As anyone with even a cursory knowledge of misogyny in Saudi Arabia could guess, the decision to “allow” Saudi women… Read more Hollywood Nights Like Saudi Arabian Days
Category: Short Story
A Yalı on the Bosphorus
The opening notes to “Flipside” burst forth from a yalı that Zehra had never noticed to be occupied before. In… Read more A Yalı on the Bosphorus
Sogni D’Oro
She lived in a small town. The kind that dreams are built on but that can never come true for… Read more Sogni D’Oro
Thomas J But With Mosquitoes
I don’t really understand people who don’t “get” certain pop culture references merely because of their age. When I was… Read more Thomas J But With Mosquitoes
The Puka Shell Necklace Stalker
Adam lived in Beverly Hills and dressed like it was forever 1999: puka shell necklace, khaki cargos and Abercrombie and… Read more The Puka Shell Necklace Stalker
The Hyenas
It was one thing to see the iconic animated hyenas of The Lion King. There was something approachable and friendly… Read more The Hyenas
A Premonitory Word
On a street corner in December of 2012, she sees it. A standard-issue sort of graffito that reads simply and… Read more A Premonitory Word
The Boredom of Beauty
“I had to let you go because you were too beautiful. Beauty bores me,” he tells me. It’s an excuse… Read more The Boredom of Beauty
Raphaël
Raphaël hasn’t been in Paris long. So he says. He just wants to make a few new friends, get a… Read more Raphaël
Agnès Varda Isn’t Old
“Agnès Varda? Isn’t she the old woman?” this doe-eyed French twat with the requisite mousy brown hair and fair skin… Read more Agnès Varda Isn’t Old
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