What’s going on here is that my childhood fantasy is melding with my childhood nightmare. I knew that one of these days, someone, somewhere would seize upon my old obsession with crystal chandeliers than hung in the otherwise drab living rooms of the great aunts, and explode my brain with it. And that I wouldContinue reading “Your spectacular GaGa gif of the day”
Category Archives: Kultur
The mother of Schwester Ines didn’t quite suffocate me in my sleep (but it was close)
If Christiane Lilge, the director of “Schwester Ines,” [Sister Ines] wanted to explode my brain and the brain of everyone attempting to slog through German shorts night at the Molodist film festival, I think she came pretty close. Closer than any other director featured. This was one of those experimental horror films that make NormanContinue reading “The mother of Schwester Ines didn’t quite suffocate me in my sleep (but it was close)”
Seeing your friend suffer on stage
Can be such an interesting experience. On one hand, it’s absolutely fantastic to see this friend transform herself. It’s like she has grown an entirely new skin. It’s magic, Dumbledore-style. On the other hand, your mind begins to race as you’re trying to reconcile her with the character, and you wonder if she has everContinue reading “Seeing your friend suffer on stage”
Dave Cullen & Wally Lamb on Columbine
I read Dave Cullen’s Columbine while in Edinburgh this year (yes, that’s what I do on vacation, hang around pubs with a book about some horribly depressing subject, after all the museums close), and came away both impressed with the thorough analysis of the massacre and deeply moved by Cullen’s sensitivity to the subject matter.Continue reading “Dave Cullen & Wally Lamb on Columbine”
Rant: Clothes, beaches and how I’m apparently “the nerdy version of Paris Hilton”
Recently, I was talking to a friend about feminism when she said something that made me feel sad. We were talking about clothes and make-up and she mentioned how the tension surrounding these subjects is probably not going to go away any time soon. I forget what my reply was, if any, but I didContinue reading “Rant: Clothes, beaches and how I’m apparently “the nerdy version of Paris Hilton””
Natalia A. 