Shelby

The Basics

Name

Shelby

Location

United States, Chicago

About Me

About Me

Currently doing the undergrad thing and then shifting into a masters for social work. Practicing Lesbian, because practice is fun. Married all legal like to my wonderful wife because we wanted to pick a fight with the state (loopholes for fun and umm profit?). Working to dismantle things, fix things, and play with things. Both real and metaphorical. :)

Check All That Apply

Lesbian, Queer, Trans*, Trans Woman, Transgender, Genderqueer, Femme

Religion/Spirituality/Philosophy

Open Minded

Website/Blog/Tumblr

http://brainlizards.wordpress.com/

Looking For

Queer Friends on the Internet

Relationship Status

Married, Civil Unionized, Open Relationship

Virtues

Umm.. is sense of humor a virtue? I hope so.

Vices

Work in Progress.

Are You Out To Your....

Everybody

What I Like

Favorite Books

The Abyss (Novelization of the movie. Weird I know)
Glass Books of the Dream Eaters
Transmetropolitan
Fables

Favorite Queer Books

Whipping Girl – Julia Serrano.
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

Favorite Movies

ALL OF THEM.
Ok, well not all of them but close. Drama, Sci-Fi, Action, Romance (Good), bad Wolfe videos (which somehow are still good?) Mystery.
League of their Own, Big Trouble in Little China. LA Story. ANYTHING by Hiyao Miyazaki

Favorite Documentaries

Hmm? Not sure.

Favorite TV Shows

Buffy (I know, I know) Firefly, Battlestar Galactica, Sherlock, House of Cards (OMG Kevin Spacey!)

Favorite Music

Varies. Folk music to industrial. I like pretty music. Yup, that is a refined an answers as I can manage.

Favorite Sandwich

Lemme get back to you on that. :)

Favorite Quotes

I no doubt deserved my enemies, but I don’t believe I deserved my friends. – Walt Whitman
No I don’t think its a good idea, but I do think its a fun one.

Favorite Thing on Autostraddle.com

The people, the articles and the comments. I like the incredibly accepting environment that this place is.

Favorite Writers

I wish I read more things that weren’t text books. These run the gamut from “classy” to “political” to “trash” But here’s a list I recall.
Arthur C. Clark. Julia Serrano. Bronte. Bradbury. H.G.Wells. Stephen King (I know!), J.K. Rowling. Alan Dean Foster. Dean Spade. Talia Mae Bettcher. Junio Diaz