Una Aya Osato (they/she/flower) is a performer, writer, sex educator, community CareBear, stripper, and clown from NYC. They are an award-winning actor and playwright who tours her original work nationally and internationally. Una is also a co-founding member of brASS: Brown RadicalAss Burlesque, a BIPOC femme burlesque collective. Una has been featured in the New York Times, Teen Vogue, NPR’s CodeSwitch, NowThis, and many other publications and platforms.
For more Una happenings find flower on IG @ThisIsUna & on patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ThisIsUna/membership
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Mentioned in the interview:
Una’s long covid comrade patreon: BED COLLECTIVE
http://www.patreon.com/bedcollective
Sini Anderson Living in this Queer Body Episode:
Care Work by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha
https://arsenalpulp.com/Books/C/Care-Work
KINTSUGI THERAPIST COLLECTIVE
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