Watching the manhunt unfold on Twitter, I’m struck by the fact that I have nothing clever to say. When I first heard that a policeman had been shot at MIT, there was no impulse to tie it to the marathon bombings. I thought these guys would be smarter, somehow, and that they would have leftContinue reading “Watching Boston in sadness”
Author Archives: Natalia Antonova
“On All Fours.” (Hokay. So. Did the new “Girls” episode feature a rape scene?)
For a recap of what happened, and more, please see Amanda Hess on the subject. This episode made a lot of people very uncomfortable, with good reason. I thought this was excellent television, because I fully believe that TV *should* make us uncomfortable. Obviously, I cringed as well. What I took from it is aContinue reading ““On All Fours.” (Hokay. So. Did the new “Girls” episode feature a rape scene?)”
If you speak about Russia with any sort of nuance
Most people will hate you. She said, and promptly got down off her cross.
Et tu, Duke Magazine?
They messaged me asking for my picture, I suggested they take one off my Facebook page. They used a picture of Russian actress Natalya Antonova instead. I mean, I get it, I’m the tired mother-of-a-toddler here, but still! I’m allowed to do cardio again! I’m taking iron supplements! *sob* Also, apparently I’m the deputy editor and the actingContinue reading “Et tu, Duke Magazine?”
A brief note on the Dyatlov Pass victims
Anna Arutunyan, my illustrious colleague, did a story this week on the Dyatlov Pass incident. The “incident” is really whatever it was that killed nine hikers on the appropriately named Mountain of the Dead in the Urals, in 1959. A new book has come out in Russia, and a new movie by Renny Harlin isContinue reading “A brief note on the Dyatlov Pass victims”
Natalia A. 