GODDESS OF wisdom, weaving, crafts, pottery, heroism, civic defense, human rights, activism, fairly-traded coffee, square glassesLOVED Twelve Angry Men. The civic order is tested, one man stands up for truth, and justice prevails--that's heroism in the modern world.
HATED The Secret. A principle of magic is re-packaged as the scientific-sounding "law of attraction," and spiritual enlightenment is reduced to fast money--that's the opposite of wisdom. Socrates fought such sophistry all his life.
TURN-ONS Attention to social issues, political allegory, activism
TURN-OFFS Racism, sexism, homophobia, exploitation of workers, propaganda, "enlightenment" without substance
MOVIE-MUNCHIES Fair-trade coffee
Fun? No time for fun when there's so much injustice in the world. I skipped childhood entirely. After Zeus swallowed the goddess Metis, whose name means Wisdom, I sprang fully-formed from his forehead, brandishing a spear. I've been fighting for wisdom and justice ever since.
What do I do lately? When not on the activist march, I haunt local, non-franchise coffee shops. You can usually see me in a corner punching a Macbook keyboard while sucking down fairly-traded coffee.
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