CURRENT MISSION

Take opportunities where they come. Meet Queer Jews. Make thesis into a zine. Learn homestead skills. Write songs.

ABOUT ME

Hi, I am Rum. Queer. Non-binary. Jewish. Poly. Dreamer. Lover. Punk hippie anarcho feminist confused politically.

Just completed my MA in Sexual Dissidence at Sussex University. I wrote about Queer Jewish identity, family making and temporality.

I laugh and cry a lot. I get very excited when I connect with new people. My last job I was a playworker with 4-11 year olds. I adore children.

I write melodramatic songs with bad guitar. I want adventures!

PHILOSOPHY

Sing, eat and fuck the heteropatriarchy.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have couchsurfed once in Napoli, Italy and once in Braga, Portugal. I think CS is a brilliant way to travel on a budget (like mine).

I have also hosted two lovely Portuguese people in the squat where I used to live. It was an awesome experience. It feels so good to provide people with a wicked place to stay where there is loads of fun and food :D

Interests

Singing, writing poetry, reading, going to gigs, studying languages, listening to music, improvising, cooking, eating, experiencing nature, being naked (if warm), cuddling, smelling, feeling, verbalizing, externalizing, playing Scrabble, making puppets and puppet shows and musicals, learning, learning, learning...

• writing
• poetry
• singing
• lgbt rights
• dining
• cooking
• vegan
• reading
• traveling
• music
• gender studies
• languages
• feminism
• roller derby
• sexuality
• intersectional feminism
• queerjews
• sexualdissidence

Music, Movies, and Books

Pan's Labyrinth, Persepolis, Me Without You, Amelie, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, The Science of Sleep, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Mary and Max, Repo man : The Genetic Opera

Middlesex, Wuthering Heights, Howl, The Unbearable Lightness of being. Jitterbug blues, Borderlands/la frontera

Tankus the Henge, Dizraeli and the Small Gods, Damien Rice, Pink Floyd, Alice Cooper, Manu Chao, Nick Drake,Lisa Hannigan, Carole King, Joni Mitchell, Joan Baez, Bob Dylan, Gregory and The Hawk, Laura Marling, Ben Howard, CocoRosie, Cistem Failure, Leonard Cohen, Bon Iver, The Decemberists, Kimya Dawson, Calle 13, Peaches, Dresden Dolls, Phourist and the Photons

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Got stuck inside the ancient city of Petra after the gates had been closed

Scuba Dived in Egypt

Went to the Rainbow Gathering in Palenque, Mexico

Teach, Learn, Share

My languages, Crafty things, Vegan/Veggie cooking, Poetry writing techniques, alternative academic writing, sauerkraut making

What I Can Share with Hosts

I can cook for you :) or help with languages. I enjoy a good chat and to hear people's stories. I can sing for you maybe as well :P

Countries I’ve Visited

Cyprus, Denmark, Egypt, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Jordan, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Scotland, Sweden, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Italy, Mexico, United Kingdom