That’s how I feel about the Moscow real estate market at the moment. And not just because of our personal issues – which are numerous, and involve my mother’s own contested property in the center of the city. Meanwhile, our living arrangements are staying the same… for now… but there is a war between ourContinue reading ““Like a circus trip on mescaline””
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I regret to inform my readers
That crappy landlady has died. I can’t say she was particularly nice to us – but she wasn’t an alcoholic or a thief either, and sometimes, that’s the best you can hope for. Rest in peace.
Have I told you guys that I became a sad playwright recently?
Because I totally did. As did Slava and Natasha.
You know why “call-out culture” sucks?
It sucks because it’s largely derivative. Someone writes a critique of, say, a TV show. Then someone else critiques the critique. Then a legion of ANGREE PEOPLE shows up in the comments section of the critique that’s critiquing the critique, furious about some WORD that the critic used, a word that is OFFENSIVE in someContinue reading “You know why “call-out culture” sucks?”
Dear Scott Adams, it’s mostly FEMALE lions who hunt. And so on.
So Scott Adams, the man behind Dilbert (oh the humanity!), showed his ass again. I read about it on Feministe. I’m not going to link to his original post – because screw it. Still, I’d like to address it. Because oddly enough, I do agree with Scott Adams on one important point – there certainlyContinue reading “Dear Scott Adams, it’s mostly FEMALE lions who hunt. And so on.”
Natalia A. 