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Ukraine election: Yulia Tymoshenko is NOT the Ukrainian Sarah Palin

Ukraine, lately, has not seemed to be particularly hospitable to actual people.
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Ukrainian feminism: from Yulia Tymoshenko to making babies in a crisis

"A feminist woman doesn't need a superhero."
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Vlad Troitsky: Gogolfest creator, savior of Ukrainian theater, troublemaker

"The boys and girls who are getting drunk on the sidewalk in the morning, they're not the marginalized ones."
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“Genocide Before the Holocaust” doesn’t deliver

Ukraine's Great Famine in particular deserved a closer look here.
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“Love Against Homosexuality”: Ruslan Kukharchuk on sex and politics

"I'm curious, what do you make of straight men who get turned on by the sight of two attractive women kissing?"
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FEMEN’s Anna Gutsol on sex tourism and short skirts in Ukraine

"Showing off your boobs and getting a free drink is promoted as the pinnacle of womanly achievement."
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From gift-shaped bruises to Alina Shaternikova: highlighting domestic abuse in Ukraine

"We're also trying to change the famous stereotype of 'if he hits you, he loves you.' Abuse is not an expression of love."
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Inside Chernobyl: those who stayed

"I had studied previous photographic work on Chernobyl, and so I was prepared to see mutations."
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The politics of “Taras Bulba”: do they matter?

Imagine, for example, a retelling of The Lord of the Rings that portrays, in excruciating detail, how Sam shouts "Me go and see Elves and all! Hooray!" and proceeds to burst into tears.
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Gazprom and Naftogaz: a cold, bitter winter

Although the Chernovetsky/Tymoshenko incident is small when compared with the present energy scandal, it illustrates an important point: the political crisis in Ukraine is having very real repercussions.
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