Ren

The Basics

Name

Ren

Location

NY/DC/CA/Edinburgh

About Me

About Me

I have eclectic tastes. I’m a math major minoring in gender studies interested in spoken word, education policy, and ASL. I watch a lot of TV, read a lot of books, and watch a lot of movies (and read a lot of AutoStraddle, natch). I love meeting people.

Check All That Apply

Gay, Queer

Religion/Spirituality/Philosophy

Jew

Relationship Status

Single, Forever Alone

What I Like

Favorite Books

Looking for Alaska, The Fault in Our Stars, Harry Potter, Adverbs, A Prayer for Owen Meany, A Series of Unfortunate Events, His Dark Materials Trilogy, Arcadia, Infinite Jest, Catch Me If You Can, A Visit From the Goon Squad

Favorite Queer Books

Tipping the Velvet, The Bermudez Triangle, Far From Xanadu, Written on the Body, Rubyfruit Jungle, Are You My Mother?, Annie on my Mind, Inferno

Favorite Movies

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Four-Faced Liar, Run Lola Run, The Edukators, Burn After Reading, High Art, The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls In Love, The Breakfast Club, Children of a Lesser God, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Adventures in Babysitting

Favorite Documentaries

For the Bible Told Me So, Small Town Gay Bar

Favorite TV Shows

The L Word, Lip Service, The West Wing, Daria, Switched at Birth, The Big Bang Theory, 30 Rock, Arrested Development, How I Met Your Mother, Scrubs, Mad Men, Parenthood, Modern Family, Archer, Rizzoli and Isles

Favorite Music

Fountains of Wayne, fun., The Format, Cold War Kids, The Magnetic Fields, The Mountain Goats

Favorite Sandwich

Salami & Cheese

Favorite Thing to Autostraddle

Nouns (i.e., people, places, things)

Favorite Quotes

“My name is Max. I want to borrow your t-shirts and wake you up when I have bad dreams. Burst into a smile when we’re fighting because you’re too adorable. Pinch your butt when you’re walking up the stairs in front of me. My name is Max. Make up a name that only you call me. Make it something you’d be embarrassed to call me accidentally in public. Fall in love with me.” –Go Fish

“Otherwise my advice is: Stand firm for what you believe in, until and unless experience proves you wrong. Remember, when the emperor looks naked, the emperor is naked. The truth and a lie are not sort of the same thing. And there is no aspect, no facet, no moment of life that can’t be improved with pizza. Thank you.” –Daria

Favorite Thing on Autostraddle.com

Things I Read That I Loved

Favorite Writers

John Green, JKR, Daniel Handler, DFW, Eileen Myles, Andrea Gibson, Jeanann Verlee, Joanna Hoffman, Jared Singer, Catalina Ferro, E. L. Doctorow