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About Me

Artist Bio:
Anida Yoeu Esguerra is now Anida Yoeu Ali
Anida seeks an artistic, spiritual and political exploration of her identity as a non hyphenated Cambodian Muslim American woman. Anida is a multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary artist who is interested in using performance work as a means to transform loss into conversations about healing and understanding. She aches for home, a good pair of ass-kicking shoes, and poetry by Audre Lorde. She is proud to call Chicago home but knows the journey never really ends for the refugee.for more info about Anida visit atomicshogun.com
UPCOMING SHOW: LATEST COSTUME: EDIBLE NECKLACE
"GASTRONAUTICAL ODYSSEY" SHOW PICTS: Cristal Sabbagh + Anida Yoeu Ali performing "Primary Source" @Moto Restaurant

My Interests

cheap white zin, amazing race reality show, yawping, poetry by audre lorde and adrienne rich, denizen kane's "tree city legends II", laughter, "inappropriateness", randomness, fashion, the color red, shoes!shoes!shoes!, sulu, poetry by mars, fuzzy stickers, chinatowns outside the US, traveling, sunrises...

I'd like to meet:

people who will share flowers, poetry, politics, punjokes, music, time and vulnerabilities with me; otherwise i'll settle for time with arundhati roy, angelina jolie, orlando bloom, taye diggs and god.

Music:

right now: running mix + mar's summer mix

Movies:

been meaning to see: squid & whale, snakes on the plane, and the prestige. the last movie i saw was half-nelson. i have issues with that movie.

Television:

my guilty indulgences include project runway, general hospital & making the band 3. i love sci-fi so of course i'm into the new battlestar galactica. i'm thankful for HBOs def poetry jam, NOW, and Independent Lens. tiVo has changed my life.

Books:

Born Palestinian, Born Black (Suheir Hammad) ; Shedding Silence (Janice Mirikitani); The Dead Behind Us (Audre Lorde); Sister Outsider (Audre Lorde); Fire Power (Chrystos); From an Atlas of the Difficult World (Adrienne Rich); Thirty-One Dollars per Hour (Marlon Esguerra); Color of Memory (Dennis Kim); all essays by Arundhati Roy.

Heroes:

those who redefine family & community

My Blog

he is where my humor comes from

only 2 months after grandma. beloved father & grandfather. Inalillahi wa ina ileyhi rajioon.Koeu Abu Bakr YoeuHaji Koeu Abu Bakr Yoeu (Son of Haji Mustafa & Mak Su Long) passed away peacefully at 76 y...
Posted by atomic shogun on Wed, 09 May 2007 01:08:00 PST

Haram! Haram! Haram!

Haram! Haram! Haram! for Abidah AliShe is known by many names across many continents, but we simply knew her as Mey. My grandmother the great spoiler of American assimilation the premier customer ...
Posted by atomic shogun on Wed, 07 Mar 2007 01:33:00 PST

you were the grandmama of us all

Abidah Ali Yoeu On Monday March 5, 2007 at 10am Haji Abidah Ali Yoeu (Daughter of Haji Muhammad Ali & Fatimah) passed away peacefully at 75 years of age in her Glendale Heights home surrounded by fami...
Posted by atomic shogun on Tue, 06 Mar 2007 04:30:00 PST

sulu

sulu esguerra june 10, 1997 - jan 8, 2007rest in peace. inalillahi wa ina ileyhi rajioon...
Posted by atomic shogun on Tue, 09 Jan 2007 04:09:00 PST

2 days til 33

turning 33 in 2 days. this is only the second time ever in my life that I will be celebrating this Sagittarius birthdate. my INS birthdate was only off by 1 month. not too shabby dad! lately I've been...
Posted by atomic shogun on Wed, 06 Dec 2006 11:00:00 PST

surviving L.A.

i have a love/hate affair with LA and this past week was full of both extremes. i love my friends in lala land though i would love to take one particular taurus by the horns and wrestle her to the gro...
Posted by atomic shogun on Fri, 23 Jun 2006 10:08:00 PST

10 Things about 'dem damn Europeans

Copenhagen & Paris (May 15-20, 2006)So Im back from Europe and getting ready for a trip to Cambodia. here are 10 things i learned and/or observed about dem Europeans: especially the Danes and Parisia...
Posted by atomic shogun on Wed, 07 Jun 2006 11:57:00 PST

Where in the world are the Faroe Islands?!

The Faroe Islands (May 11 May 15, 2006)First impressions its fucking cold and where are all the non-smokers?!!!! Everything I wear is soaked in cigarette stink. Its really quite disgusting. It was a...
Posted by atomic shogun on Tue, 16 May 2006 05:34:00 PST

YAWPING on May Day with 400,000 beautiful people

The first march we took our YAWPers to was 2003's Anti War March in which Lake Shore Drive was shut down and the cops were being their authoritative asshole selves. This is the 2nd protest march/rally...
Posted by atomic shogun on Wed, 03 May 2006 10:43:00 PST

An Open Letter From Dave Chappelle to His White Fans

YELLING AT THE SCREEN: An Open Letter From Dave Chappelle to His White Fans Dear White People: How are you? I am fine. Long time no see! I ran into Gary the other day. Tell him not to worry about that...
Posted by atomic shogun on Tue, 18 Apr 2006 08:28:00 PST