Issuing supreme power to you...one moment.

My self-summary Propose an edit

a simultaneously silly and serious bike lover, gardener, snuggler, songwriter, at the moment gender-confused person. being confused about gender is the funnest, most exciting thing in my life.

i'm not looking for any straight boys. just sayin'. really, i'm not looking for any new friends or lovers, period, at the moment ... this is one of those times when life is quite full and even though you're an incredible person, i may not write back for ages and ages.

in any case, i'm no hater, but am no fan of: patriarchy, capitalism, racism, transphobia, heterosexism, the drug war and all kinds of systems of oppression. colonialism ... occupation ... u.s. hegemony? thumbs down. i want to work for a world in which communities can determine their own realities and engage in mutual aid with one another without interference from nation-states we don't need, that were never designed for us anyway.

i am a big fan of: mint, my housemates, Generation 5, aprendiendo español, yoga, dance practice (especially in sparkly underwear), compersion, pinot blanc, my family, pancakes with peanut butter, Angelina Jolie, and all kinds of other beautiful things.

What I'm doing with my life Propose an edit

Celebrating my deepening (open) relationship with Rex the purple bike from the Mount Rainier Bike Co-op (and getting excited about my first 3-day, 150-mile bike ride! eek!); practicing scales on my guitar; working my new Big Girl Job not too much for the man but enough so that I get a lil health insurance for a while. Harvesting the green tomato jungle in the community garden plot i share with my inspirational housemates, when we aren't debuting our hot choreographic skills at street-corner dance-offs in woodley park or drinking $2 natty bos at the neighborhood bar. Researching and starting to write my graduate thesis that looks at decolonizing transnational solidarity by building structures of accountability. Exploring polyamory and dating a fluid number of folks who also identify as poly and queer. Meeting new friends who are down with nonviolence and smashing the state, or who argue well about how exclusivist adherence to the former might prevent the latter.

My favorite books, movies, music, and food Propose an edit

Way too much to cover. Here's a sampling:

(words n authors)

Kate Bornstien, Vandana Shiva, Samir Amin, Gabriel García Márquez, freaksexual.wordpress.com, bell hooks, Martín Espada, Marilou Awiakta, Barbara Kingsolver, The Ethical Slut, Reconstructing Gender, Le Petit Prince

(moooovies)

Harold and Maude, Blades of Glory, El Enemigo Común, A Close Shave, Say Anything, Ma Vie en Rose, Airplane, Body of War, Amélie, the Motorcycle Diaries, The Man I Love

(singers n songwriters)

Deb Talan, Low, Abigail Washburn, the Arcade Fire, Beirut, the Dixie Chicks, the Clash, Bonnie Prince Billy, the Mountain Goats, Ani, Paul Simon, bon iver, India Arie

(food, glorious food)

heirloom tomatoes, that pumpkin appetizer from The Helmand in Baltimore, nutritional yeast, green beans, blueberries, eggplant, fresh bread; a vegetarian Ethiopian platter for two.

I spend a lot of time thinking about Propose an edit

the necessary nutrients and processes for revolution. I think my little breasts are revolutionary: I've recently discovered they have an energy all their own, and I suspect they might be the strongest part of my body, even though they're little, not made of muscle, and I've yet to make babies and put them to work.

On a typical Friday night I am Propose an edit

Sleeping. Or writhing with the joy that comes from not working restaurant swing shifts anymore. Who knows? We shall see. Last Friday I had dinner with a lovely lady friend comprised of the veggie bounty she brought home from a day of farm visits. Sometimes I snuggle with my housemate while we try to download movies illegally. That's pretty great, too. Regardless, I'm probably getting excited about the vegan blueberry and/or banana pancakes we'll be having in the morning.

The most private thing I'm willing to admit here Propose an edit

about sexuality and gender

I'm (more than) a little confused. But I'm learning. Sex = the horizontal (or sometimes vertical, or other-oriented) mambo. Gender = the rest? Hmm ... Well, I don't like the word bisexual, because there's waaay more than two options. I do like a word I learned not long ago: pomosexual (maybe I'm looking for a less pretentious word with which to identify myself). I like thoughtful people, silly people, creative people, strong people, snuggly people, passionate people, brave people. Historically, I've been sexually intimate with the male-identified/socialized sort - but as I take apart the constructions that limited me to only those kinds of folks, I'm realizing there's a whole world of beauty and connection (with myself, first, and then with all kinds of other folks) that I'd been missing. Intimacy with womyn or queer or other kinds of folks slightly terrifies me - fuck, i'll be honest: real intimacy with anyone slightly terrifies me - but I am actively unlearning the lie of the gender binary and making connections with folks who wanna share these paths.

You should message me if Propose an edit

The concept of consent turns you on, and you don't mind it if i don't write back fer a long while - i can't prioritize new connections at the moment.

You're a radical, silly, spiritually-grounded revolutionary, and want to write love letters across the planet to one another to work out irresistible plots to smash the empire and create cultural oases full of joy and liberation and gardens where everyone has enough bread and enough poetry and self-determination on every level. Maybe you suspect direct action makes a hell of a lot more sense than voting, and you want to engage with all this political energy circling around the november elections in ways that could help transform our little world.

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