These shoes aren’t made for walking, unless you count quick hops from my parents’ car into a shop and back again: I do love the way I look in them, though. I also love that lamp. It’s nice to have it on when I’m reading Tolkien in bed, and listening to the wing making theContinue reading “Kyiv: the City of High Heels and Brotherly Love”
Author Archives: Natalia Antonova
The Grim Business of Kyle Payne
This week, the feminist blogosphere has been abuzz with news of a blogger named Kyle Payne, an “activist” and so-called champion of survivors of sexual violence who was arrested for invading the privacy of an unconscious woman and apparently asked to leave his university for having child porn on his computer (Gabriel in the commentsContinue reading “The Grim Business of Kyle Payne”
Zombie Meme
As passed on by Gabriel. You are in a mall when zombies attack. You have: 1. One weapon 2. One song blasting on the speakers 3. One famous person to fight along side you. 1. I’m thinking an AK47 will do nicely. I’m pretty sure it was mentioned in the Zombie Survival Guide as well.Continue reading “Zombie Meme”
One In One Thousand
“My love involves the love before; My love is vaster passion now; Though mixed with God and Nature thou, I seem to love thee more and more.” – Alfred, Lord Tennyson There are one thousand boys and men whose bodies are mashed in together at Starii Oskol, close to today’s border between Russia and Ukraine.Continue reading “One In One Thousand”
Just a quick note: DVD regions are evil
Everywhere you go, there’s all this self-righteous hand-wringing about OMG PIRACY and what a dreadful, dreadful scourge it is (honestly, I see more anti-piracy adverts than “let’s all band together to fight cancer” adverts). Hey, here’s a suggestion – how about getting rid of this DVD region BS and stop driving consumers into a corner?Continue reading “Just a quick note: DVD regions are evil”
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