Emilia PalaveevaThe Drawer of Crotchless DisappointmentIt is gone. She checks her bottom nightstand drawer. Rummages through the delicate lingerie, which she secretly puts on every few months…·6 min read·Feb 22, 2021----
Emilia PalaveevaHope Chasing: Trials and ResolutionsWhy trials are not necessarily a (big) reason for hope — The freedom of cancer—How to recap the year and think about New Year resolutions·3 min read·Jan 1, 2020----
Emilia PalaveevaHope ChasingWhat is hope chasing — Why the world does not need another cancer memoir — Why cancer jokes are funny — What to do with a four leaf clover·3 min read·Nov 4, 2019--1--1
Emilia PalaveevaSanta, the Undertaker“I will send you off, sooner or later,” my uncle would mutter under his breath with a snigger when the unpredictability of daily life…·4 min read·May 6, 2019----
Emilia PalaveevainIxDAPersonalization: The Swimsuit EditionIf we are already giving up so much of our data and our privacy, should we not demand more from personalization?·6 min read·Apr 23, 2019--1--1
Emilia PalaveevainPickle ForkThe Quality of PaperHave you ever thought of starting an activity or a hobby without the right tools? What a travesty!·3 min read·Mar 24, 2019----
Emilia PalaveevaSurgery for Women“Maybe we should call him Ferdinand instead?” I tell my daughter. “He has the personality of an Austrian asshole.”·3 min read·Mar 19, 2019--1--1
Emilia PalaveevaHow to Stop Chasing the Perfect Body and Become a Writer InsteadThe two noble pursuits share a lot of similarities. The transition from one to the other requires only replacing one kind of vanity with…6 min read·Feb 20, 2019----
Emilia Palaveeva20 Questions for the Minister for Loneliness“[T]he British government has appointed a minister of loneliness…” ~Times Literary Supplement, February 1, 20192 min read·Feb 17, 2019--1--1
Emilia PalaveevaTestsI am in a crib. I do not speak or cannot speak because I am little. There are people who come to look at me. When they approach I pull a…·5 min read·Feb 9, 2019----