Alison the Unstoppable - ProfilesArchive

About Me

I am an educated and intelligent young woman with great potential to shape the world. I am currently in college searching for the best way or ways to manifest my potential in the form of progressive social, cultural, and economic change. I am a unique and beautiful person with a voice that must be heard. Above all, I refuse to be anyone's status symbol, possession, or conquest.

My Interests

Feminism, cultural pluralism, sustainable development, declaring independence, common-unity, creativity, honesty, reliability, collective responsibility, class-consciousness, books, lakes

I'd like to meet:

Intelligent, motivated, creative, and respectful individuals with a drive for self-improvement and the desire to better the world.

Music:

Music that inspires the soul, ignites the inner passions, calls one to action, and carries a powerful message.

Movies:

Water, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Chocolat, Children of Men, Manufacturing Consent, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Born into Brothels, Network, Control Room, March of the Penguins, Death Proof, Planet Earth, Domino

Television:

Turn off the TV and read or, better yet, DO.

Books:

Women: Image and Reality, A Multicultural Anthology by Amy Kesselman, Lily D. McNair, and Nancy Schniedewind; Zinn's A People's History of the United States; Cornel West's Race Matters; BBC's Great Journeys of the World; J.D. Salinger's Franny & Zooey and Raise High the Roofbeam Carpenters & Seymour: an Introduction; Virginia Woolf's Mrs. Dalloway; Cunningham's The Hours; Browne & Keeley's Asking the Right Questions; NYT's Class Matters; Bennett's News: The Politics of Illusion; Chekhov's Five Great Short Stories

My Blog

Stop trying to "buy" me as your pet!!

I have received several requests from friends to "buy" me for a certain amount of money.First of all, I find such requests degrading and stupid, especially when they come from people I rarely talk to....
Posted by Alison the Unstoppable on Mon, 02 Jun 2008 12:43:00 PST

Another fabulous blog from my girl Nat

April 13, 2008 - Sunday ..tr> it's official. i resign. ...
Posted by Alison the Unstoppable on Mon, 14 Apr 2008 05:48:00 PST

Boyz here, how many boyz here??

What I want is simple really. As I've stated here before, I want a companion, an equal. I want my mind, body, heart, and soul to be cherished by those I care about.I have lost hope that a ...
Posted by Alison the Unstoppable on Sun, 13 Apr 2008 06:07:00 PST

Nothing will change unless we act!

Nothing will change unless we act!My girl's opinion column - have a read....
Posted by Alison the Unstoppable on Thu, 10 Apr 2008 03:33:00 PST

Vagina Power vs Penis Power

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Zixl1NljA0
Posted by Alison the Unstoppable on Sat, 05 Apr 2008 01:22:00 PST

More late night thoughts

I have finally found the motivation and direction to write my long overdue Philosophy of Law paper about whether the purpose punishment is (or should be) deterrence. God, I’m so sick of ph...
Posted by Alison the Unstoppable on Mon, 31 Mar 2008 03:52:00 PST

I keep me up at night thinking about this

How many of my judgments are based on reason and how many on rationalization?Our psychology is so adept at shielding the ego. Freud at least had that part right. We suppress some memories ...
Posted by Alison the Unstoppable on Fri, 28 Mar 2008 01:31:00 PST

We have got to get it together.

Call out the instigatorsCause there’s something in the air.We’ve got to get together sooner or laterBecause the revolution’s here,And you know it’s right!And you know that it&r...
Posted by Alison the Unstoppable on Thu, 27 Mar 2008 07:41:00 PST

Bittersweet

In my identity crisis, I have learned so much about myself and the world. I am beginning to formulate goals and aspirations that I previously thought were out of reach. I am identifying my...
Posted by Alison the Unstoppable on Thu, 27 Mar 2008 06:15:00 PST

Be here now, no other place to be!

Be here now, no other place to be!Or just sit there dreaming of how life could beIf we were somewhere better, somewhere farAway from all our worries.Well, here we are.Be here now, no other place to be...
Posted by Alison the Unstoppable on Fri, 21 Mar 2008 07:33:00 PST