by Aya de Leon | Sep 14, 2020 | Fiction, Personal Essays
Over the weekend, my whole family was locked inside as California blazed as an undeniable result of the climate crisis with unbreathable air. Which is how I was home and watching the online ceremony where my novel SIDE CHICK NATION won a prize. It was selected for...
by Aya de Leon | Sep 11, 2020 | Reporting
Today, we recall September 11th of 2001 and the attacks on the World Trade Center. However, back ini April, the deaths from coronavirus in New York City alone surpassed the number of people killed on 9/11/01. As of today, the city’s death toll is nearly...
by Aya de Leon | Sep 9, 2020 | Audio/Visual
My latest collage… Clockwise from upper left: Harriet Tubman, Winnie Mandela, Shirley Chisholm, Angela Davis, Kamala Harris, The Combahee River Collective, Octavia Butler. Center: the three founders of Black Lives Matter, left to right: Patrice Cullors, Alicia...
by Aya de Leon | Sep 7, 2020 | Audio/Visual
Ever since I got onto twitter, I have been wishing everyone a #HappyDomesticLaborDay on the first Monday in September. But this year, I want to highlight the climate implications of care labor. Caring for others and taking care of physical spaces by doing work of...
by Aya de Leon | Aug 31, 2020 | Audio/Visual, Opinion
…because the a**h*le does its job.
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