Lydia ZvyagintsevaThe Tiger MenaceThe Kijiji seller claimed the puppy was a Boxer-Labrador cross. I was looking for a Boxer as a silly, playful mate for my first dog Nula…Jun 15, 2023Jun 15, 2023
Lydia ZvyagintsevaThe Good Times Are Killing Me: Glass Bookshop ReviewGlass Bookshop — located at 9553 76 Avenue NW — is an independent bookstore in Edmonton specializing in writing by women, Black…Jun 9, 2023Jun 9, 2023
Lydia ZvyagintsevaLawrence Avenue EastLawrence Avenue is a major street running through Toronto, but I think of it as the river of my youth. Though I have lived in Scarborough…Jun 3, 2023Jun 3, 2023
Lydia ZvyagintsevaThe Ghosts of MariupolThe inhuman power of capital’s drive for death.Aug 20, 2022Aug 20, 2022
Lydia ZvyagintsevaTrading Space for TimeNo one gives a shit about Donbas. If they have heard of this place at all — if they have conceptualized it not as a province, but rather a…Jul 5, 2022Jul 5, 2022
Lydia ZvyagintsevaThe SwitchThe trill of the tundra swans carries down from 20,000 feet, but you won’t need it where you are going.Jun 8, 2022Jun 8, 2022
Lydia ZvyagintsevaOn refusal and the challenge of thinking collectively.Reading “Refusing Research” to interrogate the kind of knowledge made possible, and why we revert to individual conceptions of action.Mar 5, 2021Mar 5, 2021
Lydia ZvyagintsevaOn Violence: Rupture and Saturation of the contemporary experienceExamining positive and negative violence through Byung-Chul Han’s theory.Jan 9, 2021Jan 9, 2021
Lydia ZvyagintsevaOn Death, Part 1.“More life, more everything” — Drake, “Free Smoke”Dec 30, 2020Dec 30, 2020
Lydia ZvyagintsevaNew Materialism and a commitment to philosophyWhat is the use of philosophy today? The only thing more embarrassing than declaring oneself a philosopher these days is perhaps to come…Oct 2, 2020Oct 2, 2020