Signatures are no longer being collected, but if you can read Ukrainian, this open letter to the President is useful to browse nonetheless. Basically, people are outraged that on the 8th of March, International Women’s Day, the President launched into a saccharine speech about how the ladiez are so lovely and admired by men… inContinue reading “Ukrainian women react against Yushchenko’s sexist and silly 8th of March speech”
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Pride, Prejudice and Ukraine, the Beloved Country
I get accused of hating my roots nearly as much as I get accused of being a nationalistic Ukrainian. It’s like walking a tight-rope while balancing a stack of Wedgwood plates on my head. Consider, for example, the extent of anti-Jewish sentiment in Ukraine. There are members of my extended family who are Jewish, andContinue reading “Pride, Prejudice and Ukraine, the Beloved Country”
“So, why do you pay for it, Vanya?”
The following conversation took place while I was on one of my regular visits back home to Kiev, Ukraine. After I left, a number of points still needed to be clarified – and eventually were, through e-mail. The name Vanya is not the real name of the man I spoke with. In fact, all namesContinue reading ““So, why do you pay for it, Vanya?””
My City the year before I was born
… With a whole lot less billboards and cars. Still the same City though. The home of Bulgakov like he would never see it – except that something about his descriptions of it is still tattooed on every stone, old and new. “Як тебе не любити, Києве мій?” The seeming benevolence of the City asContinue reading “My City the year before I was born”
Sunday Snowday Intermission
In November, Kyiv often looks like it does today: For whatever reason snow usually goes away in December, but until then even old buildings look spruced up in white. Enjoying the cold is more fun when there’s someone warm (and proferring a mug of hot chocolate) to come back to at home, but I’ve beenContinue reading “Sunday Snowday Intermission”
Natalia A. 