CURRENT MISSION

Deconstructing the Nation-State

ABOUT ME

I live in Chicago and I love it.

PHILOSOPHY

Knowledge is for cutting.

我为什么加入 Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Have had the good luck of finding sublets via the invaluable CS. Hosted a few folks in Cairo, and looking forward to hosting a few more.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

all excellent ones. Lovely convos, beer-drinkin', etc.

兴趣

Cats, Feminism, Critical Theory, Revolution, Laughin', Dancin'

• cats
• singing
• womens rights
• beer
• coffee

音乐、电影和书籍

Books:
Right now I am slogging through Foucault's lectures at the College de France, and I hope that this won't make my brain explode. My favorite books ever include Cairo, The City Victorious (Max Rodenbeck), The Golden Notebook (Doris Lessing) and Infinite Jest (David Foster Wallace). Hannah Arendt, Benedict Anderson and Giorgio Agamben often compete for my spare attention.

Movies:
Tommy Wiseau's The Room, Woody Allen's Manhattan, and Jean Luc Godard's Un Femme est Un Femme.

Music:
The Beach Boys, The Velvet Underground, The Smiths, Bikini Kill, R. Kelly, Dolly Parton

我做过的一件不可思议的事情

My cat fell four storeys... AND LIVED.

教，学，和分享

I don't know if I can teach anything but I sure talk a lot about refugees and the nation-state. I am also very good at parlor games and singing on-key. I make an excellent cup of coffee.

我游览过的国家

Brazil, Turkey

我居住过的国家

Egypt, United States

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