Good ol’ Camille Paglia! That fearless contrarian, ready to make fellow liberals quake in their Birkenstocks at a moment’s notice! Well, maybe. I’ve yet to meet a single liberal who consistently takes Paglia seriously, but, you know, just because we’ve never seen the Loch Ness Monster doesn’t mean it’s not out there. Paglia trumpets herContinue reading “Paglia’s Crush, Palin; Paglia’s Ex, Feminism”
Category Archives: Pop Culture Essays
Goodbye Paul Newman, Goodbye Blue Eyes
While I was busy hopping planes and reading Orthodox prayers at dangerous altitudes, Paul Newman passed away. He was a sex symbol way before I was even born, leading most of my friends to diagnose my crush on him as a symptom of raging insecurities. In some ways, I suppose my friends were correct. ButContinue reading “Goodbye Paul Newman, Goodbye Blue Eyes”
Sex, Immaturity, Britney, Bristol, and Good Old Americana
This post on The Interculturalists reminded me of the one thing that I’ll never get over in regards to the US of A: this tee-hee-omigod-wee-wees-and-hoo-haas attitude toward sex and procreation in our collective public discourse. Now, do I think that all French people couldn’t give a crap about Rachida Dati’s pregnancy (Rachida Dati is unmarried,Continue reading “Sex, Immaturity, Britney, Bristol, and Good Old Americana”
Stallone and Schwarzenegger: My Two Dads
This essays discusses my two *honourary* fathers. My biological father, Mr. Antonov, is very much my actual dad. To say that I was raised on action movies would be a gross understatement. As a child, action movies were oxygen, sustaining this little life-form in a hostile and airless universe. They usually ended well, and reducedContinue reading “Stallone and Schwarzenegger: My Two Dads”
Zombie Purism: My Creepy Creature Can Beat Up Your Creepy Creature!
Continuing with the theme of terrifying creatures – how about them zombies? Particularly, how about the representations of zombies in film? Even more particularly – should zombies walk, or should they run? Now, the debates about walking vs. running are at the surface of zombie purism, yet at the heart of it also lies theContinue reading “Zombie Purism: My Creepy Creature Can Beat Up Your Creepy Creature!”
Natalia A. 