interview by elorie -- if you want me to interview you, ask in the comments
1) You are the Magical Clue Fairy for a day, with your clue-imparting clue-by-four. What one clue would you want everyone to catch?
Can we please have a world without hierarchies that determine who's privileged and who's disparaged by arbitrary/discriminatory sets of standards? A world where everyone feels free to be her true self without getting punished for it? Please?
2) What languages do you dream in?
English, with occasional bursts of Arabic, French, and Italian. The other night I dreamed I was in Iraq, surrounded and about to be attacked by Islamist militia mujahidin. The American soldiers I was with put an automatic gun in my hands. Wait, I'm not a combatant. I was just about use my skill in Classical Arabic to start negotiating with the Islamists--but then I was awoken...
3) Steampunk or Gypsy Pirate? And, of dire import, why?
Hmm... Victorian techno whiz... or violin-playing violent robber? Can I dump the technology and crime, and just be a Victorian violin player? That reminds me: Stefi Geyer (1888-1956) was a Hungarian violinist and Béla Bartók (sigh... the sexiest composer ever) was in love with her and wrote a violin concerto for her. Now you're talking!
4) Who are your role models?
Strong women who fight the power. Lilith. Sappho. Hypatia. Jeanne d'Arc. Anne Hutchinson. Mary Wollstonecraft. Harriet Tubman. Sojourner Truth. Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Emma Goldman. Rosa Luxemburg. Eleanor Roosevelt. Rosa Parks. Joan Baez. Sylvia Rivera. Barbara Jordan. Meena of Afghanistan. Marija Gimbutas. Audre Lorde. Starhawk. Benazir Bhutto. Medea Benjamin. Amina Wadud. Shirin Ebadi. Natalie Maines. Rauda Morcos... you get the idea... Anyone who inspires other women to courage, integrity, and freedom. I want to include Hillary too, if only she wouldn't keep disappointing me...
5) How do you take your tea?
Organic fair trade green.
Hot.
Naked.
Can we please have a world without hierarchies that determine who's privileged and who's disparaged by arbitrary/discriminatory sets of standards? A world where everyone feels free to be her true self without getting punished for it? Please?
2) What languages do you dream in?
English, with occasional bursts of Arabic, French, and Italian. The other night I dreamed I was in Iraq, surrounded and about to be attacked by Islamist militia mujahidin. The American soldiers I was with put an automatic gun in my hands. Wait, I'm not a combatant. I was just about use my skill in Classical Arabic to start negotiating with the Islamists--but then I was awoken...
3) Steampunk or Gypsy Pirate? And, of dire import, why?
Hmm... Victorian techno whiz... or violin-playing violent robber? Can I dump the technology and crime, and just be a Victorian violin player? That reminds me: Stefi Geyer (1888-1956) was a Hungarian violinist and Béla Bartók (sigh... the sexiest composer ever) was in love with her and wrote a violin concerto for her. Now you're talking!
4) Who are your role models?
Strong women who fight the power. Lilith. Sappho. Hypatia. Jeanne d'Arc. Anne Hutchinson. Mary Wollstonecraft. Harriet Tubman. Sojourner Truth. Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Emma Goldman. Rosa Luxemburg. Eleanor Roosevelt. Rosa Parks. Joan Baez. Sylvia Rivera. Barbara Jordan. Meena of Afghanistan. Marija Gimbutas. Audre Lorde. Starhawk. Benazir Bhutto. Medea Benjamin. Amina Wadud. Shirin Ebadi. Natalie Maines. Rauda Morcos... you get the idea... Anyone who inspires other women to courage, integrity, and freedom. I want to include Hillary too, if only she wouldn't keep disappointing me...
5) How do you take your tea?
Organic fair trade green.
Hot.
Naked.