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Overview

  • 9 references 5 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, Hebrew (modern); learning Arabic, Spanish, Yiddish
  • 41, Female
  • Member since 2009
  • freelance editor/designer/whatever I can get someone to p...
  • BA in gender & women's studies, diploma in publishing
  • No hometown listed
  • Profile 90% complete

About Me

CURRENT MISSION

build a new world in the shell of the old

ABOUT ME

i publish books (www.rebelpress.org.nz), bake vegan cakes for the people i love, organise events, write poetry, make zines, fight the forces of patriarchy, capitalism and the state, play guitar badly, hug cats, pat dogs, watch loads of trashy telly, crochet, drink cheap beer, dance til i drop, etcetera, etcetera

PHILOSOPHY

the way that they divide us should be enough to unite us we are the world so boys and girls lets all collaborate.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

the vast majority of my couch surfing experience hasn't been through this website. people phone me up needing a place to stay, or just show up at the door. when i'm travelling there's always a friend of a friend of a friend who's got a space in their lounge for me. i feel so much safer in this world knowing how many awesome lovely generous people are out there.

Interests

anarchism, feminism, crafts, books, science fiction, vegan food, music, karaoke.

  • cats
  • dogs
  • books
  • poetry
  • dancing
  • womens rights
  • dining
  • cooking
  • beer
  • vegan
  • drinking
  • crafts
  • politics
  • traveling
  • crochet
  • music
  • guitar
  • karaoke
  • surfing
  • science

Music, Movies, and Books

video:
musicals from the 1930s, tv shows made by joss whedon, doctor who.

audio: punk, crust, riot grrl, folk, folk punk, bluegrass, hip hop, klezmer, balkan, rai, motown, disco, blues, oh gosh it's endless.

books: um... books about gender and sexuality, books about the history of radical struggles, especially feminist/queer/trans struggle. books about jewish history, books about palestinian history. science fiction, other kinds of fiction. poetry. i read a lot of zines.

Teach, Learn, Share

book binding, various craft skills, vegan cooking, english & hebrew. i'll also talk your head off about radical politics, science fiction, music and zines.

Countries I’ve Visited

Denmark, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Jordan, Malaysia, Norway, Palestine, Poland, Spain, Turkey, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Israel, New Zealand, United States

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