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susanna

I am The Susanna

About Me

I am a latina feminist activist who likes to fight for reproductive freedom, women's rights and equality for all.

My Interests

Running town lake, reading, listening to live music, entertaining friends, wine and cheese, protesting and lobbying for issues that are important to me.

I'd like to meet:

Anyone and everyone who likes to embrace and celebrate life.

Music:

Sarah McLachlan, Tori Amos, Patty Griffin, Everything But The Girl, Coldplay, Damien Rice, October Project, Kinnie Starr, The Be Good Tanyas, Shakira, U2, Sade, Patrice Pike, Ginger Leigh, Wendy Colonna, Erene Mastrangeli, Paulina Rubio, Gypsy Kings, Nek, Laura Pausina, Lila Downs, Ramon Ayala, Lamb, ATB, 4 Strings, DJ Tiesto, Delirum, Enimga,

Movies:

Urban Cowboy, Roadhouse, Mi Familia, La Banda del Carro Rojo, Women with Curves, Lost and Delirious, Aimee & Jaguar, Lost in Translation, Trending Water, Tipping the Velvet,

Television:

The L-Word, Queer as Folk, Law & Order: SVU, CNN, CSPAN, The Oblongs, Family Guy, King of the Hill,anything on A & E;

Books:

Lo Que Nunca paso por sus Labios, Written on the Body, Mrs. Dalloway, BorderLands: The New Mestiza, RubyFruit Jungle; Jane Eyre, Demian, Beneath the Wheel; basically anything by Gloria Andalzua, Jeanette Winterston, Virgina Woolf, Herman Hesse and the Bronte Sisters; and last but not least....Ana Castillo's So Far From God.

Heroes:

Ann Richards, Hillary Clinton, Sarah Weddington,My Abuelita Jay, My Abuelita Rosa and My mother Maria.

My Blog

A new beginning

Life is worth nothing if you don't take risks and things happen for a reason, even though we might not know why we are doing them at first. I have entered into a new world, or better yet, maybe I am 1...
Posted by susanna on Fri, 02 Feb 2007 07:30:00 PST

Molly

Another one.........Molly Ivins the Great has passed away.  I bet her and Ann are up there somewhere having a grand old time.  It seems like just yesterday, I was sitting in a auditorium an...
Posted by susanna on Thu, 01 Feb 2007 08:39:00 PST

Tomorrow

Tomorrow is Super Tuesday.  I early voted and have been anxiously awaiting for tomorrow to come and go.  Tomorrow, we will perhaps have a new Speaker of the House - Nancy Peliosi (first...
Posted by susanna on Tue, 07 Nov 2006 08:24:00 PST

Oklahoma

I've just returned from a trip that entailed meeting my significant other's father for the very first time and meeting two of her best college friends. I came away with not only an appreciation for th...
Posted by susanna on Tue, 17 Oct 2006 11:26:00 PST

Legacy

I'm getting ready to depart the office and head towards the Frank Erwin Center to pay my last respects to the Great Ann Richards.  Yesterday afternoon, Rachel and I stood in line and waited for o...
Posted by susanna on Mon, 18 Sep 2006 08:17:00 PST

The Thorny Rose of Texas

I have been processing the passing of the Great Former Governor Ann Richards.  The first time I met her, I was sixteen and one of the participants of Texas Bluebonnet Girls State.  I will ne...
Posted by susanna on Thu, 14 Sep 2006 10:39:00 PST

Life

Wow. Well, I just got finished with a softball game. (Yes, that is the only sport that I have never played -however, I am quite good at it.) I don't know if it's been the upcoming orange moon that app...
Posted by susanna on Fri, 08 Sep 2006 10:19:00 PST