CURRENT MISSION

I want to meet queer/trans/intersex people of colour who question and challenge heterocentric, patriarchal, white supremacist, capitalist culture and systems.

ABOUT ME

IMPORTANT!

I rarely check my CS messages; if you want a quick-ish reply; please email me:

inspirewithhope [at] gmail.com

Sound like we might get along? Get in touch - let's try and meet up!

I'm sensitive. It's one of my best attributes.

PHILOSOPHY

freedom and care and rage and thinking about things and queerly occupying

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I read forums to meet awesome people and strengthen activist / anti-capitalist / feminist / queer / radical / people of colour / vegan networks. :)

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I've stayed on a few couches I've found outside of CS and loved it.

I've met people who live abroad online and then taken them round London when they've come here on holiday. I loved doing that too!

I currently live in London and do not have capacity for people to visit or stay, but it would be cool to meet people I'm likely to get on well with.

Interests

freeganism, anarchy, feminism, environmentalism, writing, internet, reading, sleeping, crafting, jewellery making, free spaces, cake, dancing, singing, love, hugs, liberty

• culture
• writing
• singing
• dancing
• womens rights
• chocolate
• baking
• vegan
• reading
• socializing

Music, Movies, and Books

Books: PopCo, Anarchist Farm, Alice in Wonderland.

Writers: Scarlett Thomas, Max Barry, Sarah Waters. Poets: Carol Ann Duffy, Sylvia Plath, Walt Whitman... Themes: Feminism, globalisation, polyamory, unusual philosophy - e.g. Raimond Gaita, Chris Hamilton etc.

I love books.

Music: Azonto. Female vocalists. Bellowhead.

I love female vocalists, often. I like classical stuff. I like folk. I like drum 'n' bass. I hate sexist shit but it catches me out sometimes.

I love stuff with a heavy beat, a living rhythm and catchy lyrics.

Films: Velvet Goldmine, Rent, My Neighbour Totoro, Shortbus.

I love queer stuff full of love and sexuality and life. I love music and dancing. I love unusual stuff. Ooh, musicals! Period dramas! Ilike old films, like Marilyn Monroe's stuff and Fred Astaire and The Sunshine Boys and Harold and Maude and all that jazz. I love political stuff, especially stories about great women who've done revolutionary awesomeness. Yay herstory! Yay anarchism! Yay down with capitalism!Woo, documentaries!

I like stuff that makes me think; I love stuff that makes me FEEL.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Stopped working for money, stopped renting and started squatting and generally floating where the wind takes me, leapt into unknown and kept falling freely, got a job working for a charity whose work I believe in, moved city, moved back, started qtipoc spaces, writing/documenting

Teach, Learn, Share

- Vegan baking, with awareness of allergens. I bake amazing gluten-free soya-free nut-free vegan chocolate chunk cookies. I love inclusive baking, especially with other people. Let's bake together!

- Communication is one of my big passions; as are facilitation and listening. Wavey hands of joyful consent to non-hierarchical decision-making processes.

- Polyamorous relationships - I love conversations about love and sex and relationships.

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