Christine Stoddard
Christine Stoddard
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Writer and Interdisciplinary Artist
Female
21 years old
ARLINGTON, Virginia
United States
Last Login: 9/20/2009
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Christine Stoddard's Interests
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| General | Fairytales, neo-Victorianism, parasols, gypsies, vintage dresses, glossies, playgrounds, print newspapers, pretty stationary, libraries, good music, dilapidated buildings, dark chocolate, 1940's/1950's pin-up girls, free samples at supermarkets, free stuff in general, and other cheap & nostalgic things | | Music | Mainly "alternative rock" (Modest Mouse, The Arcade Fire, Feist, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Sparklehorse, etc.), whatever that means these days, and Classic Rock/Oldies with classical, '70's & 80s pop, and some folk/ethnic music mixed in there. But, in general, I like all genres except for rap, hip-hop, and modern country.
(Oh, and everything else save for rap and hip-hop and most new country...ewww.) | | Movies | Amelie, Juno, The Eighth Day, Hot Fuzz, The Illusionist, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Science of Sleep, All About Eve, Inherit the Wind, The Talented Mr. Ripley, Angela's Ashes, Fargo, Forest Gump, Dark Crystal, Labyrinth, The Scent of Green Papaya, About Jane, Ten Things I Hate About You, Casablanca...I love to watch 'em period, sometimes even cruddy ones just so I can make fun of them. | | Television | Turner Classic Movies, TV Land, CNN, MSNBC, PBS, TLC | | Books | Sula, Memoirs of a Geisha, The Awakening, Holes, The Bean Trees, Black Like Me, Puddn' Head Wilson, The Cat in the Hat, And Then There Were None, Animal Farm, Timothy of the Cay, To Kill A Mockingbird, The Color of Water, Fahrenheit 451, Flowers for Algernon, Lord of the Flies, Fallen Angels, The Witches, The Complete Works of Edgar Allen Poe, Romeo and Juliet, Lolita, The Things They Carried, Into the Wild, All Quiet on the Western Front, Night, The Complete Works of Langston Hughes, Good-night Moon, BFG, The Jungle, Merchant of Venice, Dragon's Milk, Stargirl, Skellig, Black Like Me, Jasmine, The Quiet American, Selected Poems by Gwendolyn Brooks, Running with Scissors, The Perks of Bring a Wallflower, El Gesticulador, Born Confused, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Persepolis....ask me about others. I also enjoy reading plenty of magazines and newspapers. | | Heroes | Amelie of the French film "Amelie", Karen-O of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Marilyn Barrueta (my former Spanish teacher at Yorktown High School), Schuchi Kapila (a Grinnell College English professor), Dana Giampiccolo (former VCU theatre T.A.), Isaac Brock of Modest Mouse, Romare Bearden, Regina Spektor, Dan Savage (columnist for "Savage Love"), cockroaches
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Christine Stoddard's Details
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| Status: | In a Relationship | | Here for: | Networking, Friends | | Orientation: | Straight | | Hometown: | Arlington, VA | | Body type: | 5' 8" / Slim / Slender | | Ethnicity: | Other | | Zodiac Sign: | Scorpio | | Smoke / Drink: | No / No | | Children: | Someday | | Education: | In college | | Occupation: | Interdisciplinary Artist |
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Christine Stoddard's Schools
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Christine Stoddard's Networking
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Christine Stoddard's Companies
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Washington Post Newsweek Interactive
Arlington, VA US
Multimedia Intern
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May 2008-August 2008
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About me:
Christine Stoddard is a writer and interdisciplinary artist from Arlington, VA. She has interest and experience in writing fiction, poetry, creative non-fiction, plays, and arts & entertainment articles (primarily fashion). Christine also likes to write and illustrate comics, make collages, and act.
Her writing and artwork have appeared in books (most recently Candlewick Press's Falling Hard: 100 Love Poems by Teenagers), literary journals, magazines, newspapers, and websites, both locally and nationally. Miss Stoddard has interned for several companies and organizations, including Washington Life magazine, the Smithsonian American Art Museum, and Washington.Newsweek Interactive. She has also appeared in several student and independent films and videos.
Learn more about Christine Stoddard and her creative projects at www.christinestoddard.com
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Who I'd like to meet:
Karen-O, Michael Jackson, Obama, Ann Landers, Regina Spektor, Dan Savage, Madonna, Björk, Joan Didion, Sarah Ruhl, Kiera Knightly, many already-dead artists and entertainers, fans of my work, other creative types from across the world but especially Richmonders & Washingtonians
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