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Wonder Woman: Not Quite a Review
As you can probably guess based on the frequency of posting, my time reserves are extremely limited at the moment. The Estonian EU Presidency will start on 1 July and we are all officially doing 6-day work weeks now, not to mention the unofficial over time. ..
Lauren Elkin’s Flâneuse and Book Regrets
A good colleague asked me recently how often I regret reading a book. We had a long conversation about it, but the short answer is: almost never. As a quick glance at my Goodreads profile will tell you, this is not because I only read masterpieces. In fact, ..
Georgia O’Keeffe at Tate Modern: Bones over Flowers
I spent a weekend in London recently. It’s something I always enjoy, but this time it was even better than usual – partly because of the Georgia O’Keeffe exhibition at the Tate Modern. As it’s open for another two months, I thought I’d encourage you to go an..
The A-Word
I cannot really remember the time when I didn’t think about myself as a feminist. There certainly was one: I do recall reading The Second Sex and A Room of One’s Own in my early twenties and being almost shocked by the truths in them, so I cannot have been v..
Woman of the Month: Diana Athill
I know Diana Athill – or I know OF Diana Athill, to be more precise – because I’m a regular reader of The Guardian. In 2009, they published an essay by Athill, who was already over 90 at the time, about why she decided to move into an old people’s home. I re..
Margaret Kilgallen and Her Bobby Pin
I had planned a style post for today and we were going to have a little photo shoot by the sea in the morning, on the stony beach of Toila. But J had twisted his ankle quite badly, so instead of posing in the sun, I spent the first half of the day in the ER ..
Alexandra David-Néel
Let it never be said that nothing good has ever come from drinking very expensive tea. If I had not been exploring the shelves of Mariage Freres the other day, I would probably never have learned about Alexandra David-Néel, a fascinating woman after whom Mar..
Amanda Fucking Palmer and The Art of Asking
Amanda Palmer makes me uncomfortable. I’m probably not unique in that, but the reason this reaction is somewhat interesting – at least to me – is that I simultaneously like her a lot. I have a general policy of liking intense, interesting, creative, kick-ass..