social justice, free speech, school desegregation, the rapid disappearance of polar bears from the arctic and american citizens from the middle class
Music:
botch, as the sun sets, born against, coalesce, converge, jesuit, deadguy, his hero is gone, milhouse
bad brains, gang of four, the clash,minor threat, fugazi, farside, shudder to think, HOT SNAKES, mission of burma, refused, the vss,
isis, jesu, neurosis, slaves, swans,
deftones, far, faith no more, mr. bungle, nin, quicksand,
black star, common market, company flow, de la soul, eyedea, IAM, ice cube, illmatic nas, illadelph roots, gangstarr, KRS-One, mr lif, public enemy, wu tang's 36 chambers,
prefuse 73, dj shadow, massive attack, the cinematic orchestra, dan the automator, fourtet, ladytron, squarepusher, boards of canada, lovage, dntel, portishead,
depeche mode, mazzy star, cocteau twins, my bloody valentine, new order, slowdive
braid, failure, hum, mineral, sunny day real estate, the smiths, s., the black heart procession, calexico, the casket lottery,
the album leaf, gregor samsa, the one am radio, a silver mt. zion,
patsy, ella, sarah, and lady day
Movies:
The Big Blue, A Bronx Tale, In America, A Little Princess, The Hours, Amelie, Clerks, Happiness, City of God, City of Lost Children, Amores Perros, Delicatessen, Boiler Room, But I'm a Cheerleader, Dawn of the Dead, The Notebook, Better Luck Tomorrow, The Boondock Saints, Basquiat, Do the Right Thing, Jackie Brown, The Professional, Pi, The Departed/Infernal Affairs, Battle Royale, Life Is Beautiful, Scratch, Heathers, She's the One, La Boum, SLC Punk, Uptown Girls, The Shawshank Redemption, The Usual Suspects, American Beauty, Swingers, The Killer, American History X, Crash, True Romance, Spanglish, Twelve Monkeys, Office Space, Welcome to the Dollhouse....anything that centers around good dialogue
Television:
The revolution will not be televised...but it might be parodied on Youtube
Books:
A Little Princess, Angela's Ashes, The Little Prince, Watership Down, The Wind-Up Bird Chronicles, Ella Minnow Pea, God Bless You Mr. Rosewater, The Runaway Bunny, Life of Pi, His Dark Materials, World War Z, Days and Nights of Love and War, Tender is the Night, The Bean Trees, The Poisonwood Bible, The Time Traveler's Wife, The Book of Laughter and Forgetting, The Shame of the Nation, Ophelia Speaks, Other People's Children, The Elements of Style, Always Outnumbered, Always Outgunned, Things Fall Apart
Heroes:
First, and foremost:
See also: Mark Twain, Barbara Kingsolver, Alice Walker, Dorothy Day, Jonathan Kozol, Juliana Elizabeth Young, Dawn Madeline Paige Quinn
