| Alias |
Jack |
| Gender |
Transgenderqueer
boydyke-- gender-neutral (or at least masculine) pronouns,
please! It's not just political, it's my reality. |
| Location |
Where do you
want me? Virginia and Ohio at the moment. |
| Email |
Members
only! |
| Herbivore
stats |
I've been vegetarian
since June 2002, vegan since September 2004. |
| Veg story |
I read some
Peter Singer in an ethics class and it just clicked. I'd
defended veggie friends for years before actually taking
the leap myself, but once I saw the logic laid out that
speciesism is just another form of discrimination and exploitation
we're trained to accept as natural, using arguments similar
to those that "justify" racism, classism, ableism
etc., I couldn't stand it any longer. I always intended
to go vegan, and figured college would be the easiest place
to start, so I've been vegan since beginning school. |
| Why you should
go veg if you haven't already |
Because you
can. Just because homo sapiens are the most powerful animals
on earth doesn't mean we should therefor exploit everything
else. Non-human animals aren't there for us, and it's arrogant
to assume otherwise. Vegism doesn't just save lives, it
refuses to participate in the murder, enslavement and exploitation
of other being. |
| Day job |
Student center
info desk slut, non-profit junkie. |
| Night job |
Singer/songwriter,
aspiring phone sex operator. |
| Authors |
F. Scott Fitzgerald,
Joanna Kadi, Audre Lorde, Leslie Feinberg, Michael Cunningham,
Natahan Long, Lynn Powell, E.B. White. |
| Directors |
Mike Hodges,
Robert Altman, Harry Dodge & Silas Howard. |
| Musicians |
Patty Griffin,
Deep Dickollective, Leonard Cohen, Richard & Linda Thompson,
Björk, Radiohead, Stephin Merritt, Chris Smither, Laura
Love, Pete Seeger. |
| Composers |
Kurt Weil, Benjamin
Britten, Gabriel Faure, Samuel Barber. |
| Star Trek
or Star Wars |
When I want
stars I just look up (at least when I'm home in Virginia). |
| Guilty pleasure |
Vegan dark
chocolate. |
| Turn-ons |
Pansexuals,
trans folk and radical queers, anti-racism and multi-issue
activism, German, having my hair pulled, being bitten, being
tied up, strapping on my cock, sex- and trans-positive feminists,
vegans, being teased, a mouth near my ear, being begged,
responsible non-monogamy, singing (I'm a lyric soprano),
talking dirty, incest roleplay... I'm rather easily turned
on. |
| Turn-offs |
Mainstream
single-issue GL"BT" activism, people who don't
acknowledge their privilege, bad BO, animal products. |
| Mods |
A couple of
ear holes from when I thought I was a (shh!) girl, though
now earrings make me look more faggy than anything |
| Where I'm
going |
Hopefully to
a folk club near you. |
| Column |
Out
Minds |
| Jack's photo
set on Veg Porn: |
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