by Aya de Leon | Oct 19, 2020 | Opinion, Uncategorized
He is trying to steal it. Stealing is not the same. Let’s stop using the language of winning. I recently got an email for an academic panel on the election that said, “Ever since the Wisconsin primary, pundits have predicted a contested election,...
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 1, 2020 | Opinion, Personal Essays
Until yesterday, Enola Holmes was trending #1 on Netflix, and my family has been watching. Even though the protagonist is a teen, it’s not for kids. The violence is too intense. So we’ve been watching slowly and forwarding past the really scary parts. The...
by Aya de Leon | Sep 24, 2020 | Opinion, Personal Essays, Uncategorized
“EMT and aspiring nurse Breonna Taylor, 26, was shot to death by police in her own home on March 13. In what has been described as a ‘botched raid,’ officers barged into Taylor’s apartment in Louisville, Kentucky, as she lay sleeping, and fired multiple rounds.” From...
by Elizabeth Stark | Sep 1, 2020 | Opinion
“A dilemma is a problem that can’t be solved without creating another problem. At the heart of every story is a dilemma. If we’re not sure what our story is about, let’s consider this for a moment: Problems are solved while dilemmas are resolved through...
by Aya de Leon | Aug 31, 2020 | Audio/Visual, Opinion
…because the a**h*le does its job.
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