I read this recent piece by Elizabeth Wurtzel with a mixture of recognition, sympathy, fear and frustration. Wurtzel is constantly derided as a pointless narcissist, but she has a lot of texture. Yeah, she’s absorbed in herself, but she submerges beautifully. She gives us something to marvel at in the process. There’s a nakedness toContinue reading “Dear Elizabeth Wurtzel – you’re OK, really”
Category Archives: Pop Culture Essays
Monday Music: the Yaroslava Edition
I’ve been reading the excellent Phonogram. Thinking about music as a kind of amber that can preserve both the beautiful and the bloody. In Kiev last week, I toook a break from Phonogramming away and met a friend for drinks comparatively late one night, then caught one of the newer marshrutkas home. Now this particular death-on-wheelsContinue reading “Monday Music: the Yaroslava Edition”
This Stupid Slag is Not Amused by Tanya Gold
If you follow me on Twitter, you probably know that I’ve no love lost for Tanya Gold’s recent writing on the Guardian. First she labels all beauty contestants as stupid slags who should be used as battering rams and tampons, and now she has decided to compliment the lovely Susan Boyle by calling her aContinue reading “This Stupid Slag is Not Amused by Tanya Gold”
Dear God, Seth Rogen, Rape is Rape
Happy Easter to everyone on the Gregorian Calendar! Sorry the subject matter of this post is not more…er… fluffy bunny-esque. When I saw the ads for “Observe & Report,” I already knew it probably wasn’t going to be my type of movie. I like Seth Rogen and Anna Faris, and I find Jody Hill likableContinue reading “Dear God, Seth Rogen, Rape is Rape”
Natalia’s Awesome Post-81st Academy Awards Spiel
I woke up at 3 a.m., like a good girl, and turned my TV on. Since the timezone I’m in has a 7-hour difference with the East Coast of the United States, this was what was required of me in order to be able to watch the show live. I don’t think I’ve watched thisContinue reading “Natalia’s Awesome Post-81st Academy Awards Spiel”
Natalia A. 