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
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
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
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
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