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a'yen

Be Better.

About Me

wandering around rivers and biking around southeast asia.rafted down the mississippi with 30 of my best friends on junk rafts powered by biodiesel. wearer of too many fucking hats. people person. occasional writer. media slug. adorer of street art. lover of bikes. pro-choice activist. breakdancer. graduate. singer. aesthete. politico.

My Interests

cutting out of the rat race, speculating on online social networking, railing against myspace, considering the question of collectively run businesses versus non-profits, The pro-choice documentary "Speak Out: I Had Abortion," stopping rape culture, brick lane, politics, activism, abortion clinic escorting, poetry, personal moral improvement, dope vegan shoes, hip hop, public art, breakdancing, international human rights organizations, hapas who do and don't date white people, asian american feminism, music marketing, british colonialism; the annexation of upper burma to british india in 1886 VDAY and the new feminism, I'm Not Sorry Day.

I'd like to meet:

river rats, boat punks, people who also think about art and politics all the time. pro-choice activists. anti-racists. people to go paint the town with. professional feminists.

Music:

The Knife, Dark Dark Dark, Japanther, Matt & Kim, Show Me the Pink, Can Kickers, This Bike is a Pipe Bomb, Defiance, Ohio; Covena Turpentine, The Arcade Fire, TV on the Radio, Bjork, Broken Social Scene, Godspeed, Chromeo, t.rex, Cub Country, Four Tet, Tom Waits, weakerthans, SunnyDay, can, varistor, Elvis Costello,

Movies:

amandla!, hate (la haine), fight club, royal tenenbaums, bamboozled, bowling for columbine, until the violence stops: the vday documentary, apparently all of chuck palahniuk's books are being made into movies right now.

Television:

LOST, obv.

Books:

cunt, invisible monsters; critical race theory books; marquez books; assata; this bridge called my back; don't be afraid gringo; a small place, power politics; another world is possible; future 500; vonnegut books; yellow; haruki murakami, necessary targets

Heroes:

craig murphey, eve ensler, jenny holzer, bjork, gloria anzaldua, edward said, basquiat, arundhati roy, chuck palahniuk, patricia smith, todd chandler, callie, todd chandler, sherman alexie, steve cannon, patrick kosowicz, nicholas berger, alexis elton, mr. wulsin, suheir hamad, beau sia, bobbito garcia, jee kim, inga muscio, jennifer baumgardner, katharine jose, jacob mckean, patrick o'donoghue, julian y, uday singh mehta, elvia alvarado, lauren fardig, nathanael brotherhood, michael ceraldi, my mom.

My Blog

Profile pics here

ok so, as i'm presently too lazy to upload myspace pics, check out angela's here  ...
Posted by a'yen on Sat, 10 Nov 2007 11:44:00 PST

COME TO MY SCREENING TMW W/ ART TALK BY SWOON!

SPEAK OUT: I HAD AN ABORTION SCREENING & DISCUSSION JUNE 2 8PM UNIONDOCS 322 UNION AVE WILLIAMSBURG, BK. details. ARTISTIC PRESENTATIONS BY SWOON AND LINDA ZACKS FILMMAKERS GILLIAN ALDRICH AND JE...
Posted by a'yen on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

MARIO VAZQUEZ IN MY OFFICE!

MARIO VAZQUEZ IS ***IN MY OFFICE*** RIGHT NOW! JUST TOOK THIS PIC LIKE A MINUTE AGO....
Posted by a'yen on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

jay-z

"they say they never really miss you till you're dead or you're gone so on that note i'm leaving after this song" "Dying young leaving a good looking corpse"
Posted by a'yen on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

cultural appropriation

not cool! neither are asian fetishes. moral of story: fuck off racial and spiritual fetishists! shit is dehumanizing. ex. 1: some dick named hernan who asked ot be added to my friend list with one ...
Posted by a'yen on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

but what does it mean?

My milkshake brings all the boys to the yard And they're like, it's better than yours Damn right it's better than yours I could teach you but I have to charge
Posted by a'yen on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

The Pro-Affirmative Action Bake Sale

At the pro-affirmative action bake sale we would offer baked goods at $1. However, if you went to public school your baked goods will cost $1.05. If you are a person of color and people constantly...
Posted by a'yen on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

racist backlash at columbia

Columbia has recently experienced a major airing of dirty laundry, the explicit and implict racism, social and systemic are being discussed by the entire campus. A racist cartoon, an anti-affirmative ...
Posted by a'yen on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

DON'T MESSAGE ME IF I DON'T KNOW YOU

Dear Person who wants to date the girl in my pic, I do not want to date anyone I meet electronically. Really. Not even remotely interested. SO! Have a great life, and please don't send me messages....
Posted by a'yen on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST