Today’s music is dedicated to a major arcana tarot card: the Hermit. Because – goddamit, it is cold outside. Also because – I’ve done, like, 20 readings already. And it’s been less than a week since I’ve had the cards back. My Brambles – Alela Diane Flykstoda – Ebba Grön Love & Harm – LeatherbagContinue reading “Monday Music: the Hermit edition”
Author Archives: Natalia Antonova
Nice slut-shaming, Noreen Malone
Meghan McCain is trying to have it both ways! She’s acting like she owns her body! OWNS it! Perish the thought! Between this nonsense and Lucinda Rosenfeld’s awesome advice to a young woman who got roofied and abandoned by her friends at a concert (shorter version: “You’re probably just a drugged-up slut. Your friends oweContinue reading “Nice slut-shaming, Noreen Malone”
“Do you like being unhappy?” “Do you like the fact that rain is wet?”
No one single instant of it was unendurable. Here was a second right here: he endured it. What was undealable-with was the thought of all the instants all lined up and stretching ahead, glittering… – David Foster Wallace. Someone asked me recently if I “like” being unhappy. It’s a strange and, at the same time,Continue reading ““Do you like being unhappy?” “Do you like the fact that rain is wet?””
Kyla Pasha and Ali Eteraz: two great writers on Pakistan and more
Kyla Pasha has written something amazing in reaction to today’s terror attacks. And I, as her editor, must plug it of course. But I also really do think it’s just amazing. I thought long and hard about things after publishing that piece. I think you might think long and hard after reading it. Whoever youContinue reading “Kyla Pasha and Ali Eteraz: two great writers on Pakistan and more”
While watching the Ukraine – Andorra game
I was seated next to some of the most incorrigible people imaginable. For example, I would have never noticed that one of the assistant referees was sporting an honest-to-God hard-on if it wasn’t for these people. I would have been blissfully unaware. Hard-ons are nice and all, but on the pitch, really? As you’re raisingContinue reading “While watching the Ukraine – Andorra game”
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