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Manda

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I moved to New York with one suitcase and the crazy dream of producing political theater. Three months later, I'm an assistant producer in Soho gearing up to impeach the president. Fuck yeah.

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My Interests

ART! POLITICS! MUSIC! ACTIVISM! LITERATURE! LIFE! PEOPLE!

I'd like to meet:

The singer in Bud Light's Real Men of Genius ads. Yes, I'm serious.

Music:

Will Always Sound Good to Me: Zeppelin, Janis, Dylan, Van Morrison, Jimi, Ani D, Tori Amos, Incubus, Rolling Stones, Chili Peppers, Crosby Stills Nash and Young, Chris Cornell, Coldplay, Ben Folds, Jeff Buckley, Marvin Gaye, Bob Marley, Bonnie Raitt, Patty Griffin, Johnny Cash, Joe Strummer, Paul Simon, Al Green, Talking Heads, Counting Crows, Radiohead, Modest Mouse, Fiona Apple, Jack Johnson, The Temptations, Shawn Colvin On Slightly Lesser Rotation: Frou Frou/Imogen Heap, Common, Kanye, Public Enemy, Rage, Interpol, My Morning Jacket, Beatles, Pete Yorn, Ben Harper, Beth Orton, Lucinda Williams, Martin Sexton, Lyrics Born, J5, Elliot Smith, Neil Young, Red House Painters, Nine Inch Nails, Sparta, Jane's Addiction, Beck, Bjork, Blackalicious, Magnetic Fields, Rilo Kiley, Andrew Bird, Miriam Makeba, Ben Lee, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Sufjan Stevens, Erykah Badu, Annie Lennox, The Streets New Faves: Feist, West Indian Girl, Matisyahu, Beirut, Camille, Regina Spektor, Corinne Bailey Rae, Rogue Wave, M.I.A, Lily Allen, TV on the Radio, The Coup, Decemberists, Joanna Newsom, Kasabian, Matt Costa, Tapes n' Tapes Fallen From Grace: U2, Dave Matthews Band, Jewel, Sheryl Crow "Sub-question: is it in fact unfair to criticize a formerly great artist for his latter day sins, is it better to burn out or fade away?"

Books:

Anything Hemmingway. Anything Dave Eggers. Anything Jonathan Saffron Foer. My current reading list is longer than I will ever have time to tackle.
I wish I was Hemmingway.

My Blog

Can I use this as a cover letter?

Q: How do I initiate a new, cultural and political revolution among my own cynical and/or uninformed generation? (Sub-question): Is it too late to provoke any real or lasting change in a system run o...
Posted by Manda on Wed, 11 Oct 2006 03:33:00 PST

InterActivist article

This is being published in this month's issue of The InterActivist on campus.  It's the culmination of something I started writing on the tube in London after taking my mom back to the airport, a...
Posted by Manda on Wed, 11 Oct 2006 03:27:00 PST

Welcome to Islam! at the British Museum

An essay I wrote in response to a tour of the British Museum's Islamic Collection required for my study abroad junior comp class.   Treasures of the Islamic World An Eye-Opening Postcolonial Dram...
Posted by Manda on Sat, 19 Aug 2006 10:27:00 PST

The first of many political rants...

A short essay I wrote for Esiaba Irobi's seminar class this past winter, in response to his question: Why is it that when playwrights and directors write or create great plays or productions in the We...
Posted by Manda on Sat, 19 Aug 2006 10:24:00 PST

Because it's 2:30am in London and I slept until almost 1 this afternoon...

Type your First Reaction to Every Statement!1. I need: a tattoo2. Sex: hmm...not right now...3. Relationships: eventually...4. Your Ex: thankfully out of the picture6. Marijuana: I keep trying!  ...
Posted by Manda on Sun, 02 Apr 2006 05:50:00 PST

London, Day 4

So it's my fourth (really?) day in London-town, and I am STILL completely disoriented (which is never the case when I'm in New York or Chicago, and is mildly irritating now that I'm actually...
Posted by Manda on Wed, 29 Mar 2006 05:44:00 PST

Things I Will Do Abroad

A girl needs objectives.... 1) Tattoo in Wales 2) Guinness and Jameson in Dublin 3) Smoke in Amsterdam 4) Public intoxication in London I'm open for suggestions, these are 10 weeks I intend to ma...
Posted by Manda on Wed, 15 Mar 2006 10:06:00 PST