ERFette
My blogs
Blogs I follow
- Ask Nicole
- cuffington
- Feminist Club
- like bookends
- nina's sweet and awesome blog
- punkahontas
- summerland
- the musings of a fatshionista
- The Sleepy Owl Project
- threadbare
- TRUE NATURE TATTOO
- VIPXO
- www.feedly.com/home#subscription/feed/http://kathleenhanna.wordpress.com/feed/
| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Occupation | bleeding heart |
| Location | portland, United States |
| Introduction | Many of us are seen as bodies first: either too fat, too thin, too short, too tall, too different, acceptable, unacceptable, white or not white, gendered correctly or incorrectly. So much is written on our bodies. What's written on my body is a story of change and power, so much pain and hiding, so much negotiation and intention. I certainly don't hide anymore, and I still struggle with standing firmly in my body, steeling myself against everything that tells me I should hide. This is about being firm, clear and intentional, about making my own meaning. And it's how I survive. |
| Interests | Mutual affection; writing letters and going to the post office; being up front; caring; unapologetic fatties; thrift stores; ponying up; whittlin' s'mores roasting sticks; direct communication; forgiveness; feminist/critical theory; photo albums; clearly laid out expectations; the way that people manage crisis and oppression; thrift stores; crafting; writing projects; sewing; family systems and healing; embroidery; photo transfers; care packages; dance nights; slumber parties; camping; making out; murder mystery parties; playmobil; bike rides; wood paneling; period piece dramas; ghost stories; tubing down rivers; playing with kids; doting; reading books; scary movies; holding hands; make-up; tacky gold jewelry; coming out stories; therapy; jc penny photo shoots; photo booths; good coffee; my gold tooth; hair cuts; old paper; art journals; office supplies; hip hop; early 80's office furniture; doing things that scare me, even when I feel nervous; being honest; my awesome housemates; clip art books and photocopies; figuring things out; etc. |
| Favorite Movies | Steel Magnolias & Hotel for Dogs |
| Favorite Music | aretha franklin, carl blau, usher, quix*o*tic, the ronettes, saturday looks good to me, kings of convenience, bikini kill, dolly parton, big mama thorton, mr. airplane man, the gossip, trina, talking heads, t-pain, nina simone, huggy bear, the frumpies, david bowie, catpower, magnolia electric company, the no no's, gillian welch, freakwater, magnetic fields, bonnie prince billy, le tigre, fleetwood mac, joan armatrading, jay-z, adele, the shangri-las, van morrison, led zeppelin, europe, phil collins, en vogue... |
| Favorite Books | Mary Oliver, This Bridge Called My Back, Adrienne Rich, Loorie Moore, Flesh and Blood, Dry, The Heart is a Lonely Hunter, The Corrections, The Position, The Wife, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close, Virginia Woolf, Maria Mies, ee cummings, Pablo Neruda love poems, The Chelsea Whistle, When Things Fall Apart, Beloved, Elizabeth Bishop, June Jordan, Toni Cade Bambara, Gloria Anzaldua, Cherrie Moraga, Raymond Carver, Feminism is for Everybody, Anne Sexton, WH Auden, Paulo Freire, Spivak, etc. Right now I'm reading "Love, Death and the Changing of the Seasons" by Marilyn Hacker -- but school books keep stealing my time and attention. |