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jillianellie

About Me

I am in grad school - a program in public service/non-profit - after spending the last few years working with survivors of domestic violence and sexual assualt. For my fellowship, I am working as a community educator at the Humane Society. I really like to eat raspberries (when I can afford them) and chocolate. I like yoga, dancing, reading, and pretending my life is a musical and am great with spontaneously rhyming words.
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My Interests

reading. writing. laughing. sleeping. yoga. massage and reiki. healing. growing. authenticity. free stuff. travelling. playing collage. complaining. taking baths. making a mess. friends. and shenanigans...

I'd like to meet:

I would like to hang out with my lady friends more often...I guess that's not meeting anyone. I want to meet funny people that make me laugh. And anyone who has an idea what I should be when I grow up...

Music:

Erika Luckett. Fiona Apple. old school hip hop. Gnarls Barkley. Outkast. Alix Olson. Ani. Ben Harper. Jack Johnson. Jill Scott. Erykah Badu. the Indigo Girls...any ladyfriends who sing folksy or jazzy music. I love silly hip hop music to dance to! My favorite song right now is "Angel" by Ellis (I am obsessed and play it on repeat).

Movies:

Something's Gotta Give. The Other Sister. Connie and Carla. Ferris Bueller's Day Off. Finding Nemo. Shrek...anything with an unrealistically happy ending

Television:

Grey's Anatomy. So You Think You Can Dance.

Books:

"There are books that serve as mirrors in which one catches reflections of oneself." - Joyce Johnson
The House of the Spirits - Isabel Allende; The Red Tent- Anita Diamant; Gift from the Sea - Anne Marrow Lindberg; Dance of the Dissident Daughter - Sue Monk Kidd; Sister Outsider - Audre Lorde; Prodigal Summer - Barbara Kingsolver; Herland - Charlotte Perkins Gillman; anything by bell hooks, SARK, or Sabrina Ward Harrison, Anne LaMott's momoir...any memoir by women, any book that gives voice to women's struggles in a real and honest way.

Heroes:

My mom - always has been, always will be.
"The loss of the daughter to the mother, the mother to the daughter, is the essential female tragedy." - Adrienne Rich