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| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Industry | Student |
| Occupation | social anthropology graduate student |
| Location | Austin, TX, United States |
| Interests | Art: Ana Mendieta; Frida Khalo; Kara Walker; Marta María Pérez; Tina Modotti; Remedios Varo; René Magritte; Alison Saar; Alfredo Jaar; Duchamp; Francesco Clemente; Goya; José Luis Cuevas; Artemisia Gentileschi; Diego Rivera; Guaman Poma de Ayala Food: hot tea, especially florals like rose and lavendar; expresso with a lemon bar; French toast with blueberries; mixed green salad with pear, pecans, and little pomegranate molasses; mole oaxaqueño; tortas al pastor; roast chicken with garlic potatoes; salmon with asparagus; homemade popcorn with butter |
| Favorite movies | "Lucia y el Sexo"; "Amelie"; "Death to Smoochy"; "The Cradle Will Rock"; Alfonso Cuarón's version of "Great Expectations"; "Amores Perros"; most anything by Pedro Almodovar, but I really like "Volver"; some children's films like "Matilda" and "Penelope"; "La Ley de Herodes"; "Lakawana Blues"; Pans Laberynth |
| Favorite music | Music (very electic, but general stuff that I tend to default to): Chavela Vargas; Tracy Chapman; Norah Jones; Radio Head; Mercedes Sosa; Lila Downs; Billie Holiday; Lola Beltrán; Chabuca Granda; Bebo and Cigala; Blues (especially Delta); Rancheras (especially the heartwrenching ones about love lost); Bluegrass (I have a jaw harp that I am trying to learn to play) |
| Favorite books | cookbooks of any sort; "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison; "Of Mules and Men" Zora Neale Hurston; "Pedagogies of Crossing: Meditations on Feminism, Sexual Politics, Memory, and the Sacred" by Jacqui Alexander; "Cien Años de Soledad" by Gabriel García Márquez; Breath, Eyes, Memory by Edwidge Dandicat |