Favourite Films, Directors & Actors

I love John Waters, especially his early films with Divine and Edie the Egg Woman and Andy Warhol. I'm a big fan of trashy cult movies, 70s Hammer Horror films, especially lesbian vampire flicks, and old black and white movies.

Films: Daughters of Darkness, Requiem for a Dream, Spun, Whatever Happened to Baby Jane, Videodrome, Secretary, Wizard of Oz, V for Vendetta.

Actors: Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, Greta Garbo, Marlene Dietrich, Elizabeth Taylor, Joan Collins.

Favourite Bands, Singers & Performance Artists

Blondie. Marianne Faithfull, Lydia Lunch, Penny Arcade, Diamanda Galas, Annie Sprinkle, Liza Minnelli, Judy Garland, Shirley Bassey, Julie Felix, Joan Baez, Chumbawamba, Chrissie Hynde, Morrissey (the latter two as much for their animal rights campaigning as their music).

Favourite Books & Authors

Lost Souls by Poppy Z Brite
Paradoxia by Lydia Lunch (and most of her stuff)
Plays by Joe Orton
Michelle Tea, queer writer
Peter Singer, ethicist and author of Animal Liberation

Favourite TV Shows

Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Alias, Xena Warrior Princess, X-Files, Star Trek, Stargate, Prisoner Cell Block H, Murder She Wrote, Inspector Morse, Waking the Dead, Footballers' Wives, Will & Grace, The L Word, Law & Order Special Victims Unit, Commander-in-Chief, Bad Girls, Spooks, Lewis

Favourite Magazines/E-zines

Bust, Bitch, Yen, Slit, SX, CHERRIE, Curve, Diva, Ms.

Miscellaneous

Glitter, sequins, glamour, high heels, high camp.

Campaigning

Animal rights, veganism.