May 2012 – Page 2 – Natalia A.

Overheard today on the Moscow metro

Old drunk: “Why did I live this long? Why did I live to see such times?” Smartass in baseball hat: “It’s what God decided.”

Childbirth is not an abstraction. Why do I even need to point this out?

This refers to an interview I gave earlier – one that, I hope, won’t be published, because it was all kinds of whack. Let’s just say that it was for a Scandinavian publication that bills itself as women-oriented. The person who interviewed me is welcome to respond in the commenting section, but something tells meContinue reading “Childbirth is not an abstraction. Why do I even need to point this out?”