Tracey Swan

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About me

Gender Female
Occupation researcher/writer
Location Southern California, United States
Introduction Living means moving forward, letting go of the past, embracing the present, being open to the future...little of what we do in this life will matter after we are gone; so we must love to the fullest and be true to ourselves.
Interests film, women, race and gender, jazz music, pop music, rock music, classical music, funk-neo-soul music, music that's fun, music that's not, acoustic guitar, blues, gospel music...did i mention i like music? ;-)
Favorite Movies Casablanca, Blade Runner, Lord of the Rings (Twin Towers), The Usual Suspects, To Catch A Thief, The Fantastic Mr. Fox
Favorite Music See above...
Favorite Books The Lover, Duras; The Location of Culture, Homi Bhabha; Black Feminist Thought, Patricia Hill Collins; The Book of Salt, Monique Truong; Making Jazz French, Jeffrey Jackson; Love, bell hooks; Beloved, Toni Morrison; Tale of Two Cities, Dickens; The Sun Also Rises, Hemingway; Quicksand, Nella Larsen...and so on and so on

If your whole body were a hot air balloon, would you stop eating spicy food?

nev-va!