Digging through records, unexplored bits of American history, and/or thrift shop clothing, breaking stereotypes, opening minds, uncovering what is hidden, breathing clean air, hearing powerful and moving music, building with people who take action for social change. Asking questions!
People with fearless style and grace and a steel will to change the world. People who DO something instead of complaining all day. People who believe education matters (as long as the teachers are teaching the truth!). People who understand racism affects all types of people (including white!). People who make me laugh until it hurts. Margaret Cho.
I'll take any combination of a bangin beat, soulful melody, and insightful lyrics. Ghostface, Lupe, TI, Nina Simone, Sonic Youth, Nirvana, Grant Green, Sly and the Family Stone, Kelis, Jean Grae, Amerie, MIA, anything produced by Timbaland or J Dilla, DJ Crucial (my honey), Jia Davis and The Committee, Hi-Fidel, Plan B, Serengeti, Nelly Furtado, Boot Camp Clik, Show & AG, Organized Konfusion, Big L, Nas, Common, Outkast, Cee Lo, Thelonious Monk, Max Roach, John Lennon, DJ PREMIER, Wise Intelligent, Run DMC, MC Lyte, Latifah, SWV, MF Grimm, K-Salaam, Goapele, Kid Sister, The Cool Kids, The Strokes......... THE KINGS! RIP Jam Master Jay ...................One of my favorite MCs................. THREE DA HARD WAY: We don't play records. We cut and mix fool.
THE US V JOHN LENNON, Anchorman, Family Guy, Syriana, Motorcycle Diaries, Good Night Good Luck, Ghostbusters 1 & 2, Beat Street, Scratch, Confederate States of America, old futuristic sci fi from the 70s, The Shining ..ay wow, Bullitt
I only use the TV to watch DVDs except for Lost (probably the only show where I can see real live Koreans on TV) 30 Rock and the Office. I'm a cartoon junkie. Old school and Adult Swim!
Pyongyang, Shame of the Nation, Kite Runner, Persepolis 1 & 2, Enemy Women, People's History of United States...Old favorites: 1984 Orwell, Fahrenheit 451 Bradbury, Inivisible Man Ellison, Go Tell it on the Mountain Baldwin, Cotton Candy on a Rainy Day Giovanni, Black Boy Wright, Catcher in the Rye Salinger, Bell Jar Plath, Grapefruit Yoko Ono, Feminist Theory bell hooks...
My friends and family, independent women who hustle!