Alexis
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Female
27 years old
United States
Last Login: 10/20/2009
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Mood:
animated
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Alexis's Interests
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| General | superheroes, black lesbian feminists, gender transgression, love, interactive art, lemonade | | Music | Me'Shell Ndgeocello, OutKast, Aretha Franklin, Al Green, Orishas, Vivian Green, Sade, | | Movies | Idlewild, Bamboozled, | | Television | Boondocks, Gray's Anatomy, Batman the Animated Series, Justice League, | | Books | Dionne Brand, Audre Lorde, Asha Bandele (complete works), Sula, Love and Paradise by Toni Morrison | | Heroes | See above. And Mommy and Jared and Ari and Seneca and Daddy. And Grandma and Pop-pop especially. |
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Alexis's Details
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| Status: | In a Relationship | | Hometown: | Atlanta, GA | | Zodiac Sign: | Gemini | | Smoke / Drink: | No / No | | Children: | Someday | | Education: | Grad / professional school | | Income: | Less than $30,000 |
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Alexis's Schools
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Duke University
Durham,North Carolina
Graduated: N/A
Degree: Ph.D.
Major: English
Minor: Women's Studies, African and African American Studies
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Columbia University In The City Of New York
New York,New York
Graduated: 2004
Student status: Alumni
Degree: Bachelor's Degree
Major: American Studies
Clubs: United Students of Color Council
Black Organization of Soul Sisters
Everyone Allied Against Homophobia
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2000 to 2004 |
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Alexis's Companies
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BrokenBeautiful Press
Worldwide, the whole thing AI
Creator
Trouble Making
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2001-present
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Alexis is thrilled that her review is on Meshell Ndegeocello's myspace blog! Posted at 8:49 PM Jan 6, 2008
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Alexis's Latest Blog Entry
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"This Instant and This Triumph" Women of Color Publishing
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Alexis's Blurbs |
About me:
Alexis Pauline Gumbs is a queer black trouble maker, a diasporic
afro-antillean grandchile, a domesticated graffiti artist, and love
embodied. Alexis is progressing towards a PhD in English, African
and African American Studies and Women's Studies at Duke University.
Her academic work looks at gender and violence in diasporic black
literature in the Americas with a focus on the Caribbean Diaspora and
Third World Women's publising initiatives. She is also the founder of
BrokenBeautiful Press, a not-for-profit creationspace
(brokenbeautiful.wordpress.com), and member of the advisory board
of The Coup Magazine (thecoupmagazine.com). Alexis is also
facilitator of a creative writing/community reimagining program
through SpiritHouse (spirithouse-nc.org) and artistic response point
person for UBUNTU, a women of color/survivor led coalition committed
to ending gendered violence (sustaintransformlove.blogspot.com or
iambecauseweare.wordpress.com)
Feel free to tag Alexis back at alexispauline@gmail.com
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Who I'd like to meet:
you. and batgirl.
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