CURRENT MISSION

To build a time machine.

ABOUT ME

I'm a student, currently finishing up a degree in gender studies, religious studies and sociology. I spend most of my time creating old-timey music, writing and creating artwork for my radical sex education zine (heavypettingzine.com), discussing social and philosophical theory, biking around the city, starting a million books and watching British television.

Things that I am currently learning from my housemates in our intentional community, The Ladies' Den, and that I would love to become more familiar with: sustainability (urban gardening and farming), anarchism, nature religions, radical mental health, wild-crafting, practical applications of my knowledge through activism and social work.

PHILOSOPHY

My personal philosophy tends to align with radical, queer, feminist and anarchist principles. I believe in the equality of all peoples, while understanding the intersectional privileges/oppression of myself and others. I do not do well with authority, especially unearned.

Por qué estoy en Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

We have hosted couchsurfers at our house before, but there has been a lull in the visitors staying in our home, and I'd like to change that.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Surfed in NYC for a few days at Michael's house in Brooklyn. It was a lovely experience, he was able to bring us along to places that we would have never experienced without him. An amiable lad, our group and him clicked immediately.

Intereses

Antiques, sex positivity, unexpected and meaningful conversations with strangers, whimsy, my dandelion knit hat, queer and trans friendly spaces, espresso, old scratchy records, 70s soul and funk, combat boot confidence, goats, Doctor Who.

• writing
• books
• education
• gardening
• knitting
• music
• cycling
• boxing
• teaching
• gender studies
• medicine
• religion
• social work
• sociology

Música, películas y libros

Favorite books, movies, shows, music, and food
The Bowerbirds, Pokey LaFarge, Born Ruffians, Cab Calloway, Washed Out, St. Vincent, Fleet Foxes, The Smiths, The Black Keys, First Aid Kit, P.O.S., Radiohead, Y La Bambq, Hank Williams, Astrud Gilberto, Johnny Cash, Brother Ali, The White Stripes, Man Man, Django Reinhardt, Of Montreal, and Tom Waits, Andrew Bird.

Hayao Miyazaki. Amelie, Eternal Sunshine, Hedwig, Singing in the Rain, Shortbus, The Science of Sleep, Caramel, Rushmore, Gone With the Wind, La Dolce Vita, Secretary, Lost in Translation, City of God, Fanny and Alexander, Shaun of the Dead, Baraka, The Fall, The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, .

Doctor Who, Downton Abbey, Boardwalk Empire, Game of Thrones, Breaking Bad, Peep Show, Arrested Development, Antiques Roadshow, Mad Men, IT Crowd, The Mighty Boosh, Parks and Recreation, Samurai Champloo, 30 Rock, Adventure Time.

Venus in Furs, The Great Gatsby, 1984, The Fire Next Time, Story of the Eye, House of Leaves, The Handmaid's Tale, Interpreter of Maladies, Slaughterhouse-Five, Hamlet, Streetcar Named Desire, World War Z, The Hobbit.

Algo increíble que he hecho

I would be lying if I said I have done/seen anything worthy of this box.

Enseña, aprende, comparte

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