Brooke

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3 years 38 weeks

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General Information

Gender

female

Age

22

Location

Central Pennsylvania

Personal Information

Biography

I'm a feminist because: 77 cents to the dollar isn't equal, there are only 71 women in the House and 16 in the Senate, there has never been a female president, abortion is still considered a moral issue and women in my state have to wait 24 hours before getting one and need parental consent if they are under the age of 18, 60% of voters don't know about emergency contraception, pharmacist can deny women birth control based on their "moral" judgement, a woman is sexually assaulted every 2 and a half minutes in this country, only one state (California) offers parents paid maternity leave....etc.

My sheroes

My sister, Frida Kohol, Georgia O'Keefe, My aunts, my high school art teacher, my high school US history professor, the women of Bikini Kill, Yoko Uno, Lucid Nation, Guerilla Girls and a million other women who have inspired me in life or through they're works.

Personal goals

Goals? Getting paid more then I do now at my job. Starting my own business/store sometime in the future. Having a windmill/solar panel on my roof. Starting an organic garden. Volunteering or interning for an organic farm commune.

Bragging Rights

Having a healthy and happy toddler. Becoming probably the youngest manager where I work. Being able to lift as much or more then most of the guys I work with, while being half their size. Surviving my 21st birthday party when I drank a TON of alcohol.

Favorite books

The Second Sex, Guerilla Girls Bedside Guide to Art History, 1984, A Brave New World, The Great Gatsby, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Women and Children Last

Favorite music

Janis Martin, Bikini Kill, Janis Joplin, Bob Marley, John Lennon, L7, The Pixes, Exit Clov, Lucid Nation

Favorite Films

Soylent Green, Frida, The Wizard of Oz, Breakfast At Tiffany's, Star Wars, THX 1138, Sin City, But I'm a Cheerleader, An Inconvient Truth, FLOW: For the Love of Water

Hobbies

Knitting, sewing, blogging, reading, playing the drums