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Yuri-G

legs bend, stockinged, I am Twiggy, and I don't mind the horror that surrounds me

About Me

Little Baby Nothing

My Interests

I love-
riot grrrl,
feminism, marxism and other such leftie business,
winter,
the Suck My Left One disco,
cashmere,
my girls,
my boys,
urban outfitters,
trailer trash jewellery,
ear muffs,
morrissons raspberry rippleade,
the snow,
pomegranates,
train trips to london,
trotting in the rain,
chris morris' wonderful brain,
hip bones,
the impossible beauty of daria werbowy,erin o connor and lily donaldson,
tartan,
proper coffee,
sewing machines,
the aesthetic of the 1930s and 1940s,
spooning,
the tate modern,
bike riding,
sunday fry-ups,
ogling couture,
going on the train,
Eva Green,
fence hopping,
androgyny,
the guardian in the week and the observer on a sunday,
earl grey with lemon,
getting on my soapbox,
the switch on my amp that makes my guitar go FUZZZZZ,
francesca woodman,
sushi,
late night radio (huw stephens especially),
adventures- midnight or otherwise,
sausage dogs,
Vogue magazine (and trawling through the back issues),
kinderwhores,
in-jokes,
japanese screen prints,
burberry prorsum/westwood/galliano/mccartney/mcqueen/rodarte,
climbing trees,
puff sleeves,
wigs,
Betty's tea rooms,
the sunset,
dancing like kate bush,
dancing generally,
the clitoris,
nicely defined eyebrows,
making dens in bed,
reese's peanut butter cups,
and his head on my belly

F for Feminist

Men are taught to apologise for their weaknesses, women for their strengths -- Lois Wyse

Because I am a woman, I must make unusual efforts to succeed. If I fail, no one will say, "She doesn't have what it takes." They will say, "Women don't have what it takes" -- Clare Boothe Luce

Don't compromise yourself. You are all you've got -- Janis Joplin

If you treat a girl like a dog, she is going to piss on you -- Courtney Love

I'd like to meet:

students who aren't utter dickheads

jarvis

courtney love

malcolm eden

robert smith

germaine

marxists

graham coxon

morrissey

amanda palmer

deviants and disillusionists

feminists

paul morley

kathleen hanna

Music:

Riot Grrl; Disney Soundtracks; C86; 50s and 60s girlbands; Everything that has been, or sounds as though it has been, touched by Phil Spector; Anything that John Peel might have played and/or That Huw Stephens currently plays; The ethereal; The furious; The disenchanted; Whatever is playing on Classic FM when I'm doing the washing up

Movies:

The royal tenenbaums
Anything to do with drew barrymore. I'm not joking
Amelie
Lost in translation
Shine
Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind
A clockwork orange
Kill Bill 1 and 2
Donnie darko
Whatever happened to Baby Jane
Moulin rouge
The wizard of oz
The man with 2 brains
Drop dead fred
Betty Blue
Boogie Nights
Girl interrupted
Leon
Wayne's world
The truman show
Almost famous
The devil wears prada
Pulp fiction
Big fish
Mean girls
Velvet goldmine
Anchorman
Charlie and the chocolate factory
Boys don't cry
Planes, Trains and Automobiles
The Jerk
Cool Runnings
The Addams Family Values
Disney- Robin Hood, Dumbo, Mary Poppins, The Aristocats, Cinderella, The Rescuers, The sword in the stone

Television:

Shooting stars
The smell of reeves and mortimer
Catterick
The armando iannucci shows
Time trumpet
Brass eye
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Nathan barley
Peep show
Scrubs
The mighty boosh
Hogan Knows Best
Friends
I'm alan partridge
Sex and the city
The office
Family guy
The league of gentlemen
The simpsons
America's next top model
BBC four in general
Sugar rush
Skins
Extras
The simple life
Countdown. obviously

Books:

Germaine Greer- the whole woman
Courtney Love- Dirty Blonde
Eve Ensler - the vagina monologues
Stephen Chbosky- the perks of being a wallflower
Sylvia Plath - the bell jar
Marx and Engels- The communist manifesto
JD Salinger - catcher in the rye
John Peel - Margrave of the Marshes
Ariel Levy- Female Chauvinist Pigs
Melissa P - One hundred strokes of the brush before bed
Remnants of my youth such as the louise rennison 'georgia' series, all paddington books and arabel and mortimer

Heroes:

courtney love
andrea dworkin
germaine greer
yanar mohammed
thabitha khumalo
malcolm eden
kathleen hanna
amanda palmer
richey edwards
karl marx
morrissey
Ari Up
thom yorke
brian wilson
john peel
I also really really like and admire beth ditto

My Blog

I’m on the side of mankind as much as the next man

This will be a small note. I have been sent my "Amnesty party pack", which for those of you not in "the loop" is to help me stage a gig/clubnight/whatever else to fundraise for Amnesty in honour of Pr...
Posted by Yuri-G on Mon, 08 Oct 2007 05:53:00 PST

www.do-it.org.uk

If you haven't already seen this website, please go and look at it! It's so brilliant and tells you about voluntary work in your area that you can apply to do. I've wanted to do it for ages but not ev...
Posted by Yuri-G on Wed, 12 Sep 2007 11:37:00 PST

being a girl

I am   a cute princess, a little girl, a helpless bunny. Above all I am waiting to be rescued. I will not help myself because this will seem contentious and headstrong. I am small, meek and mild...
Posted by Yuri-G on Tue, 17 Jul 2007 12:40:00 PST

shit lover, off brusher, jaded, bitter joy-crusher, failure has made you so cruel

Since I am quintisentially British, I will not name names or point fingers- and don't ask me what the catalyst for this rant was- but it turns out some people are bitchier than I thought. hmmmm. ...
Posted by Yuri-G on Sun, 08 Jul 2007 08:20:00 PST

a nice easy list of animal friendly cosmetics companies

I know I have a multitude of soapboxes which I so oft pull out to have a rant about one of the causes so dear to my heart but I do it for a reason yer know. I sent off to the BUAV (British Union for t...
Posted by Yuri-G on Tue, 06 Mar 2007 09:25:00 PST

FAO- ALL MEN

After last night's festivities at the faversham and clocking the alarmingly neanderthal behaviour of the men there, I decided I was tired of it. It's ridiculous at the rate this happens. We're out to ...
Posted by Yuri-G on Sun, 18 Feb 2007 06:18:00 PST

perfect

No one likes looking at youYour lack of ego offends male mentalityThey need your innocenceTo steal vacant love and to destroyYour beauty and virginity used like toysMy mind is dead, everybody loves me...
Posted by Yuri-G on Tue, 16 Jan 2007 10:54:00 PST

punchdrunk lovesick singalong

I wrapped you inside my coat When they came to firebomb the house I didn't feel pain, 'cause no one can touch me Now that I'm held in your spell A beautiful girl A beautiful girl Can turn your world i...
Posted by Yuri-G on Wed, 08 Nov 2006 06:01:00 PST

there's a place in hell reserved for me and my friends

I am listening to the song in the subject line. Somehow I hadn't heard this song until today. It makes me simultaneously sad and happy at the same time. I want to cry and smile wistfully. I like ...
Posted by Yuri-G on Mon, 02 Oct 2006 05:41:00 PST

conrad keely, I love you

Random lost souls have asked me"What's the future of rock n roll?"I say "I don't know, does it matter?"This and that scene,They sound all the same to meNeither much worse nor much better.We're so fuck...
Posted by Yuri-G on Tue, 22 Aug 2006 05:31:00 PST