the colonial foundation of russian culture and how it thrives globally at expense of colonized cultures, explained by @BohdanaNeborak for #UkrainianSpaces
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new drop of #russiancolonialism explainers covers the russian occupation of ukrainian states of kuban’ and don in 1917-1925. tad longer than usual but only because it is so freaking relevant
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before sending this edition out, i chatted with a passionate western volunteer helping out ukrainians. the person was frustrated how their family wouldn’t share the enthusiasm. and how finding support within ‘the chosen family’ of ukrainians is lifting them up
as a queer ukrainian, i cannot relate more to the ‘chosen family’ experience. but it is remarkable how it also became part of the anti-colonial solidarity around ukraine. it is not a coincidence, though
i keep telling everyone that it was easier for me to come out as queer than as ukrainian. but after i did both, only then did the queerness of being ukrainian become so apparent for me
there’s a simple reason why genocide in ukraine also turbo-charged public acceptance of queer ukrainians. equality and diversity are quintessentially ukrianian and anti-colonial values