May is my favourite month. May is my favourite month in Kyiv, specifically. It’s a month of rain, birdsong, and violets. I am not there to witness rain, birdsong, and violets. Instead I’m busy smashing cockroach guts all over the bathroom floor in Amman. I’d like to say that I am handling this humbling experienceContinue reading “Pictures of Beautiful People, the May Edition”
Author Archives: Natalia Antonova
Blatta orientalis: There will be blood
… So go to sleep bitch, die motherf*cker, die. Time’s up, bitch, close your eyes. – Eminem An old X-Files episode, “War of the Coprophages,” centers on a town brought down to its collective knees by an infestation of cockroaches. I am somewhat depressed to find my present living quarters to be a version ofContinue reading “Blatta orientalis: There will be blood”
FEMINIST RAAAGE
In the immortal words of Maz Jobrani: “The loincloth is coming off.” Throughout my exciting career as blogger, columnist, editor, and commentator on all things feminist, I’ve tried to refrain from using the phrase “the feminist movement needs to throw [insert name here] out on her sorry ass.” Today, I will make an exception. *drumrollContinue reading “FEMINIST RAAAGE”
The Latest Dispatch From The Radical Revolutionary Outpost: Feminine Women Are Dumbasses!
You know, I normally say that I pity the people who buy into this whole “bitter, ugly feminist” stereotype. Nothing wrong with being physically unattractive, especially when you consider how much time and resources conventional attractiveness can consume, but here’s the thing about stereotypes – they are a tool for idiots to engage with theContinue reading “The Latest Dispatch From The Radical Revolutionary Outpost: Feminine Women Are Dumbasses!”
Happy Victory Day! – С Днем Победы!
My grandmother started crying on the phone: “I don’t want you to ever know what it’s like to hear the shelling and know that it’s coming for you.” War is banal and blind and savage and ultimately meaningless. But there is still something to smile about today, at least for me. If only because itsContinue reading “Happy Victory Day! – С Днем Победы!”
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