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Shelby Knox

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About Me

I am a sex education and gay rights activist from Lubbock, Texas. I travel the nation with a documentary film called The Education of Shelby Knox that chronicles my efforst to get better sex education and start and gay/straight alliance at my high school. The film also has a MySpace page, just search The Education of Shelby Knox.

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My Interests

Politics, feminism, organizing, 24 hour news channels (except FOX), singing, swimming, historical fiction, candles, Thai food, hot tea, the color cerulean, Vitamin Water energy drinks

Music:

Patty Griffin, Dixie Chicks, Ani DiFranco, Edith Piaf, Dar Williams, Emmylou Harris, Ishle Yi Park, Alix Olson, Regina Spektor, Penguin Cafe Orchestra, Paul Schwartz, the Beatles, the entire 'Across the Universe' soundtrack

Movies:

Adaptation, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Kinsey, Closer, My Summer of Love, Notes on a Scandal, Jesus Camp, Brokeback Mountain, Capote, High Art, La Vie en Rose, Aimee and Jaguar, Murder on a Sunday Morning

Books:

The Feminine Mystique, The Collector, Reading Lolita in Tehran, Manifesta, Bitch: In Praise of Difficult Women, The Awakening, Lolita, The Age of Innocence, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Second Sex, The F-Word, Geisha: A Life, Jane Eyre, The Magus, The French Lieutenant's Woman, What's The Matter With Kansas?, A Vindication of the Rights of Women, The Congresswomen

Heroes:

My mom, my grandmother, my great female mentors who have helped me become who I am, Eleanor Roosevelt, Edith Wilson, Sarah Weddington, Susan B. Anthony, Kate Chopin

My Blog

Wanderlust: About to go HOG wild!

Ahhh, the joy of waking up with a roof over my head and the almost certain knowledge that no little critter has crawled into bed with me. We are now in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, where we are stayin...
Posted by Shelby Knox on Sat, 21 Jun 2008 08:08:00 PST

Wanderlust: North Carolina...Not so flat

June 20th, 2008Sorry for all of the posts at once; both time and internet access are scarce here in the Wanderlust bubble. Speaking of, all the words and pictures in the world couldn't convey this exp...
Posted by Shelby Knox on Sat, 21 Jun 2008 08:07:00 PST

Wanderlust: Activism in the Atlantic

June 17th, 2008This morning I am perched above the Atlantic Ocean after commandeering one of the lifeguard stands here on Myrtle Beach. I can barely see the screen because, once again, I had to sleep ...
Posted by Shelby Knox on Sat, 21 Jun 2008 08:05:00 PST

Wanderlust: Starting the Ride!

Good morning from Bunk Hill Camp Ground, located somewhere in the middle of South Carolina. Don't ask me where.I woke up this morning to a brilliant orange and purple light coming through my tent, a b...
Posted by Shelby Knox on Sat, 21 Jun 2008 08:04:00 PST

Wanderlust: Pedaling out of Charleston!

Good morning, y'all, from beautiful Charleston, South Carolina! I am writing to you from the kitchen of NotSo Hostel, looking out over a southern style veranda at a beautiful red sunrise and a cluster...
Posted by Shelby Knox on Sat, 21 Jun 2008 08:02:00 PST

Wanderlust Reproductive Justice Bike Tour has Begun!

Wanderlust 2008 Reproductive Justice Bike Tour has officially begun! From June 13th to July 2nd, I will join 12 other activists as we pedal from town to town to listen to your stories and document how...
Posted by Shelby Knox on Fri, 13 Jun 2008 10:23:00 PST

Hillary Supports Obama and So Do I - A Young Feminist Reacts

Here is the link to my vlog on Hillary's concession speech: Hillary Support Obama and So Do I - A Young Feminist ReactsAs many of you know, I have been a fervent Hillary supporter from the very start ...
Posted by Shelby Knox on Sat, 07 Jun 2008 01:59:00 PST

Reproductive Justice Bike Tour - I need your help!

This summer I will join 15 other awesome feminist activists on a month-long, 1800 mile reproductive justice bike tour from New Orleans to New York City, aptly known as Wanderlust 2008.In solidarity wi...
Posted by Shelby Knox on Wed, 30 Apr 2008 11:44:00 PST

Hearing on Abstinence-Only - Knox's Testimony

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyifNkj-MC8 On April 23rd, I testified before the House Oversight committee on the effectiveness of abstinence-only-until-marriage programs - which is, as we k...
Posted by Shelby Knox on Sat, 26 Apr 2008 07:58:00 PST

The Education of Shelby Knox Screens at UT

The Education of Shelby Knox will have its University of Texas premiere on November 15th. The film chronicles the fight for better sex education and gay rights in Lubbock, Texas. For more information...
Posted by Shelby Knox on Fri, 28 Oct 2005 10:06:00 PST