I think that every person, every once in a while, must greet the sunrise in a strange place, preferably a beautifully strange place, and perhaps with a breakfast of last night’s champagne leftovers and a bit of dew-splashed chocolate. In the case of Sasha and I, we also had the apricots that some guy droppedContinue reading “Dew-covered chocolate on Trukhanov Island”
Author Archives: Natalia Antonova
Old-school victim-blaming from our friend Camille Paglia
I’m in Kiev. There is a beautiful, drippy sunset outside my room, Fedya the cat is stalking my shoes, and I’m playing Nelly Furtado’s first album. Why am I blogging about this crap? Don’t answer that question. Dear old Camille. Just when you think she can’t sink any lower in her victim-blaming, the woman burrowsContinue reading “Old-school victim-blaming from our friend Camille Paglia”
Ridiculousness from Ukraine: possession of all porn is banned
The Ukrainian government has really outdone itself. Oh, and the best part? You can still possess porn if you use it for “medicinal purposes.” Vague much? As Gazeta.ua reports in an interview with Evgenii Zaharov, this new law is just more likely to give Ukraine’s notorious police force more room for abusing Ukrainian citizens. Ukraine’sContinue reading “Ridiculousness from Ukraine: possession of all porn is banned”
Rant: Clothes, beaches and how I’m apparently “the nerdy version of Paris Hilton”
Recently, I was talking to a friend about feminism when she said something that made me feel sad. We were talking about clothes and make-up and she mentioned how the tension surrounding these subjects is probably not going to go away any time soon. I forget what my reply was, if any, but I didContinue reading “Rant: Clothes, beaches and how I’m apparently “the nerdy version of Paris Hilton””
Monday Music: the If You Want Me, I’m Your Country edition
“I like the sweet life and the silence, but it’s the storm that I believe in.” I could launch into a long monologue about the Eternal Feminine right now, but I’m not going to subject you to that. It’s a beautiful, breezy Monday in Amman, I’m going to Ukraine at the end of the week,Continue reading “Monday Music: the If You Want Me, I’m Your Country edition”
Natalia A. 