Ash Shye

General

Feminist questions, eras in literature, vegan, gluten-free options, travel, comparative religions and anthropology, subversive music, d.i.y. (do everything yourself!!!)

Music

I like all genres; you could just say “good music” - not listing bands because of being shell-shocked by targeted marketing; I already have a virtual library at homes and a kind of pandemic sense of time and space .. that being said, I miss the days of rotating personal theme songs on MySpace ..

Movies

Cloud Atlas, Picture of Dorian Grey, Hugo, Metropolis, the original “Star Wars” trilogy, Xanadu, Singin’ in the Rain, Paris at Midnight, Stardust, Rocky Horror

Television

What we do in the Shadows, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Black Mirror, Buffy, Angel, Firefly, Orange is the New Black, The Orville, The Simpsons, Cobra Kai, Daria

Books

Brave New World, 1984, Picture of Dorian Grey, The Bluest Eye, Temple of My Familiar, The Lonely Crusade, Lolita

Heroes

Zora Neale Hurston, Joan Jett, Sherman Alexie, Frederick Douglas, Malcolm x, Toni Morrison, Poly Styrene, Patti Smith, Sapphire, Oscar Wilde, Russell Brand, Charles Bukowski (yes; I know!!!), Eartha Kitt, Gene Kelley, Maxfield Parrish, Georges Melies Camille Claudel, Boris Vallejo, Phoolan Devi, and the people in my life ..