For September 13th, 2004
Meret
Meret drinks life in big gulps. Which is probably why this media reform advocate/organizer, DJ, radio pirate (hargh!), freelance writer, radical cheerleader, activist, black bloc-er, high school debate assistant coach, fourth-wave feminist porn dilettante, Salon reader, and Political Science and Women's Studies BA degree-holder from a Seven Sisters College (not revealing which one) scowls in disgust when she hears some stubble-bearded no-neck at the other side of the bar order something...
"Portland Special, please!"
"Portland Special?" Meret growls, kicking a be-Conversed foot into the air like a kung fu matinee idol, "Fuck that shit, tourist! Pabst Blue Ribbon!"
The aghast rube knocks over the barkeep's carefully crafted tray of mojitos on his hasty exit, and we swear we see a tiny, woeful teardrop fall from Meret's eye at the needless waste. The loss of rum is almost too much for the Hotpunkgirl.com staff present, and angry fists at high heavens above signal no sea shanties will be sung this night. Well, until the bartender gets around to the extra case he's stashed in back for just such an emergency. We eagerly await the refill!
Meret hasn't always been such a bad ass, really, she assures us. But we see, clearly, that the Bush administration has her angrier than Don Wildmon at a Pride Brunch! "The upcoming election could very well be the most important election of our lifetime, and if if you don't vote, I will hold you personally responsible if Bush wins. John Kerry is not a perfect candidate, but he is pro-choice, largely against the death penalty, and has a good environmental record." Meret says.
"Getting naked for progress," as she says, Meret appears in a variety of our most favorite places, including Manic Jane, That Strange Girl, EroticBPM, That Bird's Nest, and I Shot Myself.
"I tried to be a Suicide
Girl, but their set suggestions creeped me out a little. Getting naked atop
a bulldozer could be fun, but driving naked across a settlement in the Gaza
strip wasn't really my style." Meret adds, "For more information about
human rights violations in Palestine, see electronicintifada.net."
If you really want to know what Meret's doing for progress, go read her Livejournal. Damn, that woman can write up a storm (when she gets a break every now and again from her happily hectic schedule).
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