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 # Amanda # Amanda
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 + - [Moodboard](https://​pl.pinterest.com/​alxd7156/​glider-ink-amanda-character-inspirations/​)
 + - [Older writeups](characters:​main:​amanda:​archive)
  
 ## Role ## Role
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 ## Appearance ## Appearance
  
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 Amanda is the shortest of the main characters, slightly chubby woman nearing her 30th birthday. She's visibly pear-shaped with very prominent (but not comically wide) hips. Amanda is the shortest of the main characters, slightly chubby woman nearing her 30th birthday. She's visibly pear-shaped with very prominent (but not comically wide) hips.
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 Majority of Amanda'​s body is covered in tattoos from her angrier years. Even if today she embraces community building much more than smashing the state, she still likes them and proudly displays. She has her anarcha-feminist symbol on one arm, a snake wrapped over another, probably a small "​volume down" somewhere. Majority of Amanda'​s body is covered in tattoos from her angrier years. Even if today she embraces community building much more than smashing the state, she still likes them and proudly displays. She has her anarcha-feminist symbol on one arm, a snake wrapped over another, probably a small "​volume down" somewhere.
  
-She prefers a backpack or messenger back over any kind of purse, and sometimes can be seen with a fanny pack. Being a sound engineer, Amanda can be often seen with big closed headphones (with a curly cable) over her ears or resting at her neck.+She prefers a backpack or messenger back over any kind of purse, and sometimes can be seen with a fanny pack. She doesn'​t wear leather. Being a sound engineer, Amanda can be often seen with big closed headphones (with a curly cable) over her ears or resting at her neck.
  
 Amanda'​s hairstyle is quite bold and allows easy access to her ears (for work), but these are the only requirements. You can give her dreadlocks or brightly-colored ponytail - whatever you feel suits her more. Amanda'​s hairstyle is quite bold and allows easy access to her ears (for work), but these are the only requirements. You can give her dreadlocks or brightly-colored ponytail - whatever you feel suits her more.
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 As you can see, Amanda is a very visual character who likes her body and isn't afraid to use it to express herself - contrary to most other Space dwellers. Everything about her looks somehow emphasized who she is - and how she doesn'​t need to conform to anything. As you can see, Amanda is a very visual character who likes her body and isn't afraid to use it to express herself - contrary to most other Space dwellers. Everything about her looks somehow emphasized who she is - and how she doesn'​t need to conform to anything.
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 +## Sound and music
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 +{{:​art:​characters:​amanda:​caylachicovsky_amanda_transparent_face.png?​350 |}}
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 +Amanda really enjoys sound - in a way few people actually do. She learned to enjoy different kinds of music, and likes playing with very experimental synth sounds, merging art with engineering. She doesn'​t have a stable job, but sometimes freelances setting up concert stages or mastering audio tracks when one of her friend'​s isn't able to. She's set up the sound system in the Space and actually instructs people how to use it without damaging their ears.
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 +She's got a small collection of used audio equipment and old synthesizers she plays with, composing little tracks and putting them on the Internet either anonymously or under a pseudonym.
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 +Even though really adept at signal processing and sound engineering,​ Amanda is the only person in the 'Space who doesn'​t know any programming language. That's enough for Cynic to consider her virtually illiterate - and which she regularly fights showing him her own skills, demanding to be treated as equal.
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 +## Character
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 +{{ :​art:​characters:​amanda:​cybernecrocat_amanda_02.jpg?​300|}}
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 +Long years in the anarchist community taught Amanda how to organize ​ people - and made her feel responsible for communities she is a part of. Even though she treats 'Space mostly as her workshop, a place where she can unwind and play some synthesizers,​ something calls her to give a fuck even about this place.
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 +Being a long-time feminist and co-organizing a dozen women'​s marches in different cities Amanda wants to fight inequality and patriarchy masquerading as elitism. She sees good people - like Suzanne - being turned off by Cynic'​s technical excellency requirements and a lot of unwritten rules even the founders didn't realize were there. She doesn'​t mind being ostracized for pointing them out loud if it only helps another person.
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 +Used to fight for her place in various male-dominated communities - be it a movie set or a sound studio, Amanda has a tendency to quickly become "a bigger sister"​ for other girls, who may not be so determined. Not every one of them likes this, which sometimes leads to dramas - and Suz seems to be a little confused about Amanda'​s approach to her. 
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 +She sometimes conducts sustainability workshops - to show people how to fix simple things, live a little more ecologically and give a shit about community around them. Sometimes she's joined by Robert or Suzanne, less frequently by Adam.
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 +Amanda knows a lot of people through the city, especially from the artistic scene - and really likes visiting the most fresh and crazy ones.
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 +She's openly bisexual, but hasn't had any serious relationship recently. Some people gossip about her brief and intense affair with Adam, but none of them have confirmed it.
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 +## Relationships
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 +## Areas of Expertise
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 +## Quirks
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 + - When asked about why she's chubby and not in mood to kick you in the face, she will probably reply she gained a lot on [brown MnMs](http://​www.snopes.com/​music/​artists/​vanhalen.asp),​ which is something of a legend among stage technicians.
  
 ## Resources ## Resources
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  - Anarchy is Chaos (?) [TVTrope](http://​tvtropes.org/​pmwiki/​pmwiki.php/​Main/​AnarchyIsChaos)  - Anarchy is Chaos (?) [TVTrope](http://​tvtropes.org/​pmwiki/​pmwiki.php/​Main/​AnarchyIsChaos)
  - Feminism Fantasy [TVTrope](http://​tvtropes.org/​pmwiki/​pmwiki.php/​Main/​FeministFantasy)  - Feminism Fantasy [TVTrope](http://​tvtropes.org/​pmwiki/​pmwiki.php/​Main/​FeministFantasy)
 + - LelaCoders Interviews [Vimeo](https://​vimeo.com/​lelacoders) - a repository of interviews with female hackers and activists from all around the world
 + - Violet Blue [Wikipedia](https://​en.wikipedia.org/​wiki/​Violet_Blue) - a sex positive hacker from Noisebridge
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