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the slow food movement, homebrewing, feminism, cultural studies, the politics of place, red dishware, tulle (the fabric), beautiful things, big beads made out of recycled sea glass, stained glass windows, lead glass windows, ghost towns, sustainability, growing and eating organic stuff, documentaries, good coffee (especially espresso), postmodernism, screenprinting, architecture, beautiful haunting instrumental music, collapsing old buildings, roadside junkstands in the Arizona desert, good vegan desserts, sustainable urban farming, dying/dead towns on the highplains of colorado and kansas, creating reciprocal relationships, urban studies, trying to figure out why things are this way & what we can do to change them. oh & crafting my myspace profile to perfection.
people who meet one or more of the following conditions:
- enjoy the occasional bottle of champagne in the park during the day. or better yet, margaritas at noon during the week.
- understand and enjoy discussing various critical theory (foucault, bourdieu, etc) in relation to everyday life
- vegetarian foodies who can teach me about truffles (if you think i'm talking about chocolates than you need not apply)
- men who are actively engaged in the process of dismantling internalized sexism.
- men who have more to talk about than just music
- people who care about creating reciprocal relationships.
- people who appreciate the merits of bicycles as opposed to cardeathculture but who don't base their entire identities around the "cool factor" of "bike-as-lifestyle"
- people who can appreciate the harsh and vast beauty of the high plains
- people who appreciate the beauty of the everyday - yes, aesthetics do matter, especially in terms of quality of life and overall happiness
- people who care about what is going on in the world politically, socially, and otherwise but who aren't so arrogant that they think they have all the answers.
- cynics who take everything with a grain of salt.
- people who live in portland but don't complain about the rain
- somebody who has read the complete works of simone de beauvoir.
- people who are "working on their issues."
a recipe for profiteroles without egg
a rich benefactor to take me on shopping sprees to anthropologie
someone to fix my keyboard on my computer
people who aren't compltely self-absorbed jerks.
mono, the shins, mogwai, postal service, godspeed you black emperor, domakesaythink, mirah, joanna newsom, coco rosie, sigur ros, mum, the arcade fire, interpol, etc etc
see "trade" about the global sex slavery market.
(I only watch tv on dvd or on the internet)
SIX FEET UNDER. the L Word. Sex and the city. Grey's Anatomy. The Barefoot Contessa & other food network shows (NOT Iron Chef)
michel foucault, pierre bourdieu, antonio gramsci, chela sandoval. derrick jensen. bell hooks. lots of other thinkers/writers. ana castillo, dorothy allison, julia alvaraz, james baldwin. michelle tea.