I was coming home late from the center today, riding in a marshrutka (a small bus where you can request stops). I wasn’t really paying any attention to the people around me, engrossed as I was with the latest playlist on my iPod and the wind on my face, but I did notice a coupleContinue reading “A moment of marshrutka goodness”
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Monday Music: the post-25th birthday wind & rain edition
This is good weather for staying in to work with a cat hanging around in your general vicinity. The sun comes and goes, and never stays long enough. I recently fished out this picture taken with Fanty in Amman, shortly before leaving for London earlier this year. There’s something about it. That entire “photo-session” completelyContinue reading “Monday Music: the post-25th birthday wind & rain edition”
From Ariel: migratory consent and the definition of “home”
I found Ariel’s Feministe guest-post on migratory consent fascinating, particularly because it succinctly put into words some very immediate personal questions that I’ve been going over in my head for a number of years now. Ariel’s makes the distinction between forced migration and voluntary migration, but leaves a lot of room in-between. I’ve been wonderingContinue reading “From Ariel: migratory consent and the definition of “home””
Some thoughts on turning 25 :)
I want to thank the people who’ve joined me in celebrating this occasion. I normally hate birthdays, but this one felt even more special and, consequentially, daunting than all of the other ones. I think that 25 is a good time to stop, think, reassess and re-imagine yourself and your work. Sometimes, doing it aloneContinue reading “Some thoughts on turning 25 :)”
David and I are running around and being tourists
And consuming gummy bear-flavoured beverages. It’s always nice to see your city through the eyes of a first-time visitor. You discover things that you had previously glossed over. Such as the old airplanes and the old guns (stuff that David’s pretty keen on).
Natalia A. 