Published in An Injustice!·PinnedMember-onlymen, having a big penis doesn’t make you less of a dickBig. Everything is so big. Why did Mr Big have to be big in Sex and the City? Why wasn’t he Mr Small? Mr Average? Mr Just Like The Most Men? — A big dick is just what I want. A big dick is just what I always wanted. I say always because ‘always’ sounds melodramatic, excessive, over-the-top, and simplistic — all the things that make writing spicy and burn on your tongue. Just a sprinkle of dried cayenne pepper to make…Men6 min readMen6 min read
PinnedMember-onlywelcome to the FUCKING DARK AGES — Ukraine war, day 274looking for the englightemnet in Goodwine — This morning I’m spending in Goodwine. It’s a supermarket for rich people. I pretend to be rich. I get in. I pass by racks of expensive wine. I assume the wine is good. I buy the most expensive filter coffee in Kyiv. I take a seat — thank gods of…War4 min readWar4 min read
Published in Human Parts·PinnedMember-onlyi just want to read a booka new form of privilege — Last Sunday, I bought “Conversations with Friends” by Sally Rooney. In Kyiv, it’s rare to stumble on a book in English without Stephen King’s name on it, but I found it. It was jammed between Rooney’s larger novel “Beautiful World, Where Are You” and another book the name of which…Life Lessons4 min readLife Lessons4 min read
PinnedMember-onlyUkraine war, day 1 — morningSerhiy wakes me up and says: “Putin declared war on Ukraine” — Last night we came back from Lviv to Kyiv. We were thinking about staying here for a couple of days to plan our next actions, gather the rest of our belongings and head back to the western part of Ukraine. We went to sleep at 2 a.m. 5 a.m. My…War3 min readWar3 min read
6 days agoMember-onlyhow to write like John Greenlessons from the expert in coming—of—age — John Green is a forever teenager stuck in the body of a forty-something years old man with serious glasses and a warm smile. He’s a likeable character, an objectively successful writer, and a good guy. …Writing5 min readWriting5 min read
Nov 20Member-onlyyoung snow shines through the darknessare you excited? — Snow is sticky and it hurts like fire but it’s just icy cold. My hands land on the… frozen land and move fast to make a snowball. It’s easy. This young snow is very ball-friendly. A ball is in my right hand. The ball files straight into a tree. The…Self3 min readSelf3 min read
Nov 17Member-onlyUkraine war, day 267 — fucking morningdo you know how a morning in Ukraine starts? — An air raid alert begins at 8 am. You wake up at 9 am. You don’t eat anything because at 9:30 am the electricity goes off. You can’t cook anything. Serhiy had leftovers from yesterday. I had nothing. We have to work so we go out looking for a coffee…Ukraine2 min readUkraine2 min read
Nov 16Member-onlydo you eat ice cream and write when tired?I eat ice cream and I scream inside — It’s when you have a whole tube of ice cream every day — you realize I’m tired I’ve just finished eating a chocolate vegan ice cream. Again. I did so yesterday. And the day before. Flavours differ. Size remains the same. Sometimes I share it with my boyfriend. Sometimes I…Self4 min readSelf4 min read
Nov 15Member-onlyUkraine war, day 265 — mixtapeBuzzing, sirens, explosions — do you want to hear the mixtape of the war? — These days I go to sleep with a buzzing sound in my ears. Tinnitus? No, the sound isn’t the product of my hearing malfunction. The buzzing is outside my head. My boyfriend can hear it too. Everyone can. The sound is objective, and it comes from an external source —…War4 min readWar4 min read
Nov 14Member-onlywhen autumn comes — the wheel of life changes its way from up to downhitting the bottom doesn’t always mean a bad thing — I hop on a green scooter, take a turn from the yard to the main road and scoot all the way down Klovsky Uzviz. My jacket is unzipped, out of habit. The cold wind is resisting my descent with a friendly hostility — my eyes meet that resistance with drops…Life4 min readLife4 min read
