The Right to Love

We all want to be loved, don’t we? Even those who passionately prove the beauty of a solitary life still, one way or another, have at least some close people who could share with them both joy and sorrow, victories and failures...

The Paradox of Faith 

It so happened that Ukraine operates on the principle of a secular state, under which the church is separated from the system of governance and no religion is mandatory...

Irresponsible Stars

We often don’t feel like making decisions. Tell me, hasn’t that ever happened to you? You stand in a supermarket...

I hate weapons

Simple and concise, right? Yet despite its straightforward spelling, punctuation, and style, this sentence carries far more history than the books of Russian novelists...

The voices of the voiceless

A long time ago, my husband got that tattoo. Back then, we had only been dating for a miserable four years, so I did not really dig too deeply into the mysterious riddles of ink under the skin in the form of a bracelet on his wrist...

The Brand of Death

We all live in a world of symbols and logos. Look around–you’ll see that every device, every everyday item carries some kind of brand mark...

Olympic Dislikes

Human nature is fairly simple, even primitive, and we are driven by just two basic concepts: we either like something or we don’t. That’s it — full stop, the end of the post...

A Cinematic Set-Up

“Hi everyone, my name is Viktoriia, and I… love movies.” That’s roughly how I’d start my first meeting of Movie Lovers Anonymous—if my family ever decided to sign me up after seeing how much money I spend on films...

Humane Principles in an Inhumane World

Another year has come to an end, turning the page of the chronicle of our lives. As always, it leaves us with memories of the not-so-distant past — moments when we felt joy, sadness, fear, pain, love, and many other emotions...

The Forgotten World of Derry in Our Time

The mysterious world of the town of Derry, which according to Stephen King’s legend is located in the state of Maine, has captivated us — fans of horror, mysticism, and fantasy — our imagination and our deepest fears since September 1986...