Natalia Antonova

Do Something

In a week, seven women are to be stoned to death in Iran. Try to picture that. Ali Eteraz has outlined some ways in which we can act to stop this, or, at the very least, take a stand against it. Please go to his site and participate. On a related note, Ariel Dorfman hasContinue reading “Do Something”

Monday Night Poetry Club

I was ten years old when I discovered this, via a neighbour. Highly complex poetry in English was hard to understand at that point, not that it was necessarily a bad thing. Thank you for introducing me to poetry in the English language, Shel. SHAKING Geraldine now, stop shaking that cow For heaven’s sake, forContinue reading “Monday Night Poetry Club”

Cheese, Please

Favourite awesomely cheesy films, in no particular order: “Kingdom of Hotness… er, Heaven.” “Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves.” Morgan Freeman is priceless in this. Kevin Costner does not deliver his lines, he merely mumbles them, in a kind of Midwestern accent, no less. Alan Rickman hams it up, and there’s a cool witch lady who’sContinue reading “Cheese, Please”

Goodbye, Ruby Tuesday

Homecoming weekend is over. Tomorrow is Monday. People keep implying that the past four years were the “best,” and that it’s all downhill from here. My former classmates have gone to New York, to Charlotte, to Uganda. We meet up for beer when we can, we message each other on Facebook. None of us areContinue reading “Goodbye, Ruby Tuesday”