Comments | heresybythought: An evening in front of the Russian electronic hearth. Or, trannies and Putin

heresybythought

An evening in front of the Russian electronic hearth. Or, trannies and Putin

Nov 09, 2007 10:18

Last night I was watching my favorite Russian TV show "Let's Talk!" with my host parents. Lena informed me it was about "relationships between the sexes" but it was really about transexualism in Russia. They were talking to an FTM who was fighting to get the gender on his passport changed so he could legally be his children's father and marry his ( Read more... )

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digopheliadug November 9 2007, 16:35:30 UTC

A lot of the students they quoted in that article were seriously annoying. People are lame, I miss my Ana.

I got my pre-departure info packet for Cairo today... I'm so excited!

heresybythought November 9 2007, 16:51:20 UTC

Yeah, most of them were lame. I don't know why people study abroad if it isn't to actually immerse themselves in a new culture and language.

digopheliadug November 9 2007, 16:53:38 UTC

My classes are in English in Cairo. I'm a loser. The uni's still like 80% Egyptian and another 10% misc. Arab, though, so I feel redeemed.

heresybythought November 12 2007, 11:08:47 UTC

Well, I'm taking 8 credits of Russian language, 4 credits of an English language class, and 4 credits of Arabic. So I'm not that hardcore either. But if you put the effort into really learning Arabic, it'll work out. :-)

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heresybythought November 9 2007, 16:52:47 UTC

I've been taking pictures of political ads and will put them up on fb/lj somepoint soon. I'm going to wait a few more weeks to see if any new parties start advertising.

zibbyoneal January 14 2008, 01:14:27 UTC

I liked the part about the vegan discovering meat.