Natalia Antonova

Things fall apart: only family remains (when you’re lucky enough to have them)

I took this one before I went to church today (yes, I went to church, try not to faint… and please don’t give me the stuff about how it’s patriarchal… I KNOW it’s patriarchal… I just take it piecemeal). You can’t hear it – but Fedya was purring like a Mercedes engine. I wish theContinue reading “Things fall apart: only family remains (when you’re lucky enough to have them)”

Between us girls: my interview with Anna Gutsol

Go, read the interview with the leader of what is arguably one of the most scandalous organizations in Ukraine. I don’t necessarily agree with Anna on everything, but it was both fun and challenging to talk to her about boobs, sex tourists, prostitution, and the image of Ukrainian women abroad.

Burned-out car not far from the train station

If you asked me, I couldn’t really tell you why this picture makes me smile, but it does. Maybe it has to do with the idea that even something that’s been burned and trashed has a certain dark appeal.

Thank you, Adam Sandler, for expressing so eloquently that which I cannot

Monday Music: the “here, at the end of all things” edition

The worst part of being me right now is not being able to hold a glass properly. I went to my cousin’s wife’s birthday dinner last night, and made an ass out of myself while attempting to down a glass of champagne. I will spell it out: I am having trouble drinking champagne. The world,Continue reading “Monday Music: the “here, at the end of all things” edition”