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Tena Stivicic - Odbrojavanje
An anthology of Tena Stivicic's monthly  columns for the Croatian magazine Zaposlena (Employed/Working Woman) published in a book called Odbrojavanje (The Countdown).

I write about Zagreb and London a lot, transition and capitalism, being a young writer, a young woman in this society and in the one back home, I write about different phenomena of modern living
- Tena Stivicic

'Tena's columns are particularly smart, and witty.
They erase the stereotypes of a columnist because her interest is not sex, shoes, cocktails and popular psychology (unless she writes about those topics humourously).
Her already wide horizons have been expanded even more since she has lived abroad.
Her sense of humor is precise and infinitely intelligent. Quite often I have found myself laughing out loud when reading her columns on the computer, which I think will happen to readers of this book.
Although the columns were written in a specific time by the author in certain situations, I can freely say that they are timeless. '

adapted from a review from www.knjiga.ba

More about the magazine Zaposlena:


'Zaposlena (The Career Woman)': Woman as an (after all) Political Being

In the shop window containing a large number of reviews, magazines and papers for women, ultimately we have to mention an untypical “magazine for the successful woman” - 'Zaposlena (The Career Woman)'. The magazine started issuing in early nineties and as a very modern review, of a little bit of elitist contents, addresses a narrow group of female readers. The cover page is always clear, always equally designed from the very beginning of its issuing. This is regularly the portrait of a successful woman: a scientist, a politician or an artist, as an overture to a big interview with her in that issue. Each issue is thematically specific: one current topic is shed light on from all aspects. The magazine does not have a high circulation (we estimate it at some 6,000 copies) and this is mainly in subscription. Graphic-wise, the magazine is arranged carefully, the undersigners of texts and columns are women – public workers, writers or reputable public personae.
media online 2001