I’d hate to see what kind of bile Germaine Greer would dump on my life if it were as scrutinized and well-publicized as the late Princess Diana’s. Here’s an uncomfortable truth: Almost everyone’s life is a mess. Perhaps there are monks on Aphon, or totem pole carvers in Alaska who have things figured out –Continue reading “The case for (?) Diana”
Category Archives: The F-Word
As someone who used to be into checking out rich, older, handsome men
This post on double standards really ticked my fancy. Particularly this comment from nausicaa: When men are attracted to hot, younger women, it’s “just natural — can’t fight biology, man.” When women are attracted to rich, older, handsome men, it’s because they’re shameless golddiggers with daddy complexes. Ka-ching. Another gem from the same thread: I’mContinue reading “As someone who used to be into checking out rich, older, handsome men”
Everyone’s a moron. Except for the pasty, shirtless dude.
I recently had the displeasure of watching something called Burning Burqa Challenge Idea. I suppose the entire thing was supposed to be witty and provocative. As weirded out as I am by women veiling their faces in Western countries (you get used to niqab in all of five minutes in the UAE), I found theContinue reading “Everyone’s a moron. Except for the pasty, shirtless dude.”
Boy With Berries, Girl With Gun
Who was the enemy? What past wrong was she seeking to avenge? Where was her battlefield? Not in any one place. It was in the air all around, it was in the texture of the world itself; or it was somewhere visible, it was in among the neurons, the tiny incandescent fires of the brainContinue reading “Boy With Berries, Girl With Gun”
As if I needed one more reason to fall in mad, mad love with Joss Whedon
You don’t even have to believe in womb envy as scientific theory (although I, for one, have entertained these thoughts – and continue to entertain them, especially wherein evolutionary science is concerned) to see the guy for what he is: thoughtful, compassionate, and utterly brilliant. I used to say that I am ever half theContinue reading “As if I needed one more reason to fall in mad, mad love with Joss Whedon”
Natalia A. 