(Officially confirmed by ultrasound. But I knew as much anyway.) If my instincts are correct, this one will be a boy’s boy. A bit of an Alexander the Great (or Alexander of Macedonia, as they call him around here) underneath it all. A combination of his father’s spirit and his mother’s dorkage, I think. OneContinue reading “Pregnant with a “patriarchal oppressor”!”
Category Archives: The F-Word
Monster in the mirror: insecurity over looks is not awesome, and shouldn’t be required
“At least you guys can wear halters. I’ve got man-shoulders.” – Regina George. “Mean Girls.” That’s me at 13, backstage at the student theater. Looking at this photo 13 years later, I’m struck by how pretty I look. I was a pretty girl. I didn’t know it. In fact, every single time I looked inContinue reading “Monster in the mirror: insecurity over looks is not awesome, and shouldn’t be required”
Expats! In Moscow! Drinking! Banyas! Girls! And wishing daddy could see how naughty you’re being!
Disclaimer: Deirdre Clark, who uses the pen name Deirdre Dare, used to write a column for The Moscow News. MN is also the place where I work. Just putting that out there. The best part to this piece by Anna Blundy, on the life of Western expats in Moscow, can be found in the comments.Continue reading “Expats! In Moscow! Drinking! Banyas! Girls! And wishing daddy could see how naughty you’re being!”
You know what? Being a dominant dude is not ZOMG HORRIBLE
I’ve read this post on BDSM and the ensuing discussion of it on Feministe, and I am crestfallen (“crestfallen” – I like that word. It is underused and underrepresented, like many good things in life). It’s not the issue affecting the BDSM community – not to mention people’s weird reactions to BDSM – that troubleContinue reading “You know what? Being a dominant dude is not ZOMG HORRIBLE”
So I suppose I need to talk about this Susan Faludi “Electra” crap
I mean, just in case this whole Terminator 2 phase of my feminist blogging “career” is later described in children’s textbooks as merely “those months Antonova aired out her grievances regarding the writing of Camille Paglia – and posted funny pictures of cats”. Here’s a funny picture of a cat: Anyway, the points is, thisContinue reading “So I suppose I need to talk about this Susan Faludi “Electra” crap”
Natalia A. 