Thank you for your donations that are helping see me through what’s been a really difficult time and are helping me buy more time as the result. Although I’ve managed to carve out a fairly decent life for myself in Moscow, medical bills have been an absolute nightmare – even though I have managed themContinue reading “On chronic pain: love your body, or it will smack you down”
Monthly Archives: May 2011
Why feminist blogging sucks
It sucks because of the fucking idiots. Really. Let me tell you a story: when I was 17, I really wanted to go to college. And I got accepted – all the way to Duke University, Eruditio et Religio et Huge-ass Fees. At the time I was accepted, my family were genuinely in a placeContinue reading “Why feminist blogging sucks”
Oh look, Osama’s dead
… And “buried at sea”, apparently. Hm. Interesting. What scares me now is retaliation, the re-imagining of Osama as a “glorious martyr” and so on. Let’s hope all efforts that go in that direction will be amateurish at best. The Globe and I listened to the President’s address together. “That’s our President – I votedContinue reading “Oh look, Osama’s dead”
Per the Wills and Kate debate: yes, losing your anonymity can, in fact, suck
I should be writing a new script. So that I don’t fall behind on my student loans (on can dream, anyway), and so the husband and I can stay fed this summer (the baby, presumably, will have the breast – just like in the “Lady Madonna” song). This naturally means that I am busy participatingContinue reading “Per the Wills and Kate debate: yes, losing your anonymity can, in fact, suck”
Natalia A. 