Go, read the interview with the leader of what is arguably one of the most scandalous organizations in Ukraine. I don’t necessarily agree with Anna on everything, but it was both fun and challenging to talk to her about boobs, sex tourists, prostitution, and the image of Ukrainian women abroad.
Category Archives: Work
From work: Sarah Jaffe on New Orleans 4 years after the flood
In my biased opinion, this piece on the anniversary of Hurricane Katrina was very, very good. It’s easy to forget New Orleans if you’re not actually in it, right? I’m not going to give you any platitudes about poverty and disaster, you can say them in your head already. Just, you know, let’s all pauseContinue reading “From work: Sarah Jaffe on New Orleans 4 years after the flood”
Links: from work, from friends & random bits
“Gift-shaped bruises” – me on the anti-domestic violence campaign in Ukraine. Good recent headline on Questioning Transphobia: “Lady Gaga’s Genitals Are Not Our Business.” Nope, they sure aren’t. Mmmm, abstinence. It’s only “sexy” for a girl to be abstinent, of course. JO Magazine has responded to criticism of its piece on Western female sex-tourists –Continue reading “Links: from work, from friends & random bits”
Me on Natalia Estemirova’s murder, others on more of the same
Do Natalia Estemirova’s killers feel like big, strong men? And on other murdered women: Questioning Transphobia on the murder of Kamilla (Lisa quoted me, so this could see like more shameless self-promotion, and for that, I apologize). Muslimah Media Watch on the murder of Marwa el-Sherbini, stabbed to death in a German courtroom because sheContinue reading “Me on Natalia Estemirova’s murder, others on more of the same”
Monday Music: the smoky new hair edition
Because I don’t own a decent digital camera, I can’t quite do justice to the efforts of 3+ hours at the hairdresser’s today. One of these days I’ll write an ode to Amman’s Toni & Guy. People tell me it’s clichéd to go there, but, for a year and a half now, my hair hasContinue reading “Monday Music: the smoky new hair edition”
Natalia A. 