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Esteban

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About Me

Esteban Kelly, (also known as "Stevie"), is a Jamaican-American radical geographer and community organizer who makes his home in the City of Brotherly Love. In ten years of organizing in various co-ops and collectives, Esteban's activism spans community building for social and ecological justice, direct action, Latin American solidarity work, and popular education projects. Lately, homeboy's efforts have focused on 'restorative justice' in sexual assault situations and anti-oppression organizing in radical communities. In addition to pursuing a doctorate in Cultural Anthropology investigating the "production of spaces of resistance" in Brazil, homeboy's newest projects concern creating a supportive community among anti-authoritarian queer people of color, and working with the Philly "Dudes" Collective on building analysis toward dismantling male supremacy and cultivating positive masculinity among men. It is worth noting that homeboy has visited all 48 contiguous commonwealths of the United States and is constantly seeking benefactors to finance a trip to Alaska. When he's not being ridiculous, Stevie enjoys writing letters, reading comics, and speaking Portuguese with friends. He also abuses british coloquialisms and is a bit of a tea snob. go figure....
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My Interests

maps, brazil, social justice, critical race theory, marvel's civil war, and sometimes queer theory (though practice is more fun)
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I'd like to meet:

Michael Showalter - "Cats"
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Music:

the microphones, billy bragg, mogwai, the old 97's, the weakerthans, team dresch, karate, q and not u, blondie, woody guthrie, blackalicious, depech mode, atmosphere, godspeedyoublackemperor!, os mutantes, marcelo D2, refused, readyville, the replacements, the mountain goats, ella fitzgerald, aesop rock, dragonforce, o rappa, mombojo, the lucksmiths, mason jennings, jets to brazil, and anything that was called emo between 1982 and 1999. I've also been listening to a lot of soul, funk, disco and reggae (my people's music).

Movies:

shawn of the dead, bring it on, the adventures of prince achmed (the 1st ever feature lengh film and one of my all time favorites). I also geek out on any adapted Philip K Dick stories. and Uma Thurman can do no wrong.

Television:

thundercats, the Mysterious Cities of Gold (can you get me a copy of this on DVD?), Full Metal Alchemist, the State, Buffy the Vampire Slayer (I'm diggin season 8 in comic form!), and the X-men (cartoon)

Books:

currently reading "Race and Globalization: Transformations in the Production of Blackness", "Brains" a zine about a straight edge kid battling zombies, and "the Transmigration of Timothy Archer" cuz I need to finish up the trilogy once and for all. I'm still reading a lot of Brian K. Vaghaun. The latter adds to a theme of favorites including Philip K Dick, and Ursula K LeGuin.

Heroes:

bayard rustin, henri lefebvre, green arrow, keith haring, assata shakur, emma goldman, reinaldo arenas, james baldwin, zumbi, stevie wonder, nina simone, chuck d, walt whitman and the like...

My Blog

Black Man: Marooned!

Dearest Sister Lauren,hopefully you got my down-trodden voicemail emploring you to abort the plan to "rendezvous aux JFK demain." aren't you glad i didn't leave it in french?the funny thing isn't that...
Posted by Esteban on Wed, 09 Aug 2006 09:10:00 PST

blog-o-phobic

Hi. My name is Esteban, but I'm also called "Tadeo" if we're communicating in Castillian (spanish) or Portuguese. Do not let this confuse you. You're better than that. My name is Esteban and I am blo...
Posted by Esteban on Sun, 16 Jul 2006 03:56:00 PST