And, naturally, I’ve finally gotten sick – the shrinking interval between jumping-out-of-bed and jumping-into-warm clothes/hot shower notwithstanding. To add insult to injury, my mother left home for the market today, and left the keys in the lock. I was wondering why the hell someone was laughing hysterically on the stairwell as I tried to openContinue reading “So they haven’t turned on the heating yet”
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Blog-stroll on Pokrov
Pokrov is an Eastern Orthodox religious holiday. It’s been a long time since I’ve spent Pokrov at home. I like it. It’s happy and low-key and very, very peaceful. Ali Eteraz is… being Ali Eteraz. And pissing off Yvonne Ridley. Ye-a. Pandagon’s latest book selection is Susan Faludi’s The Terror Dream. The dissection of theContinue reading “Blog-stroll on Pokrov”
I like to think I’m not easily flustered, BUT
Jill’s re-naming of Russia’s “National Conception Day” as “National Russians Fuck Like Cold, Pale Rabbits In Furry Hats Day” was pretty damn silly. Maybe I’m still smarting over the “when you all die out” comment – but I thought that “Blades of Glory” did a much better job with an former-Soviet-bloc ethnic joke, wherein theContinue reading “I like to think I’m not easily flustered, BUT”
Oh! My! God!
This post comes with a major TRIGGER WARNING. Please don’t click on the link if you do not wish to be exposed to a seriously disturbing incident. This is old news for most Americans, I suppose. I’ve been out of the country since June, and this is the first time that I’ve read anything aboutContinue reading “Oh! My! God!”
To expand on something Umar Lee said
I have been, a number of times, propositioned by “conservative” Muslim men. The ones who, like Umar says: “date non-Muslim women strictly for sexual purposes, then go home to marry a good girl from the village” (read his whole post, it’s very interesting, as usual). In fact, a guy tried to grab me in theContinue reading “To expand on something Umar Lee said”
Natalia A. 