I did this interview following the publication of the “Vanya” interview below. Once again, the name “Evan” is not real. Our exchange was inspired by Vanya’s peculiar (in my opinion) take on marriage.
Category Archives: Kultur
Some tasty blogging for us all to digest – and things to think about in the New Year
I’m a big Joss Whedon fan, but this post certainly got my attention. My reading of Chiwetel Ejiofor’s character in particular was different – I always thought him very clever, and noble in his own right, and that it was his ultimate compassion that both destroyed him and caused him to be re-born at the end ofContinue reading “Some tasty blogging for us all to digest – and things to think about in the New Year”
Shorter Danielle Crittenden: Throw the Niqabi Off the Train!
Props for anyone who gets the movie reference in the title of this post. Non-Muslim women have pontificated on the niqab (face-veil) and its relation to Western culture before. *cough* Admittedly, a lot of our comments, my comments included, can be rather presumptuous and patronizing, even if we don’t mean them to be. I’ve beenContinue reading “Shorter Danielle Crittenden: Throw the Niqabi Off the Train!”
Love letters, part three
“You’re beautiful.” A friend of mine recently told me that the men in her life say that to apologize for something they’ve done, or are about to do. “You’re beautiful” = “I’m sorry I’m going to have sex with you, because I’ve been told that it’s dirty and wrong. I’m sorry I’m going to destroyContinue reading “Love letters, part three”
A dog from a breeder (in other words, a dog from the depths of HELL)
I’m getting damn tired of two particular groups of people. Group A: The people who have an aneurism if they hear that some terrible person somewhere got their dog from a breeder. Group B: The people who have an aneurism if they hear that some dumb person somewhere got their dog from the pound (or,Continue reading “A dog from a breeder (in other words, a dog from the depths of HELL)”
Natalia A. 