A little more about me.

Me.

Name: Zaffron (Zaf or Zaffy for short)

Age: 22

Profession:Volunteer worker for VSO

Home: UK

Education: University of York, English and Philosophy BA

Description: Short, mixed race (British Filipina), sporting half a shaved head and pretentious glasses to make up for my lack of writing skills




Main Interests:

• Intersectional Feminism
• Disability Rights (Something I am still learning)
• BME (Black, minortiy and ethnic) rights
• LGBTQ Rights
• Mental Health Awareness
• Sex and Relationship Education
• Politics and International Relations 
• Anti-imperialism

Life Goals:

Work for an NGO related to Sex and Relationship Education. Campaigning and promoting for greater understanding and awareness. Furthermore helping to contribute to a dialogue which is fully inclusive of all lifestyles, orientations and identifications.

Immediate Future Plans:

After I arrive back from my three month placement, it is part of the VSO scheme to get involved in local community projects. Here I will use my skills learnt on placement to help in any way I can. At the moment I do not have a clear idea of what the volunteering or project might entail; as it will be influenced by my volunteering abroad. I will however keep you updated.

Next year I have applied for an MA in 'Gender, Media and Culture'. I hope to specialise my study concentrating on campaign methods and organisation.

Hobbies:

• Zine making
• Drawing (mainly comics or human studies)
• Blogging
• Cooking (any cuisine is good, though I do enjoy cooking South East Asian inspired dishes)
• Reading (futuristic dystopian novels are my weakness)
• Piercing (as in I have a lot of them, though I have on the odd occasion pierced my own and friends ears)

Books:

• Garth Nix Old Kingdom Series
• The Bell Jar
• Edge Chronicles
• Handmaids Tale
• The Second Sex
• Revolution At Point Zero
• Invisible Monsters
• Fear and Loathing In Las Vegas
• A Clockwork Orange
• Dracula
• Frankenstein
• Jayne Eyre
• The Yellow Wallpaper
• Catcher In The Rye
• Persepolis
• Ghostworld
• Feminism Is For Everybody
• Carol Ann Duffy's Rapture
• Linton Kwesi Johnson's Mi Revalueshanary Fren
• The Wretched Of The Earth
• Caliban and The Witch: Women, The Body and Primitive Accumulation

Music:

Mainly electronic and synth with good bass at the moment. I do listen to all sorts however. Spent most of my teenage years listening to rock and metal so if you were one of those kids I'm sure we can relate.

TV & Film:

• Adventure Time
• Peepshow
• Greenwing
• IT Crowd
• Frisky Dingo
• Bob's Burgers
• Archer
• Orange Is The New Black
• Misfits
• Hannibal
• Game of Thrones
• Kingdom Hospital
• Orphan Black
• Brief Encounter
• The English Patient
• From Dusk Til Dawn
• Royal Tenembaums
• Ghostworld
• Dracula (Coppola Version)
• Resevouir Dogs
• Trainspotting
• 28 Days Later
• LOTR
• All Ghibli Films