Brooke

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Member for: 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