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Nat

i'm not running away, i'm moving on - irvine welsh

About Me

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My Interests

yoga, volunteering, nature, writing, dancing, being barefoot, documentaries, the arts, deciding how i want to feel and feeling it.Necesitan nuestra ayuda -- ayudemoslos!!!http://www.redmascotera.com.ar/default.aspx http://adoptandonos.blogspot.com/

I'd like to meet:

activists; visual artists; lovers; writers; vegans and vegetarians; people doing their part to help eradicate oppression and discrimination

Music:

the shins, bratmobile, bikini kill, sleater-kinney, brmc, dia 14, belle+sebastian, bauhaus, joy division, cocteau twins, sonic youth, pumpkins, pj harvey, tori amos, sahara hotnights, pixies, le tigre, tegan+sara, placebo, metric, the thermals, hole, siouxsie, slits, x-ray spex, sia, brandi carlile, pony up!, lisa germano, shout out louds, interpol, mary timony, vivaldi, brahms, the faint, ani difranco, 7 year bitch, the donnas, liz phair, camera obscura, juliette+the licks, kt tunstall, prototypes, the ditty bops, the veronicas, ingrid michaelson, damien rice, cocorosie, cranes, gossip, arcade fire, the aislers set, lunachicks, jesus and mary chain, baby calendar, nouvelle vague, elastica, sufjan stevens, lali puna, feist, shostakovich, bach, vivaldi, ella fitzgerald, bessie smith, billie holiday, unrest.

Movies:

10 things i hate about you, natural born killers, trainspotting, love actually, hedwig and the angry inch, wayne's world (both), a mi madre le gustan las mujeres, rushmore, fear and loathing in las vegas, singles, but i'm a cheerleader, harold and maude, napoleon dynamite, the nightmare before xmas, rocky horror picture show, mean girls, the bourne identity, clueless, run lola run, l'age d'or, office space, something's gotta give, thank you for smoking, garden state, breakfast at tiffany's, waking life, reality bites, la antena, ghost world, hard candy, the life aquatic with steve zissou, delicatessen.

Television:

(essentialistic as some of these are) seinfeld, grey's anatomy, trigger happy tv, family guy, futurama, scrubs, jem and the holograms, the sarah silverman program.

Books:

zofloya, the alphabet vs the goddess, the handmaid's tale, life after god, beloved, jane eyre, wuthering heights, lady audley's secret, catcher in the rye, housekeeping, the last report on the miracles at little no horse, the sexual politics of meat, animal equality: language and liberation, your erroneous zones

Heroes:

lilith, carol j. adams, peter singer, ghandi, jane goodall, joan dunayer, kathleen hanna, mary wollstonecraft, etc.

My Blog

on RAPE

Understanding Rape & The Threat From 'Friends' (It's Not Just About Dating)Desiré J.M. Anastasia and Paul Leighton(http://www.thef-wordzine.com/welcome.html)When most people think of rape, they en...
Posted by Nat on Wed, 18 Jun 2008 01:00:00 PST

America and fascism - please watch

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Posted by Nat on Wed, 17 Oct 2007 09:20:00 PST

i <3 judith butler

"... acts, gestures, enactments, generally construed, are performative in the sense that the essence or identity that they otherwise purport to express are fabrications manufactured and sustained thro...
Posted by Nat on Tue, 18 Sep 2007 09:52:00 PST

High IQ link to being vegetarian

High IQ link to being vegetarian .. S BO --> .. S IIMA --> ....
Posted by Nat on Mon, 03 Sep 2007 09:35:00 PST

When "they" became "him"

if you're an english grammar and/or gender studies fiend you'll appreciate this:http://www.damninteresting.com/?p=330
Posted by Nat on Tue, 21 Aug 2007 09:45:00 PST

Not All Beers are Vegetarian/Vegan!

Some beers that aren't suitable for vegetarians/vegans:GuinessNewcastleStella ArtoisThe problem is that many beers are treated with isinglass finings (a solution of collagen prepared from fish) during...
Posted by Nat on Wed, 23 May 2007 11:07:00 PST

Tough Guise: Violence, Media & the Crisis in Masculinity

this is super interesting! it raises awareness about why many men act the way they do and the repercussions of those actions. if you have a few minutes, you should definitely watch this. ...
Posted by Nat on Tue, 22 May 2007 11:05:00 PST

Angry Men

1=10008'>New research confirms it: Men are mad as hell. Problem is, our rage isn't just hurting us, it's killing us.hey, now i know what to call my biological dad's violent craziness ...uhhh ... the l...
Posted by Nat on Sat, 12 May 2007 10:25:00 PST

are you doing all you can?

"The bottom line is that to be a conservationist and an environmentalist, you must practise and promote vegetarianism or better yet veganism." Commentary by Captain Paul Watson The meat industry is ...
Posted by Nat on Sun, 06 May 2007 11:33:00 PST

another reason why Cosmo is detrimental to society

check out this nauseating ad that came out in the latest issue of Cosmopolitan magazine in the UK:you know what my first thought was when i saw this? "but i'm going out to a bar with friends tonight!"...
Posted by Nat on Fri, 30 Mar 2007 10:17:00 PST