This article on the BBC made me think back to Joss Whedon’s question (I’ve quote it on this blog before): ” What is wrong with women? I mean wrong. Physically. Spiritually. Something unnatural, something destructive, something that needs to be corrected. How did more than half the people in the world come out incorrectly? IContinue reading “Fruit of thy womb”
Category Archives: The F-Word
Blog-stroll on Pokrov
Pokrov is an Eastern Orthodox religious holiday. It’s been a long time since I’ve spent Pokrov at home. I like it. It’s happy and low-key and very, very peaceful. Ali Eteraz is… being Ali Eteraz. And pissing off Yvonne Ridley. Ye-a. Pandagon’s latest book selection is Susan Faludi’s The Terror Dream. The dissection of theContinue reading “Blog-stroll on Pokrov”
You can’t always get what you want
A woman living next door to my aunt here in Kiev was attacked last month. She and her rommate were private masseurs: good-looking, surgically altered, and in the habit of charging large fees, if their rent was any indication. I don’t know if they advertised sex-work – but they have gently implied to my (conservative)Continue reading “You can’t always get what you want”
Smell sweet, and carry a big stick
Off her feet with the crumbs she throws you. – Kim Carnes. My grandmother was never what you would call a stereotypically attractive woman. She had no shortage of “gentlemen suitors,” but she was no beauty. She was just endearingly herself. She was loud, direct, well-organized, good-humoured, and confident. Instead of being shy on accountContinue reading “Smell sweet, and carry a big stick”
Natalia’s take on… whatever the hell just happened
I don’t need to fight, to prove I’m right; I don’t need to be forgiven. – The Who (it’s currently playing in my head after too much of “CSI: New York”). I don’t normally like writing about things that happen in the comments’ sections of other people’s blogs. It seems petty. But then again, whateverContinue reading “Natalia’s take on… whatever the hell just happened”
Natalia A. 