CURRENT MISSION

to do what I must to, and do it well. I'll do it for me, honey baby, can't you tell?!

ABOUT ME

student, reader, dancer, dreamer, activist, feminist, crafter, gardener.

Over the past few years I've been in Wellington studying for my phd in criminal psychology. Alongside that I've been volunteering and working in community groups and NGOs on issues that I'm passionate about. These have lately focussed on working with survivors of abuse and exploring community-based alternatives to the court processes. Right now I'm working and writing in Canberra and trying to figure out what I want to do next!

Apart from studying obscure subject and working with community projects I also love making things. I can make my own (and the entire wellington activist scene's!) soap, sew most things and crochet a storm. I love reclaiming public spaces through fibre graffiti and am looking forward to making new tags to bring with me!

I've been doing a form of Indian classical dance for 24 years. I've lately been learning flamenco, argentine tango and raks sharqi. If I'm not dancing I feel a little bit like I don't exist!

PHILOSOPHY

Um... try to do what you can to avoid moving forward the inevitable apocalypse? So while you're here... be kind? Hmmm... The world is being seriously messed up by fools: inform yourself, organise, do what you can and have fun?! Sigh.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

sometimes I host, sometimes I surf. sometimes I sits and thinks. sometimes I just sits.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Our home has hosted some amazing people and we've all thoroughly enjoyed it!

Interests

dance, music, food, languages, spanish, feminism, biology, chemistry, book-binding, sewing, making cocktails, other people.

• writing
• books
• dancing
• flamenco
• tango
• belly dancing
• womens rights
• dining
• cocktails
• yoga
• crochet
• music
• biology
• chemistry
• languages
• psychology
• volunteering

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf, Pride and Prejudice (BBC), Buffy, Firefly, The Devil Wears Prada, Sherlock (BBC), Todo Sobre mi Madre, Volver, Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, The Philadelphia Story.

Music: Bob Dylan, Thelonius Monk, Charles Mingus, Patti Smith, Tori Amos, Nina Simone, Joan Jett, Ani diFranco, Hindustani classical, M.I.A, Beirut, Hollie Smith, Fly my pretties.

Books: Wuthering Heights, Sense and Sensibility, Life of Pi, Chemistry, The Story so Far, Malgudi Days, Dylan Thomas, Thomas Hardy, Georgette Heyer, Sylvia Plath, The Wizard of Earthsea, Marge Piercy, Gone With the Wind, God of Small Things, Camus, Foucault, Kate Bornstein.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Changing the punctured wheel of an Ambassador car in the rain in the city with the highest rainfall in the world!

Teach, Learn, Share

Stuff I can teach/share: english, belly dancing, crochet, sewing, hindi and yoga.
Learn: flamenco, spanish, and anything else anyone would care to share.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Italy, Spain

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, India, New Zealand, Spain

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