September 18, 2006 – Natalia A.

The Blogger of the Baskervilles

I don’t read Althouse, because I value my brain cells. I had to pop over and have a look, though, when Ms. Althouse accused a prominent feminist blogger of… what exactly? Oh, of having breasts. As a feminist blogger who also happens to be a fan of nude painting I was, naturally, pissed off. OfContinue reading “The Blogger of the Baskervilles”

I Want to Go Home

When I was leaving Kiev in August of 2005, I told my family and my friends that I had no idea when I was coming back. I said it flippantly, because I was tired of my parents’ bickering. A month after I left, my cousin, Yaroslava, died in a terrible car accident. I’ve wanted toContinue reading “I Want to Go Home”