Disclaimer: Deirdre Clark, who uses the pen name Deirdre Dare, used to write a column for The Moscow News. MN is also the place where I work. Just putting that out there. The best part to this piece by Anna Blundy, on the life of Western expats in Moscow, can be found in the comments.Continue reading “Expats! In Moscow! Drinking! Banyas! Girls! And wishing daddy could see how naughty you’re being!”
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After being harassed to the point of it threatening my pregnancy this weekend
I need to thank the people who have taken care of me during this bizarre time. The conflict my family is embroiled in is a big one, and the other side doesn’t seem to have very many scruples (and as soon as I’m well enough, I’m going to the police station and giving a statementContinue reading “After being harassed to the point of it threatening my pregnancy this weekend”
Because bullshit NYT “trend pieces” suck
Come over here and make fun of them.
My hallowed Halloween tradition involves watching “28 Days Later”
Or some other classic. Which is predictable, but whatever. Too much upheaval in the world already. Do you have a hallowed Halloween tradition too? Last year, my cousin Solomia and I were at an all-night showing of Swedish shorts at the Molodst Film Festival for Halloween. We learned phrases such as “a turned-on pine tree”Continue reading “My hallowed Halloween tradition involves watching “28 Days Later””
You know what? Being a dominant dude is not ZOMG HORRIBLE
I’ve read this post on BDSM and the ensuing discussion of it on Feministe, and I am crestfallen (“crestfallen” – I like that word. It is underused and underrepresented, like many good things in life). It’s not the issue affecting the BDSM community – not to mention people’s weird reactions to BDSM – that troubleContinue reading “You know what? Being a dominant dude is not ZOMG HORRIBLE”
Natalia A. 