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[terrorgore]

hdrava lifejournal! i think we will try something extra-ordinary today, wherein this blorg masquerades as one of those stylishly angled Food Blogs. i give you ottoman-bosnian BAKLAVA, which mum & i scoffed lots of in sarajevo. i can say, hands-the-fuck-down, that it was the best baklava i ever met - no small statement cos you can rest assured i've

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[terrorgore]

oy oy, transylvania shit yes! where exactly? i really like the idea of this place, you know? & romanian seems like quite an approachable language.. although i guess hungarian might be more kosher in some parts there.

i'm applying for places in iraqi kurdistan for the winter. harbouring vague plans of starting uni somewhere next september so i'll have quite a few months spare in between. & kurdistan is really just down the road from t-stan... right neighborhood & all...

& hey i got & devoured your zine yesterday when i got back to vienna! i really enjoyed it hey. i think i always felt pretty ignorant/ambivalent (in terms of having a formulated opinion) on the sex industry - my experience is totally limited to having a few friends in it at various times. & i still feel this way, you know? but i agreed with your line of reasoning completely - & i think prohibition with regards to most things is folly bordering on the terrifying anyway, right? why should prostitution be any different?

i've experienced similar frustrations with various self-professed feminists with regards to palestine & islam - whether it's their reluctance to "support a struggle that oppresses women" or having just written off the hijab entirely as another means of subjugation.

[jinxremoving]

Ack! I got turned down today for the Transylvania assignment, so I will not be living there. Although I got an open invitation to visit anyway, so you know, a nice rejection as these things go. Still, it would also be nice to know where I'll be. Currently holding out for a couple months in Mallorca around the start of the year.

I can't go to Turkmenistan with aforementioned friend now, because the logistics of getting in there are clunky and she doesn't have enough free time, so we're talking about visiting Georgia instead. But I am still open to Turkmenistan if you want to come with me!!!

I got your zine too! And I haven't read it yet because a) I am saving it as an extra special treat and b) I, um, keep watching Blossom DVDs. But REST ASSURED I am looking forward to reading it. I also just WON A FREE COPY of Andrew Mueller's book Rock And Hard Places. Are you familiar with him? He also wrote I Wouldn't Start From Here which I am reading for the third time. Also he is Australian so obviously you know him. Anyway, the books include his experiences in Palestine and Iraq and many others and are worth a look.

Also OMG YES. I think it is really interesting that sex workers and Muslim women have this thing in common: that other women tell them they're not feminist because of their choices, and that they're suffering from false consciousness, and all that shit. And possibly the hijab debates are EVEN MORE REPETITIVE AND STUPID than the sex work wars. Plus the headlines always use riffs on the word 'unveiled', which is very very headdesky.