Lindsay Peterson: Artist, teacher, lover, mother.
Lindsay is the sweet WASP princess who was awakened from her sleep by the kiss of a beautiful civil rights lawyer named Melanie. Lindsay is usually the level-headed one in most situations, and often becomes the peacemaker between Brian and Melanie. She's sometimes torn between her love for these two strong personalities, but there is no doubt the one priority that supercedes everything is her young son, Gus. She loves being a mother.
EARLIEST AMBITION: To be Georgia O'Keefe, Gloria Steinem and Meryl Streep.
HABITS OF OTHER PEOPLE THAT IRRITATE HER: Chewing ice. Leaving dirty underwear on the floor. When people ask "Who's the mother?" when she and Melanie are out with Gus. When her parents don't call and don't seem to care about Gus. How Melanie and Brian can push each other's buttons to create an argument in a second's time.
FAVORITE OLD TIME TV CHARACTER: Mary Richards on "Mary Tyler Moore".
SEVEN FAVORITE JEOPARDY! CATEGORIES: Modern Mommies, Art History, Women Writers, Girl Power, Painted Ladies, Oh Baby Baby, Popular Poetry.
THE ONE ITEM THAT'S ALWAYS IN HER REFRIGERATOR: Homemade baby food.
IF HOSTING A DINNER PARTY, HER GUESTS WOULD BE: Melanie and Brian (at opposite ends of the table), Justin, k.d. lang, Carly Simon, Susan Sontag and Annie Lebowitz.
FAVORITE JUNK FOOD: Bear Claws.
GUILTY PLEASURE: Showing people photos of her son.
BOOK OR MAGAZINE SHE COULDN'T LIVE WITHOUT ON A DESERT ISLAND: Gus' baby book.
LINDSAY'S STUFF
- Favorite Music
- Melissa Ferrick - Everything I Need (What Are?)
- Catie Curtis - Crash Course In Roses (Rykodisc)
- Cowboy Junkies - The Trinity Sessions (RCA)
- Original Soundtrack - Prelude To A Kiss (Milan)
- Harry Connick, Jr. - When Harry Met Sally (CBS)
- Loreena McKennitt - The Mask & Mirror (Warner)
- Handel - Water Music Suites Nos 1-3
- Various Artists - Lullabies for Little Dreamers
- Soft Rock Classics From Your Favorite Stars (Rhino)
- Joan Armatrading - Show Some Emotion (A&M)
- Tori Amos - Little Earthquakes (Atlantic)
- Favorite Movies
- The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover
- The Unbearable Lightness of Being
- The Incredible True Adventures of Two Girls In Love
- Favorite Books
- Aimee & Jaguar - A Love Story, Berlin 1943 by Erica Fischer, Edna McCown
- Waiting in the Wings - Portrait of a Queer Motherhood by Cherrie L. Moraga
- The Queer Parent's Primer - A Lesbian and Gay Families' Guide to Navigating Through a Straight World by Stephanie A Brill
- Early Embraces - True - Life Stories of Women Describing Their First Lesbian Experience by Lindsey Elder (editor)
- LIFE- Our Century in Pictures by Richard B. Stolley (Editor), Tony Chiu (Editor)
- The Secret Art of Dr. Seuss by Theodor Seuss Geisel, Maurice Sendak (Introduction), Audrey Geisel
- Chicken Soup for the Woman's Soul- 101 Stories to Open the Hearts and Rekindle the Spirits of Women
- The Tao of Pooh by Benjamin Hoff, Ernest H. Shepard(Illustrator)
- Rubyfruit Jungle by Rita Mae Brown
- Elizabeth Barrett Browning (Illustrated Poetry Anthology) by Elizabeth Barrett Browning, K.E.Sullivan
- Pictures and Passions- A History of Homosexuality in the Visual Arts by James M. Saslow, James W. Saslow
- Discovering Great Artists- Hands-On Art for Children in the Styles of the Great Masters by MaryAnn F. Kohl, et al
