My favourite animals are cats. My favourite language is Swahili. I enjoy wearing colourful socks.

After graduating in anthropology, I spent two years trying to teach "intercultural competences" to administration employees in Saxony. Then I had a child with my girlfriend, so I now spend most of my days looking after our baby daughter (while reading books, meeting friends, or interpreting at activist meetings).

I am a feminist and a vegan. Many people have tried to convince me otherwise and so far none of them succeeded, so I recommend you don't try unless you have something genuinely new to say. And if you are interested in discussing "Why every child needs a father"... I'm not.

Interests

I like learning to unterstand people. Furthermore, I am interested in feminism, languages, animal rights, different cultures, political action, theatre of the oppressed, literature, interpreting, and documentary filmmaking.

• animals
• cats
• literature
• street art
• documentaries
• film making
• womens rights
• cooking
• baking
• vegan
• juggling
• anthropology
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

I enjoy reading Tsitsi Dangarembga, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Paola Tabet, Nancy Scheper-Hughes, Mirjam Pressler, Juli Zeh, Margaret Atwood, Catherine Lutz, Simone de Beauvoir, Lila Abu-Lughod, Emma Goldman, and countless texts written by friends of mine.
At the moment, my favourite quote comes from a poem by Audre Lorde:
"I speak/ whatever language is needed/ to sharpen the knives of my tongue".
Among the few things that I can play on my ukulele are some wonderful songs by Amanda Palmer.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I went on a one-week-tour around East Germany with a feminist theatre group - while I was 9 months pregnant.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach you some Swahili street language, vegan cooking and baking, or traditional southern German carnival dancing :-)

As far as learning is concerned, I want to improve my juggling skills and I am always interested in learning new words in any language/ dialect.

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Estonia, France, Ireland, Kosovo, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Montenegro, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, Germany, Tanzania