It’s a post-Gogolfest Monday, and I’m wrung out. My body is sore from dancing, brain sore from stimulation, throat sore for screaming songs outside. I do, however, have a new love, and this would be the old Swedish punk band Ebba Grön. I found out about them when talking to a friend about all greatContinue reading “Monday Music: the gospel of Ebba Grön edition”
Author Archives: Natalia Antonova
From a feminine feminist: dear Ashley, it’s not my magical mesh panties that make me happy
There’s lots to cringe at over at the Sense & Sexuality blog, but this particular essay jumped out at me. Of course, it’s not like I haven’t heard the same thing over and over again: “you’re trying to have it all and hence you’re unhappy,” “gender equality kills romance,” “porn is SATAN – and yourContinue reading “From a feminine feminist: dear Ashley, it’s not my magical mesh panties that make me happy”
Reasons not to hate autumn
If you have seasonal depression like me – especially if said depression is being abetted by something else that’s crappy – you need this list. It was put together with help and inspiration from Sarah, who is a true autumn-lover. Autumn, for me, is like some good-looking but terrible man who arrives in town onceContinue reading “Reasons not to hate autumn”
Yes, it’s perfectly OK for Mackenzie Phillips to sell her incest-rape story. Next question.
Ever since Mackenzie Phillips dropped her bombshell on Oprah – her father John Phillips raped her while high on drugs, and the sex even eventually became consensual – there’s been all of this discussion. Some people have been focusing on whether or not father-daughter incest is always rape, and others have been screaming “she hasContinue reading “Yes, it’s perfectly OK for Mackenzie Phillips to sell her incest-rape story. Next question.”
Penis and principles: talking about each other’s fine bodies
For Yaroslava, the queen of good dick jokes. Maybe not the most appropriate eulogizing on the day of her death, but dammit, I am tired of sitting here with a frowny face, and don’t think she would approve anyway – she always told me to smile, under penalty of death. Please don’t read this ifContinue reading “Penis and principles: talking about each other’s fine bodies”
Natalia A. 