Subject: Re: electronic journals-Donna Wheeler to David Dowling
Date: Thu,From owner-postcolonial  Thu Jul  6 17:27:35 1995
Date: Thu, 6 Jul 1995 13:27:35 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Re:Hope this won't be regarded as a flame, but I just have to ask...



I'm new to this list, so my response to the posting below is a bit off 
the cuff, and, as I am ignorant of the exchanges that preceeded it, it 
may be inappropriate.  With that disclaimer, I have to ask: does anyone 
find it ironic that on a list titled "postcolonial," American men are 
sharing information about how to establish relationships with women from 
a country that has (previously) been long regarded as an "impenetrable" 
barrier to the advances of western imperial/capitalist colonization?
Also, for the sake of conversation, what does this say about the 
commodification of women and the explotation of people in 
political/financial crisis?  

Just wondering.


Zia Isola
Dept of English
Syracuse Univeristy
New York 

 Wed, 5 Jul 1995 David-AT-wishes.to.remain.anonymous.ua wrote:

> 
>        ##    meet women of the former USSR through romance ads    ##
> 
>      Months ago, Olga Kosmina placed my personal ad in several papers of the
> former Soviet Union.  Since that time I have received over 40 responses for
> the $50 I mailed Olga.

That's quite a return on your investment, hey?

  (I believe she paid the newspapers something around 
> $35 and kept the rest for her efforts.)

Would it matter if the converse were true?  (i.e., would we care if Olga 
were guilty of the same gross profit-taking as American corporations?)

>      I have found greater success and savings by placing my own personal 
> romance advertisement rather than purchasing addresses through Russian "bride"
> catalog companies.
>      If you are interested in placing a personal romance ad as I did, contact
> Olga.  She has built up a list of most every newspaper and magazine in the 
> former Soviet Union and could help direct your ad to certain areas if you 
> wish.  She writes, "please say that I place all ad _throughout_ Russia and 
> other countries of former Soviet Union, not only Western Russia."
>      Olga is 23 years old, has a bachelors in biology and works full-time as a
> florist in Kiev.  She speaks, reads and writes English as well as her native 
> languages of Russian and Ukrainian.
>      I realize that it is a very trusting person who would put $ into an 
> envelope and mail to a foreign country.  If you would rather send a letter of 
> inquiry first, Olga will respond to your questions.  It takes about 16 days 
> for a letter to travel from the USA to Kiev.
> 
> Olga Kozmina
> Dekabristov Street 5 - 178
> Kiev 253121
> Ukraine
> 



>      I have found that by placing a single bill between two pieces of 
> newsprint inside an envelope, the Ukrainian post cannot see through and does 
> not bother to tamper.  I have yet to lose a letter sent to Kiev.  I am sorry 
> that Olga does not have e-mail because it would make contact with her much 
> easier.
>      I am posting anonymously because of the inordinate amount of e-mail which
>  I would receive -- inquiries as well as flames.
> 
> Best Wishes,
> 
> David and Olga
> 
>      Although Olga has never seen a newsgroup nor heard of "net-etiquette," 
> she believes that helping others exceeds the cost of angering those who feel 
> the net should not be used in this fashion.
>      IHA (I humbly ask) that you not flame the postmaster of this site.
> 
> peace. . .
> 
> 
> 
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