Equality
USA can’t pay back its debts but gets to keep AAA rating. Greece, Portugal or Spain don’t. WHO has stopped the research on male birth control injections because tests show that men gained weight and...
View ArticleHands On – a new definition
In her interview for the August issue of Vogue, Sarah Jessica Parker explained that she and her husband are hands-on parents: they only have a nanny for the 2 years old twins and someone to “help with...
View ArticleRossini, Beethoven, Haydn, Händl and the Flag
Last night, I was excited to hear my first concert at the Hollywood Bowl. This legendary venue was supposed to add to my experiences of Opera Garnier, The Met, La Scala and Wiener Staatsoper (Covent...
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The Tree of Art
Ironically, I watched Terrence Malick’s The Tree of Life one day after I came up with the outline for my script about women from my island Zlarin. I wrote the outline for the script writing class at...
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L.A. Breasts
L.A. Magazine’s October issue is dedicated to L.A. Women. What a great idea! Maria Shriver on the cover, described as strong, smart, iconic. 2 pages about women who changed the game, 2 pages of a...
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Occupy Wall Street
Yes, I’ve been there. I had to. I am for change. I wrote about things Occupy people are fighting against (and for) in my essay about the financial crisis back in 2008 (see my “Ana Almighty” article in...
View ArticleWall Street Brennt
Yesterday’s blog in German: http://www.zib21.com/19438/anataj/wall-street-brennt/#comments
View ArticleReconnect
Yesterday, Black Friday (day after Thanksgiving, when sales start in US), a woman pulled out pepper spray and injured 20 people in order to get a discounted Xbox. A man was leaving a store with his...
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And my Oscar goes to: The Skin
I know it’s 2 days later, but the Oscar just won’t leave me alone. Yes, there was the one great painful irony of the night: Billy Crystal noticing how refreshing it is in the midst of the global...
View ArticleBrave. And Selfish. And Disrespectful.
I simply had to see Brave – it is a story of a tough little medieval princess with gorgeous hair. I also still have a thing for Disney princesses. And fairytales. That incredible cloud of red curls,...
View ArticleSlut Dropping
Lots of interesting stuff is popping up as Miss Representation’s Facebook status. Readers of my blog will know why I like most of them. And also why I dislike some of them. I’m all for power to women –...
View ArticleSimone’s comment to my previous post
Something for my German speaking readers. I wanted to follow up on my previous entry – and before I did, I found almost the same description and opinion in Simone de Beauvoir’s “New York, mon amour” –...
View Article“Some Girls, Some Hats and Hitler” – and Simone
I did it again, and I enjoyed it as much as always: A Literary Cocktail. This time, two books by two completely different women, both describing their experiences of the WWII, both magically...
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Sandy, the real witch & Goldman Sachs, the real God
I am happy that all of my friends in NYC are well. I hope the city – and here I mean its people – will show its amazing stamina once again and get back to its feet very soon. And here the most amazing...
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Yes, you can! Part II
As ridiculous as it may sound, I wish that US voters behaved like nothing has changed. I wish they had the same enthusiasm they had in 2008. Because they still urgently need change, they still urgently...
View ArticleSkyfall
Dear James, I was your biggest fan. I miss you! You used to be the most incredible man I’ve ever seen. You were handsome, stylish and elegant. You had class. There was an aristocratic air to you. You...
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Bye-bye Margaret!
O.K., so Margaret Thatcher is dead. She passed away couple of days ago and my Facebook wall is still full of her. As my friends are mostly left wing intellectuals (am I bragging?), my wall looks like a...
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And HELLO Beyoncé!
Beyonce just started her world tour yesterday with a concert in Belgrade. And here is what she had to show us: Nipples. Really Beyonce? What’s next? Stylized insides of your vagina? Tasteless. (And I...
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International Workers’ Day and the Power of Information
1st of May is one of the days I miss Vienna the most. I miss big red-and-white flags hanging from the historic houses, and the blissful peace I feel when I wake up: As it is workers’ holiday, the...
View ArticleLet Angie Be…. StrAngie.
When I turned on Facebook today and saw posts about Angelina Jolie’s article in New York Times in which she talks about her preventive double mastectomy (and it sounds like an upcoming preventive...
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