I’m in Kiev. There is a beautiful, drippy sunset outside my room, Fedya the cat is stalking my shoes, and I’m playing Nelly Furtado’s first album. Why am I blogging about this crap? Don’t answer that question. Dear old Camille. Just when you think she can’t sink any lower in her victim-blaming, the woman burrowsContinue reading “Old-school victim-blaming from our friend Camille Paglia”
Category Archives: America
Happy 4th of July, let’s break out the mansaf
… Or at least that’s what we did. Because we’re cool like that. Mansaf – Jordanian national dish. Comes with a sauce you can drink out of a glass, if you want. Which I did. Even in the heat. I wish I was home, though. Watching the fireworks. Few things better than fireworks on aContinue reading “Happy 4th of July, let’s break out the mansaf”
Something that stopped me dead while reading Zoë Heller’s “The Believers”
‘Only ideas are perfect. People never are,’ Joel would tell her. ‘When you’ve lived a bit longer, you’ll be more forgiving.’ But Rosa had scorned these attempts to modify her wrath. For a person as deeply offended by injustice and inequity as she was – as committed to changing the world – a degree ofContinue reading “Something that stopped me dead while reading Zoë Heller’s “The Believers””
Mud and Michael
I love how the legendary Dead Sea mud glitters on my shoulder here. I love the way my bathing suit carries its fresh, mineral smell now [ETA: I wrote it was “herbal” before. I must have been more tired than I originally thought]. I spent a little too much time at the hotel watching MichaelContinue reading “Mud and Michael”
George Tiller Murdered in Wichita
Oh yes, the pro-life crowd sure loves life. And they love irony so much they even killed the doctor as he was going to church. WHEN are we going to start recognizing this brand of pro-forced-pregnancy fanaticism as DOMESTIC TERRORISM? Because this is exactly what it is – and this tragedy in Kansas was waitingContinue reading “George Tiller Murdered in Wichita”
Natalia A. 