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erin

aka loretta synn

About Me

this is my short animation, "femme enough." I will be producing a longer version next semester for my animation class and am still taking submissions. If you've sent me a photo already and aren't in this version, don't worry you'll be in the longer one! Please spread the word to all your femme friends to send in a photo, and please let me know what you think.

My Interests

ROLLER DERBY!!, the Detroit Derby Girls, animation, film, embroidery, bookbinding, knitting, printmaking, collage, painting, stencils, DIY, dumpstering, sewing, creating, photography, burlesque, performance, queer, trans, zines, body politics, fat positivity, femme sisterhood, queering femininity, femmes, butches, fatties, butch/femme dichotomy, dance, roller skating, earl grey tea, coffee, pdx, good food, cooking, gardening, hanging out with friends, dressing up, make up, reading, puzzles, organizing, making lists, art, school, community-based education, alternative education, libraries, information science, communicating, pirates, skirts, dresses, boots, camping, cheesy 80s movies, music, quiet time, solitude, working on my shit, family, community, judaism as culture/ethnicity, tattoos, pin ups, found objects, nonfiction, direct care, fashion, feminism, homos, detroit, ann arbor, the ocean, swimming, contemplating, flirting, kink, bdsm, hot sex, love, loving myself.

I'd like to meet:

femmes who want to form community. derby queens. dolly parton.

Music:

the postal service, dolly parton, mirah, billie holiday, the gossip, nomy lamm, tanya donelly, beth orton, lori mckenna, portishead, the be good tanyas, patty griffin, le tigre, the need, sleater kinney, loretta lynn, pj harvey, booty music for dancing, the decemberists, beck, tegan and sara, alison krauss, 80s music, aretha franklin, the blow, cat power, cibo matto, ella fitzgerald, ladytron, madonna, patsy cline

Movies:

spellbound, the blue planet, the turning point, dirty dancing, but i'm a cheerleader, me and you and everyone we know, the princess bride, 9 to 5, steel magnolias, fried green tomatoes, muppet movies, documentaries, and any cheesy dance movie i can get my hands on.

Television:

grey's anatomy, dexter, six feet under, sex and the city, carnivale, my so-called life, arrested development, project runway, big love, CSI (i love tv on dvd)

Books:

god of small things, culture of make believe, autobiography of a blue eyed devil, his dark materials, loose end, a language older than words, s/he, sister outsider, cunt, bastard out of carolina, geek love, middlesex, wicked, weetzie bat, fifth sacred thing, harry potter, stone butch blues, transliberation, kurt vonnegut, michelle tea, ivan e. coyote, minnie bruce pratt

Heroes:

my gramma, Dolly Parton

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Posted by erin on Fri, 14 Jul 2006 11:23:00 PST