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dana rae.

deconstructing the southern belle in me.

About Me

Hey! i'm just another queer from Mississippi. I play things. i record sounds------ I consider myself a - southern. -sicilian. - anti-racist. - genderqueer. - survivor. - fat/body positive. - anarchist..- organizer I heart people who consider themselves one of these umm lets see.... 8 things.my livejournal ----

I edited my profile with Thomas’ Myspace Editor V3.6 !

My Interests

my little microphone, bass guitar & xylophone,- dumpster diving, zines, fanny packs, twirling outside, radical mental health, no meat, sprinklers, pinching, sno-cones, picking up furniture as well as people off the street and putting them in my trunk, activism, community dinners + organizing, talkin about/fighting against institutionalized racism, genderqueers, femmes, genderfucks, non-violent communication, SPIN the fuckin bottle, bruises, wrestlin, workin on my internalized shit, anarchy, bikes, o & dance parties/partners!

I'd like to meet:

p.s. i'm ready for simple fun!! or just actin like a fool. cause that's what we want deep down. i like to dance & procrastinate with bad tv marathons. i need some bike ridin buddies!! i enjoy people who don't hold back. fuck being cool. its so 8th grade. like when i handed out those carmel apple suckers for popularity.

Music:

- mirah -the gossip -freeze pop - dear nora - the blow -camera obscura -neutral milk hotel - of montreal -erase errata -wir sind helden -magnetic fields - kimya dawson -sleater-Kinney -bikini Kill -le tigre -des ark -queen -whitney houston -Earth Wind & Fire -bob dylan -ella fitzgerald -etta james -dolly parton -johnny cash -elliott smith -tracy + the plastics -adult -dean martin -to be good tanyas -my friends in bands -walker texas ranger theme song

Movies:

Annie Hall, Billy Elliot, Dancer in the Dark, Love & Death any chezzy queer films and home movies!

Television:

six feet under.csi: las vegas

Books:

Tom Robbins, Alice Walker, Dr. Seus, bell hooks, Jonathan Kozal, audre lorde, Leslie Feinburg, Kurt Vonnegut, zines: greenzine, chasing aiden, Support, Figure 8, Word Salad, books:The Gas WE Pass, The Lorax, Gender Outlaw,Riddle of Gender, Fat so! Trans Liberation and my 3rd grade journal

Heroes:

my mother! (i'm the lil' ze on the right)

My Blog

a letter to my mom!

Dear mom,I hope your mother's day is enjoyable and I wish I were there to take you out to dinner! I will just have to treat you to dinner when I come home in June. I wanted to write you a letter and m...
Posted by dana rae. on Sun, 13 May 2007 11:45:00 PST

my story on the farm

i have this on my livejournal too. but i thought i should share:i had loads of time on my hands at work and this is what came out:* i might add it to my new zine. so feed back is appreciated!enjoy its...
Posted by dana rae. on Sat, 07 Apr 2007 08:53:00 PST

dean martin my love....

why.why am i in love with dean martin.i've watched him & jerry and i laughed that.o this is bad laugh.but hit me with some "come back to sorrento"and i'm a sucker for some sicilian hunk singin to ...
Posted by dana rae. on Mon, 18 Dec 2006 01:40:00 PST

Southern Supper in pdx! come! (aug. 8th)

hello pdx folks!We are hosting the first of hopefully many wed. night dinners at my temporarily new place!So look below for details!Come one! Come more than one!Southern Supper: Wednesday, August 9th ...
Posted by dana rae. on Tue, 08 Aug 2006 03:34:00 PST

i went to the gay thing....

i'm just drunk and hot now.i went to the genderqueer night on a sunday.and i'm simply now just hot and drunk.my voice is going out.i keep having to wipe off snot from my nose.its hot.i love it.i'm qui...
Posted by dana rae. on Mon, 03 Jul 2006 01:22:00 PST

kitty pool. evil.

So. for the summer we are gettin ourselves a 'kitty pool' or 'kiddy pool' my house that is: the 'Fanny Pack Attack'. I wanted to share some photos of what the kitty pool of my dreams looks like. this ...
Posted by dana rae. on Tue, 27 Jun 2006 03:50:00 PST

lets have a drunk talk about acne

lets talk about adult acne. i've had a massive breakout since x-mas. this picture only shows one side. the other side is bad too. i normally have had really clear skin growing up. it has really be...
Posted by dana rae. on Wed, 17 May 2006 11:11:00 PST

my rant: people flashin gang symbols in photos!

i get annoyed by white people who try to glamorize the 'gangsta lifestyle'. so if you like to play around with gang symbols in photos. but don't know anyone in a gang or don't really understand the hi...
Posted by dana rae. on Mon, 17 Apr 2006 06:52:00 PST

need yur numbers! cell phone stolen!

hey!so seattle likes to EAT my cell phones!yep!another cell phone stolen.so.all phone numbers of my loved ones and the ones i should love are gone.if you want me to have yur digits send me a reply wit...
Posted by dana rae. on Sat, 15 Apr 2006 10:18:00 PST

Activist Pen-pal (everyone else)

Activist Pen-pals-So here's the deal. Radical/progressive activist are scarce in the south. We have to fight a lifetime of conservative tradition in our families, communities, schools and government. ...
Posted by dana rae. on Mon, 27 Mar 2006 10:23:00 PST