Mariposa
My blogs
| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Industry | Non-Profit |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Location | San Francisco, CA, United States |
| Links | Audio Clip |
| Introduction | Where I been: Germany, and many parts of Europe (spent my puberty years out there, the best country was Italy!) Mexico (For spring break part two... Miami was part one!) Cuba, Venezuela (world Social Forum 2006) Taiwan (Global youth service day was off the hook!) Philippines (Love IT!) Toyko, Japan (researching about the sexual exploitation of Filipinas in the Japanese Male entertainment Industry) And many other parts of the USA... including... Hot Springs,Arkansas... Texas (Sup Galveston! Oh and I love Austin!), New York City, Northern Cheyenne Nation in Montana, New Jersey, Connecticut, Colorado, Hawaii, Arizona, New Mexico, Pine Ridge Rez, and other spots... I lived in Washington D.C. for a year working on legislation... I walked on the longest walk for 5 months from San Francisco to D.C., changed me in many ways... |
| Interests | dancing, poetry, spoken word, political advocacy and organizing, government, histories of historically underrepresented peoples, spiritual justice, and music |
| Favorite Movies | Strange Fruit, The Snowbowl Effect, Romero, Smoke Signals (my favorite one), Weather Underground, SKINS, Boys don't Cry, The Debut, Frida, Edge of America, Selena, Mi Familia, Amorres Perros, American Adobo, Whale Rider (this is one is sooo good), Ma Vie En Rose, Y Tu Mama Tambien, Boyz N the Hood, Bowling for Columbine, EL Beso Que Me Diste, City of God, The Buisness of Fancydancing, Dance Me Outside, Second Generation, OUTfoxed (about the owner of Myspace.com), Life and Debt |
| Favorite Music | Ozomatli, One Struggle Band, Kiwi, Native Guns, and corny OPM music, musicals are great as well! |
| Favorite Books | Stupid White Men by Micheal Moore, Bible, Code of Handsome Lake, The Kissing by Merlinda Bobis, The Rose That Grew From Concrete by Tupac Shakur, Afeni Shakur: Evolution of a Revolutionary by Jasmine Guy, America is in the Heart by Carlos Bulosan, Noli Me Tangre by Jose Rizal, Borderlands/La Frontera by Gloria Anzaldua, Colonial Subjects by Ramon Grosfoguel from my thesis. Anything by Sherman Alexie!!! check out his quote, "I made a very conscious decision to marry an Indian woman, who made a very conscious descision to marry me. Our hope: to give birth to and raise Indian children who love themselves. That is the most revolutionary act possible."-Serman Alexie |
Why does the taste of pennies remind you of losing a tooth?
tooth fairy?