ALWAYS ASK FOR SAMPLES
There are very few universal truths: as far as I’m aware, there are two. First, more books is better than less books. Second, whenever you are in a place that sells make-up, skin care or perfume, you must ask for samples. When I’ll finally get to writing tha..
7 Science Fiction and Fantasy Books for Feminists
I considered calling this post “7 Science Fiction and Fantasy Books for Normal People”, as it’s kind of the same, but I’m hoping that having “feminism” in the title will get me a huge amount of clicks! If you’re a long-time reader of SF&F, you know how relen..
Unter den Linden
Never mind the 700 hundred years of oppression, one thing we should always thank the Baltic German nobility for (if someone happens to ask what they’ve ever done for us), is the linden alleys they left behind. I spoke about the Estonian manors briefly in thi..
Summer 2015: Make-Up Edit
Life is cruel: I was delaying this article until the weather here would at least vaguely resemble summer. This finally happened last weekend, so I got the post ready for today and… now it’s horrible and grey again. But this important matter cannot wait any..
A Notebook for Nerds
I’m somewhat of an unlikely nerd. Well, it doesn’t seem unlikely to me, but often seems to come as a surprise to others. Apparently, if you’re blond and wear red lipstick, you cannot be one. (Feminist is the other thing you cannot be with characteristics lik..
Why I Blog
“So, how do you plan to monetize your blog?” This is not a question I ever expected to hear, but it has been asked several times now, in all seriousness, by nice people I like. Leaving aside the fact that there isn’t much to monetize anyway (8000 visitors is..
Mizon Hyaluronic Acid 100
I’ve been slowly making a dent in the Korean skincare I bought a while back. Not an easy task, considering the unreasonable amount of things I acquired, but there is one thing I have been using almost every day: Mizon Hyaluronic Acid 100. As this is the one ..
The Scent of El Born
I ended up in El Born by accident. The plan for that day in Barcelona was to visit the Fundación Antoni Tapies, but it was closed, as the new exhibition was being set up. Disappointed, we headed towards the museum of Picasso, but the long queue put us off. T..
Pa Amb Tomàquet
I have just got back from Barcelona and am still not recovered from this unfortunate turn of events. The sun, the sea, the crazy restaurant hours (I swear locals don’t even contemplate dinner before 10PM), the tapas, the seafood, all gone. To ease the transi..
Christian Louboutin Pigalle Shoes
Yesterday’s high maintenance post reminded me that I should quickly note down my thoughts on Louboutins, for the benefit of mankind. And by ‘should’ I mean I feel like doing it and by ‘mankind’ I mean that minuscule amount of people who have ever considered ..