Ramping up Arts & Activism: Formation intergenerational organizing & the Working Families Party! Plus new YA novel!
2025 has been a deep wake up call about what matters most! I’ve been focusing on art and organizing to fight authoritarianism, and I have a new YA novel coming … Continue reading
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ABOUT AYA
Novelist, publisher, feminist, mom, activist, UC Berkeley faculty, former hip hop theater artist…
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Flashback Friday: “Deciding to Marry Myself” in Essence Magazine
I’ve been excited to see self-marriage in the press these days. Here’s an article I wrote for Essence back in ’97 about my own self marriage:
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Reparations Line Dance for Juneteenth!
Welcome to my latest offering in Liberation Line Dancing! A line dance calling for reparations… It’s a parody remix of Kool and the Gang, and some of you will recognize … Continue reading
June 5, 2026 · Leave a comment
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