Thirza Cuthand

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About me

Gender Female
Industry Arts
Occupation Filmmaker and Video Artist mostly. Oh, do you mean a job that actually pays?
Location Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
Introduction I am a transgender butch bipolar biracial lesbian video artist who lives in Saskatchewan. I try to make the world a more beautiful place by creating something everday. As part of my art practice I have blogged about life since 1998.
Interests punk rock chicks, aboriginal art, queer film fests, queer politics, race politics, spirituality, sexual diversity, music, film, video, performance art, installation art, psych ward horror stories, philosophical and religious writings, learning to live without my shift and up arrow keys on my keyboard.
Favorite Movies Mullholland Drive, Show Me Love, Spirited Away, Being John Malkovich, Zentropa, Trainspotting, The Celebration, Spirited Away, Lola by Fassbinder, Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story, Children of Heaven, Far From Heaven, The Hours, Requiem for a Dream, I Shot Andy Warhol, Dogville, Fahrenheit 9/11.
Favorite Music Peaches, Tori Amos, Iggy Pop, the Doors, Missy Elliot, Courtney Love, David Bowie, Bjork, The Distillers, Kate Bush, Etta James, L7, Eurythmics, The Smiths, Bif Naked, Garbage, Hawksley Workman, Pulp, Leslie Gore, Marilyn Manson, Joan Jett, Dinah Washington, Air, Morcheeba.
Favorite Books Pippi Longstocking, Alice in Wonderland & Through the Looking Glass, Slavoj Zizek, Kurt Vonnegut, Ursula Hegi, cultural theory, bell hooks, The Accidental Tourist, books about little people (I don't know what that's about), Sarah Schulman, Chrystos, Thomas King.

What's the best time you've ever had licking stamps?

When they were girl-flavored stamps.