Happy New Year! I’ve been accused of being “too negative” around the blogosphere lately. “Cheer up, Natalia,” a bunch of you are saying. “Stop using indelicate words and hating on people quite as much.” I’m sure most of you have a point. But since none of you will read me if I’m going to goContinue reading “Sixteen people to not hang out with in 2016”
Author Archives: Natalia Antonova
I am not your monkey: on motherhood, art, and presumptuous bullshit
The other day it happened again. I was talking to a friend about the eternal issue of having kids/not having kids, when the friend said something like, “I guess I just care too much about art and changing society for the better. Who has time for that when they have a child?” **beat** “I mean,Continue reading “I am not your monkey: on motherhood, art, and presumptuous bullshit”
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Dear subscribers, regular readers, and anyone who happens to be wandering by, I need your help. This blog features a lot of random updates, but there are also two sections that involve a lot of work: the so-called Fairy Stories (I chose that category name to piss J.R.R. Tolkien off in the afterlife, but itContinue reading “If you like my poetry and stories, please consider donating”
On the work of Kate Atkinson
When I was fourteen, I bought a copy of “Human Croquet” after reading about it in a magazine for girls (unexpected choice by the editor, I’ve come to realize). I had the original receipt for a while and jotted down the exact time, down to the minute, and place where the book was purchased. IContinue reading “On the work of Kate Atkinson”
In Paris they ask the right questions
In Paris they ask the right questions: “Cognac, armagnac, or calvados?” And, “Why are your eyes so blue?” “Do you know how to get back home?” “Is it finally time to kiss you?” If the black hole in the center of the galaxy Is stoppering up a drainage pipe That leads into another universe – InContinue reading “In Paris they ask the right questions”
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