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[apohdiopsis.livejournal.com]

 Name: Jazzi

Age: 19 and 1/2

Location: Indiana

How do you identify?: I haven't quite figured this out yet.  I am female and closer to femme than to butch.  I am attracted to people who are intelligent, kind, and share my social and political values with little regard to outward appearance.

Interests/hobbies:  I like to knit, write, read (obviously), send obnoxiously full envelopes, record myself reading poems and poetry onto cassette tapes, draw badly, stare at the cute girl in my feminism class, and cuddle with people who are having a bad day.

Favourite books:  Wicked, Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister, and Mirror, Mirror by Gregory Maguire; A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray; Trickster's Choice by Tamora Pierce; Harry Potter by J. K. Rowling; The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood; Possession by A. S. Bayatt; The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova; Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle; Full-Frontal Feminism by Jessica Valenti; Yes Means Yes by Jaclyn Friedman and Jessica Valenti; The Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir; ... A lot of other things ...

Favourite films:  I haven't seen as many movies as I wish I had.  I love children's movies because I believe that the relationships are so much more believable, the humor is more light-hearted, and because I very rarely leave feeling badly about myself.

Favourite music:  I like music that is light-hearted and upbeat, generally speaking, especially folk.  Again, I am not as well-versed in music as I would like to be.  Some of the bands I listen to frequently include Mumford and Sons, Sunset Rubdown, Iron & Wine, Josh Ritter, Kimya Dawson, The Bird and the Bee, and Andrea Gibson.  (Does spoken word poetry count?  It has lyrics ...)

What would you like to send/receive?: I can knit hats and scarves, I write stories and poems for people, I make awful paintings, I tear things out of magazines, and I can record myself reading stories for you.  I'd like to send tangible letters and gifts, but I would also be okay with e-mail, since it's faster and more convenient for some people.

Who would you like to send and receive mail from?: Anyone who is kind, has an interest in arts and/or politics, and wants to send and receive mail from me, naturally.

What countries would you like to receive mail from and send to?:  Any at all

Anything that you would particularly NOT like to receive?: Anything with animal products:  I'm vegan

What would be in your dream letter or package?: Tea bags, lovely stories about someone's life, colorful photographs or paintings, small perfume samples, and genuine affection

Anything else you'd like to add?: I'm very shy at first.  Please don't let that scare you off.

Picture: Yay, belly dancing!

Comments

[ahiru-duck.livejournal.com]

You are adorable~

We don't have much in common but you made me smile. :) <-- like this, haha.

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[apohdiopsis.livejournal.com]

Aw, thank you!

I like some things that you like that I didn't list, like human sexuality, ghosts, Anime (even though I forget that my TV exists and therefore do not watch very much), vintage things, Dead like Me, and Zack and Miri. I know that Zack and Miri is probably as far as you can get from a kids' movie, but I think it's adorable.

[slashmarks.livejournal.com]

I'm a belly dancer too. Nice to meet you. I just bought the Second Sex -- what do you like about it?

[apohdiopsis.livejournal.com]

(: Nice to meet you, too.

The Second Sex: First of all, Simone de Beauvoir was an amazing person. Her life story doesn't even sound real. Secondly, she makes a really sincere attempt to define what it is to be a woman. She introduced a lot of women to the concept of gender being separate from sex. I don't think she's right on all accounts, certainly, but she was the first to introduce me to the concept of womanhood as a social construct.

[slashmarks.livejournal.com]

Do you have any other favorite books on feminist theory? I'm kind of used to going online for it, but I'm trying to read the classics. *wry*

[apohdiopsis.livejournal.com]

I'm usually into small, unintimidating, bright pink collections of essays. Fugitive Information by Kay Leigh Hagan is pretty good for that.

Otherwise, I like pretty much anything by bell hooks. She's wonderful.

I have a feminist theory reader that I like. It's edited by Carole R. McCann and Seung-kyung Kim, but it's brand new so it's crazy expensive. I only bought it because I need to have it for a class. I'd recommend trying to read it in the bookstore.

[slashmarks.livejournal.com]

Mhmm. I read The Vagina Monologues recently, and I have another collection that I bought called "Slut: Growing up Female With a Bad Reputation."

[apohdiopsis.livejournal.com]

Oh! I've seen both of those and wanted to buy them, but I haven't yet. How are they?

[slashmarks.livejournal.com]

I haven't read the collection yet, but the Vagina Monologues was interesting. You can tell it's meant to be performed, not read, but it's still worth a read.

[apohdiopsis.livejournal.com]

They perform it at my university a few times every year, but I've always had to work during the performances. Perhaps I'll try to ask off to go this year.

[slashmarks.livejournal.com]

I wish I could go, but I'm not sure about performances in my city. I think we've extended the comments long enough, email?

[apohdiopsis.livejournal.com]

But of course! kelljam@indiana.edu

[girly-boi.livejournal.com]

I'm totally jealous of your cute white sandals. I have 2 summer-y dresses that I MUST find a pair of white sandals like that to make an outfit with!

[apohdiopsis.livejournal.com]

(: Thank you! I actually found mine in my dorm room one day, and no one seems to know where they came from.

[girly-boi.livejournal.com]

And they fit you well too, what a lucky find! :)

[apohdiopsis.livejournal.com]

I'd recommend looking at Target, Wal*Mart, or Old Navy, but I don't exactly support Target, Wal*Mart, or Old Navy, and I don't know where else they sell cheap sandals. :(

[girly-boi.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the suggestions! I think I'm going to check at Old Navy or maybe Kohls when the warm weather returns. I've also gotten a lot of outfits and flip flops from ebay before, I can always look there too!

[apohdiopsis.livejournal.com]

What? You've successfully purchased clothing from ebay? I'm so jealous! I can never find anything that is both cute and in my size.

[girly-boi.livejournal.com]

Yes, it can be hard but I've found a few different things! The biketard that I'm wearing in my icon pic is from there. :)

[apohdiopsis.livejournal.com]

I love all of those films! We're actually studying "Up!" in one of my courses this semester. I am so incredibly excited.

I'm rather proud of that picture. I realized afterwards that the red toenail polish doesn't go with the rest of the outfit, but my toes are almost always painted red, so I didn't really think about it. I'm glad it made you smile.

[watchmespinning.livejournal.com]

Bazillion comments here, but did you find any mail pals? I'd love to exchange things with you. Also, I've just become obsessed with knitting so I'd be nice to write to someone who knows what I'm talking about, haha.

<3 teela / teelathevegan@hotmail.com

i started knitting

[doomdaze.livejournal.com]

Knitting its very therapeutic for me. I'm a little obsessed with it myself, when i start getting into it i just keep going and going and going and before you know so much time went by. I like knitting i am very happy it got into it. So i know what you mean

Re: i started knitting

[watchmespinning.livejournal.com]

I found a window to sit in front of with my project & tea. It's hard to get up once I've started my project :P

Re: i started knitting

[doomdaze.livejournal.com]

I don't have tea i have coffee. I never new knitting would be so enjoyable, i thought it was some kind of old lady thing

[lovesbright.livejournal.com]

Hi if your still looking for a pen pal im interested:)