Let’s remember the dead. Five years ago, I felt a peculiar, very organic, animalistic sense of dread. Now I feel as though there is very little justice in this world, or perhaps none at all, and nothing matters much, but the slogans matter least of all. “He watched sleepily the flakes, silver and dark, fallingContinue reading “On This Gray Morning”
Author Archives: Natalia Antonova
Wild and Free in Pakistan
Ali Eteraz wants ya’ll to know about what’s going on with women’s rights in Pakistan.
I am a Fatalist
Even after the gut-wrenching S & M Jesus, “‘Sugartits,” the insistence that Jews are responsible for every bad thing in the universe starting with the pimple on my chin, and a wife turned into a “rock” and a baby-machine, I still find myself having the occasional indecent thought about Mel Gibson. Eat that, crazy (azure-eyedContinue reading “I am a Fatalist”
The Passion of the Natalia
The passion here is writing, of course, and the topic of the evening is writing groups. Or, more specifically Mythical Writing Groups That Don’t Actually Suck. This post on Miss Snark brought back some unpleasant memories, you see. When I was a delicious little bebe, I kept trying to join a writing group. The firstContinue reading “The Passion of the Natalia”
Get Your Damn Priorities Straight
From Feministe. “Colombian Catholic Church Excommunicates All Involved in 11-year-old Rape Victim’s Abortion.” No word on whether or not they actually excommunicated the adult male rapist, although I doubt it. I have no problem with the excommunication per se, but that’s because I’d never consider converting to Catholicism in the first place. I wouldn’t wantContinue reading “Get Your Damn Priorities Straight”
Natalia A. 