CURRENT MISSION

Figure out what's the best and most effective way I can help people, learn to drive and get fluent in Greek.

ABOUT ME

Queer culture-nerd/amateur anthropologist, book-worm, activist, life-model, artist, aspiring polyglot, raver, mosher, psychonaut, anarcha-feminist and witch. Obsessed with everything to do with gender and sexuality, the human body, ethnology, sustainable living, herbal medicine, psychedelic exploration and therapy/healing, mythology, language and etymology, body-modification, kink and direct action. I love weird music, contact improvisation, play fighting, rope, spicy food, books, moths, sticking needles in people, dreaming, forests and people who don't do as they are told!

I'm interested in people and cultures, in discovering different ways of living and finding where I can help and get involved. i love to dance! to be creative, to paint faces and naked bodies and i can't live without music! I love meeting new people, learning new things, evolving.... have spent a lot of my life travelling with my family, and I love going to festivals.

I was born in Germany, grew up in London and am now living in Bristol (with various stops in between :-p). Me encanta el español (quisieras hablar conmigo??) Ich rede auch gut Deutsch.. και μαθαίνω Ελληνικά! I'm into feminism, anarchism, sharing, helping, igniting passions, spreading love and solidarity. I love thinking about the big questions but also embrace the fact that i will never know the answers! And I believe 'it's better to regret something you did than something you didn't do' (the Butthole surfer said so..)

PHILOSOPHY

Solidarity not philanthropy

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Surfing and hosting when I have a spare couch and time!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Surfed couches in Amsterdam, Berlin, Granada and various parts of Morocco, all great experiences with amazing people! Have also met some super lovely people who i have hosted on my little couch in Brighton :)

Interests

Portraiture and life drawing, life modelling, contact dance, culture, language and etymology, practical sustainability, anthropology, body-modification, food, travelling, reading, photography, tattooing, people watching, forests, transylvania, festivals, music, shibari, the naked body, cooking, nature, red wine, Berlin, headstands and vegan food!

• cats
• culture
• photography
• festivals
• dancing
• womens rights
• dining
• cooking
• wine
• red wine
• vegan
• yoga
• flying
• reading
• traveling
• painting
• drawing
• music
• guitar
• cycling
• surfing
• anthropology
• etymology
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: world music, punk, balcan, irish fiddly folky music, forest trance, high-tek, ska, experimental rock, some metal and crust punk, doom, dub, reggae.... favourites include Sainkho Namtchylak, Nina Hagen, Bjork, Bob Dylan, Fishtank Ensemble, Imagined Village, Frank Zappa, Kate Bush, Jimi Hendrix, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Nirvana, SOAD, RATM, Saros, Anathema, Autonomads, Firepit Collective, Tarantism, Blackbird Raum, Patti Smith, Nick Drake, Aphex Twin, Kula Shaker, Dohm, Kindzadza, Psykovsky, Shpongle, Bonobo, Portishead, Massive Attack, Anoushka Shankar, John Martyn, Janis Joplin, Johnny Hodges, Ella Fitzjerald, Nina Simone, PJ Harvey, Richie Havens, The Doors, Tracy Chapman, Ali Farka Toure, Faithless, Manu Chao, Gorillaz, Calico Jack, Dizraeli and many many many others..

Authors & Books (in no particular order): bell hooks, David Graeber, Barbara Ehrenreich, Emma Goldman, Ernest Callenbach - Ecotopia, Eve Ensler's The Vagina Monologues, Simone de Beauvoir, Audrey Niffeneger, Zadie Smith, Monica Ali, Aravind Adiga, Orwell, Nietzsche, Irvine Welsh, Sarah Hall - The Carhullan Army, Bernhardt Schlink, Rainer Maria Rilke, Kim Chernin's Reinventing Eve, Harper Lee - To Kill a Mockingbird, The Help by Kathryn Stockett, Philip Pullman - His Dark Materials, Patti Smith's Just Kids, Sophie's World, Barbara Kingsolver, Brick Lane, Dylan Thomas' poetry, The Red Tent, A Sideways Look at Time, Making Stuff & Doing Things: A collection of DIY guides to just about everything, Lawrie Penny...

Films: Ethnographic Film, weird unusual films, documentaries... Lola Rennt, Amelie, Blue is the Warmest Colour, The Fifth Element, Waking Life, Billy Elliot, films by Almodovar, Persepolis, Myazaki/Studio Ghibli films (cliched i know but my favourites are probably Princess Mononoke & Spirited Away), Cohen brothers - esp Fargo and The Big Lebowski, Natural Born Killers, most Tarantino films (but Pulp Fiction is the best, obviously), Nostalgia de la Luz, Withnail and I, Human Traffic, Boys on the Side, The Science of Sleep, Once, You Me and Everyone we Know, My Son my Son What Have Ye Done

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

standing on the top of a mountain in Transylvania, surrounded by wild bilberries and fly agaric mushrooms, looking down at a beautiful green lake on the other side........ also staying on an Indian reservation in Albuquerque, New Mexico.. and Exploring the incredible Berlin (most awesome city ever!!!!!!) and meeting lots of amazing, crazy and beautiful people on my travels! (i know that's more than one but i couldn't choose!!)

Teach, Learn, Share

I would love the chance to practice my spanish or german with people as i don't get to much,, i love to cook for people! and i would love to learn more languages (particularly french, arabic/moroccan arabic and portuguese), learn folk songs on the guitar, learn to play the fiddle, fix my bike and use a sewing machine!

What I Can Share with Hosts

I can teach German or Spanish, cooking, how to make the best hummus, I can make you a handpoke tattoo, show you lots of beautiful music.. and i have many funny, sad and inspiring stories to share :)

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Romania, Spain, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany, United Kingdom