*mp is an abuser. We all know that. Which is why we are so triggered right now. Abusers don’t take rejection well. The US electorate is getting ready to reject him. We are the woman preparing to leave her batterer—the moment when she is most likely to get killed....
by Aya de Leon | Oct 8, 2020 | Poetry
Back in 2006, I wrote this poem. I dusted it off last recently for an engagement at Chandler Gilbert Community College in AZ, where I was doing a 40 minute spoken word set and I wanted to look at issues of race. Afterwards, attendees asked where they could find the...
by Aya de Leon | Oct 5, 2020 | Guest Post, Personal Essays
Things were starting to feel normal – we were finally acclimated to our pandemic lives. We took walks on our suburban streets without the paranoia of others on our paths threatening our health, met friends in our backyards for socially distanced gatherings, set out...
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