Music:
rebecca wood. ani difranco. cat power. pj harvey. aretha franklin. patti smith. mirah. nellie mckay. patty griffin. lucille bogan. dusty springfield. the pretenders. lunachicks. floetry. elliott smith. L7. aimee mann. mahalia jackson. edith piaf. meshell ndegeocello. sleater-kinney. de la soul. carly simon. mc lyte. carole king. billie holiday. bikini kill. ella fitzgerald. the breeders.
Movies:
amelie. happiness. anything starring pam grier. the color purple. fargo. cabaret. spellbound. bukowski: born into this. my flesh and blood. fire. but i'm a cheerleader. brother's keeper. welcome to the dollhouse. palindromes.
Television:
curb your enthusiasm. strangers with candy. golden girls. murder she wrote.
Books:
anything by: charles bukowski. alice walker. gore vidal. david sedaris. elie wiesel. susan sontag. zora neale hurston. ayn rand. kurt vonnegut. albert camus. augusten burroughs. jose saramago. celine. chuck palahniuk. franz kafka. arthur miller. primo levi.
Heroes:
Charles Darwin, anyone who doesn't have the urge to kill flies, and my parents.