Betty Jeanne

starr king school for the ministry, ithaca college, institute of shipboard education

seminarian / grad student, educator, organizer

ST@RS (sorta teenagers at religious skool), national coalition building institute, jp process core, ortman family cell phone plan, germanglish speakers, and "those darn unitards"

zine crafting, legwarmers, being goofy, napping, go-cart racing, multicultural politically radical education, laundromat dates, red sox, meaningful non-monog relationships, queer(y)ing theology, latin american literature, embarassing moments, anti-oppression organizing, warm sunny weather, socially responsible travel, good beer, walking places, avocados, surfing.

we can't teach what we don't know, in the time of the butterflies, the red tent, momo, uprooting racism, the kite runner, and absolutely anything by isabel allende.

the edukators, whale rider, goodbye lenin, and every last 70's/80's musical (think footloose, fame, grease...) there ever was.

lately not a day goes by that i don't have "rent" and/or "reefer madness" lyrics stuck in my head. i'm recently swept off my feet by corinne bailey rae.

alias, arrested development, 24, weeds, lost, and "saved by the bell", bring on the trivia, i can be very cocky about that.

Scorpio

i'm an extraverted intuitive feeler judger. once someone called me conventional, in that WASPy oldest-sibling traditionally-educated does-well-on-standardized-tests kind of way. it freaked me out. i love making people laugh, though i'm still not convinced i'm any good at it. i have trouble making up my mind and get stressed out by how many folks i love live in different far-away places. shaving my head was one of the best decisions of my life. i tend to be a workaholic and am working my ass off (twist of irony, anyone?) to unlearn those patterns.

i'm always organizing, be it campaigns or practical jokes, conference planning or dinner parties, but worry that organizing as a full-time profession might not be sustainable for me, and am trying to queer(y) my own theologies of work, justice-making and identity to support myself better. and oh yeah, if you couldn't tell from my writing style, i attend a radical seminary (non-ordination track) which supports my intensity and verbosity. brilliant.

i like driving barefoot. singing a cappella. some aspects of academia. thai food. humbly attempting to live and organize for radical change. cliffjumping, too.

folks who give good haircuts and/or backrubs, inspire me to exercise and go outside, who step out of their comfort zones on a regular basis. someone/s i can laugh with until our stomachs hurt. kids that enjoy being ridiculous and singing loudly in public places. road trip buddies, fellow queer white womyn to identify with, career counselors who know their myers-briggs type inventory so we can talk shit, cute babies.