Hey, I'm Mawt! Born in Moscow, spent my formative years in St Petersburg pursuing a degree in Asian and African studies (linguistics/social anthropology). Currently working as an English teacher and living in Eskişehir, Turkey with my husband while doing my Master's in language pedagogy.

Couchsurfing used to be an essential part of my life as both a traveler and a host, but I haven't been active in recent years.

兴趣

• culture
• literature
• poetry
• folklore
• womens rights
• wine
• music
• animation
• anthropology
• teaching
• etymology
• history
• languages
• psychology
• hitchhiking
• cinema
• linguistics
• gastronomy
• graphic novels
• social studies
• comic books
• ethnography
• bookstores
• documentary film
• book crossing
• western animation

音乐、电影和书籍

Music:
emo, post-hardcore, melodic hardcore, punk rock, pop punk (don't judge me), folk punk, post-rock, experimental, indie
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Literature:

Into non-fiction recently (gender studies, political studies and political anthropology, social anthropology, economic anthropology). Fiction-wise, I'm into Italian literature A LOT, and here's a list of my all-time favorites:
Probably everything by Italo Calvino
'L'Écume des jours' by Boris Vian
'Balthazar and Blimunda' by José Saramago
'Everything is illuminated', 'Extremely loud and incredibly close' by Jonathan Safran Foer
'The twins trilogy' by Ágota Kristóf
'Catch-22' by Joseph Heller
'The suitcase' by Sergey Dovlatov

Also, INDIE COMIC BOOKS! I love collecting print comics and getting to know local comic artist scenes. No marvel/dc or weeb shit, please.

+ A huge advocate of book swapping/book crossing. Also, a huge sucker for second-hand bookstores and public libraries (any tips will be most appreciated).
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Movies: mostly documentaries recently.
All-time favorite movie? 'Rocky Horror Picture Show'!

Favorite animation films:
'Persepolis' by Marjane Satrapi, 'Sita sings the blues' by Nina Paley, 'Le chat du rabbin' by Joann Sfar, 'I married a strange person!' by Bill Plympton, 'The Prophet' by Roger Allers, some works by Michel Ocelot and Jean-François Laguionie
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TV series: lots, mostly sitcoms.

It's always sunny in Philadelphia, Trailer Park Boys, Parks and Recreation, Bojack Horseman, Scrubs etc.

我做过的一件不可思议的事情

Hitchhiked with an ISIS fighter, slept in a remote desert wrapped in the goat skin, spontaneously visited the residence of one country's king, stayed in the house of a security guard of a well-known war criminal and human rights violator... Just to name a few (the 'amazingness' of those, however, is highly debatable).

教，学，和分享

Can teach you Russian, English, or basics of East African languages (if you ever need them).

我游览过的国家

Albania, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Iran, Jordan, Lebanon, Macedonia, Russian Federation, Rwanda, Serbia, Turkey

我居住过的国家

Russian Federation, Rwanda, Turkey

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