Posts tagged “russians”

  1. How To Tell If You Are in a Dostoevsky Novel

    By Summer Block

    in How To Tell If You’re In a Novel

    Previously in this series. You love a prostitute with your whole heart but you respect her too much to touch her, talk to her, or learn her name. You are in love with an earnest, loyal young man who adores you, so you've decided to marry a dissolute cad you despise in order to teach yourself a lesson. You've been sitting in this tavern for hours hoping no one notices your clothes are covered…

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  2. It’s Friday the Thirteenth: Tell Us Your Superstitions

    By Nicole Cliffe

    in Writing

    I'm sure you believe something weird. I'm relatively superstition-free, but I have close friends who are Russians, and some Russians (PLAYFUL STEREOTYPING, YOU ARE A DELIGHTFUL PEOPLE) are basically 13th century doctors in terms of their attachment to semi-magical ways to protect themselves and their loved ones from the vagaries of fate. EXAMPLE: Wishing someone a happy birthday before their actual birthday. Or having a party before their actual birthday. It's out! It's right out.

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