Sources FEMEN on PUSSY RIOT

[Elena Gapova]

Hello Ian,

this is the link to the interview re "чувства верующих":
http://euroradio.fm/ru/report/femen-na-chuvstva-veruyushchikh-nam-naplevat-115591
#

Also, just in case you missed it: Vsevolod Emelin's poem on Femen starting
with

Снова беда над державой
Российскою,
Горько шумит темный
лес,
С запада движется рать
феминистская,
Грозные девки топлесс etc.: http://svpressa.ru/society/article/58100/

e.g.

2012/8/27 Ian <baiterek at hotmail.com>

>  Dear Elena,
>
> Thank you for responding so quickly.
>
> I had seen their livejournal and the new campaign to cut down crosses.
>
> If you do find the link to the interview that would be a big help.
>
> In addition to just talking about Pussy Riot I am curious if they ever
> talked about conceptual differences.  Pussy Riot did once in an interview
> with Vice Magazine:
>
> "Our opinion on Femen is a complicated story. On one hand, they exploit a
> very masculine and sexist rhetoric in their protests - men want to see
> aggressive naked girls attacked by cops. On the other hand, their energy
> and the ability to keep on going no matter what, is awesome and inspiring:
> One day they are in Switzerland scaling the fence of the World Economic
> Forum and the next day they are in Moscow attacking the HQ of Russia's
> biggest Natural Gas producer. And even after they were *tortured<http://rt.com/news/lukashenko-kgb-femen-missing-235/>
> * and humiliated by KGB agents in Belarus, they vowed to keep on fighting
> even harder. Energy is very important these days; Street groups in Europe
> and America often lack power, but these girls have really got it."
> http://www.vice.com/en_uk/read/A-Russian-Pussy-Riot
>
> The differences interest me all the more since protests keep conflating
> the two groups mixing Pussy Riot's balaclavas with Femen's topless protests.
>
> Best,
>
> Ian
>
> ------------------------------
> Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2012 00:33:34 -0400
> From: e.gapova at GMAIL.COM
> Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] Sources FEMEN on PUSSY RIOT
> To: SEELANGS at LISTSERV.UA.EDU
>
>
> Femen have a blog on livejournal, where they list their activities. It is
> at: http://femen.livejournal.com/
>
> Their recent reaction to the PR trial was cutting down a cross in Kiev
> (allegedly erected duting the Orange Revolution to commemorate Stalin's
> victims). The act was well documented:
> http://femen.livejournal.com/220299.html#cutid1
>
> In their interview right after the act Femen explained that they did not
> care if the feelings of believers were hurt: being non-believers, they only
> care about atheists' feelings (I cannot find the link right now, but will
> provide it on request).
>
> They also came up with the slogan "Пили кресты - спасай Россию!" and
> promised to come to Russia to cut some more wooden crosses in smaller
> Russian towns.  According to Echo Moskvy, several wooden crosses have
> already been vandalized across Russia: Сразу несколько деревянных поклонных
> крестов срубили неизвестные в российских городах (
> http://echo.msk.ru/news/923253-echo.html )
>
>
>
> Elena Gapova
>
> 2012/8/27 Ian <baiterek at hotmail.com>
>
>  Hi all,
>
>
> looking for sources when Femen talks about Pussy Riot.  Doing my own
> searches, but considering the might collective memory we have here I wanted
> to see if there were things that stood out to people.  Feel free to respond
> off list (baiterek at hotmail.com) or get a discussion going here.
>
> Best,
>
> Ian
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