a lonely craftivist

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a lonely craftivist

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East London Craft Guerrilla

About me

Gender	Female
Industry	Non-Profit
Occupation	Volunteer Development Officer
Location	london, United Kingdom
Introduction	I love making things and I also have an optimistic view that we as individuals can help the world fulfill its potential. therefore, in my spare time, i try and be a productive craftivist who makes people think about the bigger picture, global poverty and social justice in a non-threatening but thought provoking way.
Interests	I like doing crafty things like craftivism projects, cross-stitch graffiti, making stuff like bags, cards, badges and scary teddies for friends. I like baking ethical cupcakes and putting messges on them in in icing. I like going to the cinema, gigs in small strange venues and art galleries, making presents for people, reading zines and wishing i could find the gutts to make my own one day. I like doing demos, joining in marches and other activism activities. And finally I love sitting in coffee shops with a cup of milky tea and a warm scone with strawberry jam and clotted cream with friends or with a craft project to do.
Favorite Movies	my current favourite film is The Science of Sleep. I love Documentaries either on music or social justice! The Corporation, Wal-Mart the high cost of low price, Style Wars, Dogtown and z-boys, End of the Century, Punk: attitude, The Devil and Daniel Johnston, Dig!, The Rules of Attraction, Cypher, The Secretary, Almost Famous, Trainspotting, Eternal Sunshine of Spotless Mind, Virgin Suicides, Evil Dead Trilogy, Natural Born Killers, Bugsy Malone, Once, Crash, Shawshank Redemption, Pi, Requiem for a Dream, Labrinth, Pans Labryinth, Monsters inc, Edward Scissorhands, Juno, Wristcutters, The Edukator, Goodbye Lenin, Amelie, A Scanner Darlky, all of Pedro Almodovar's films, Some like it Hot...
Favorite Music	65daysofstatic, Animal Collective Aphex Twin, Air, At the Drive in, Aim, Arab Strap, Bat for Lashes, Battles, David Bowie, The Blood Brothers, Biffy Clyro, Boards of Canada, Cat Power, Calexico, Clark, Cocteau Twins, Cornelius, Cursive, Deftones, Dillenger Escape Plan, DJ Shadow, Elliot Smith, Explosions in the Sky, Fleetwood Mac, Fourtet, Glassjaw, Godspeed you Black Emperor, Philip Glass, Grizzly Bear, Hella, Iggy Pop, Jeff Buckley, Jimi Hendrix, John Frusciante, Justin Timberland, Led Zepplin, Leftfield, the Mars Volta, Marnie Stern, Massive Attack, Mogwai, Mum, My Vitriol, Neil Young, Nouvelle Vague, Papercase, Portishead, Radiohead, Refused, Rufus Wainwright, Ryan Adams, Sebastien Tellier, Sigur Ros, Slipnot (first album only), Sonic Youth, Soulwax, Sting and the Police, the Beach Boys, Fall of Troy, Postal Service, Smashing Pumpkins, These Arms are Snakes, Thom Yorke, Tim Buckley... i could go on!
Favorite Books	zines, zines and more zines! I've just finished Tuesday with Morrie. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly. Electric Michaelangelo, The Dice Man, A Life Stripped Bare; my year trying to live ethically (sounds boring but is funny), Curious incident of the dog at night time, Sarah (not a book about me! J T Leroy), Douglas Coupland stuff (favourites are Hey Nostradamus and Girlfriend in a Coma), Junk, Prozac Nation, Sophie's World, Liberation Theology, The World of Jeeves, Holocaust Theology, The Islamist, George Orwell and Haruki Murakami stuff. Will Self short stories. Graphic non fiction novels at the moment, mostly political ones such as Maus, Persopolis and Palestine to name a few