Kultur – Page 17 – Natalia A.

THAT’S IT!!!!

There’s nothing like good ol’ stereotypes of women from the former USSR to help me get over my writer’s block. Just like that. Check out my collection of links to fabulous pictures of Soviet actresses. Thanks to Neeka for the hat-tip.

Sometimes the dragon loses

I’ve write dark fairy stories. I’m working on a book that frightens me, its author and creator, sometimes. I think it’s cool to wear a scarf decorated with skulls, and not just because I’m trying to be neo-punk. I think Beslan is representative of the human condition. I see around me gleeful contempt (hmmm, obsessionContinue reading “Sometimes the dragon loses”

Renfro, Ledger, It’s Been Nice

I was in the middle of writing Heath Ledger’s obit when I realized that Brad Renfro died last week. Somehow, I had missed the news of Renfro’s death. Two of my teenage crushes gone in one fell swoop. Bizarrely, I had their pictures tacked up side-by-side on my closet door at one point. My bedroomContinue reading “Renfro, Ledger, It’s Been Nice”

Family? What Family?

“Lecture on domestic violence cancelled over protests it could break up families.” A family where violence is rampant is not a family to begin with. Families are based on mutual trust. I’m not saying that people’s private lives should be all sunshine, all the time. Can a “good” family harbour darkness? Yes, to a degree.Continue reading “Family? What Family?”