while some westerners proudly announce that in 2023 they finally start seeing centuries-old patterns of #RussianColonialism, let me share a 2003 essay by Ukrainian historian @globalrhizome where he told you everything to know about r*ssia, Ukraine, colonialism but few listened
yes, it was in English. yes, it was published by a respected Western academic journal. i bet if 30 pages of 'Postcolonialism, Russia and Ukraine' became a classic of eastern european and r*ssian studies, this genocide wouldn't be happening
jstor.org/stable/25748122
on r*ssian 'imperial innocence': 'in present-day Russia postcolonialism is perhaps the only major contemporary theoretical discourse that largely continues to be proudly and persistently ignored (old imperial habits die hard)" Image
calling out r*ssian bs of always turning everything into an opportunity to decenter #RussianColonialism victims and, for that, coming up with a bizarre concept of being "self-colonized" Image
on trailblazing the concept of white-on-white colonialism and how it greatly expands our understanding of racist ideologies and shows us how oppressive regimes of enforced inferiority can thrive beyond the more mainstream ‘color paradigm’ ImageImage
on 'denationalization' of indigenous identities under colonial r*ssia and Ireland-Ukraine colonial parallels🔥 Image
on Ukrainian 'identity alienation' under #RussianColonialism and how it reads identical to 'Manichean delirium' coined by Frantz Fanon, a prominent psychiatrist and political philosopher from the French colony Martinique Image
the other day i texted Dr. Chernetsky saying that if I had a chance to read his trailblazing essay at the time of the publication I am sure my life would be so much different and so much less time would be wasted in the trap of a colonized mind

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Feb 15
the fact that some westerners have zero problem with hardcore neo-nazi roots of r*ssia’s opposition leader and fashy vibe of russian national identity but instead get obsessed with some marginal far-right freaks in Ukraine nobody really knows is classic western colonial gaze
Ukrainians always are expected to fit the impossible standard: our society cannot have far-rights, crooks, murderers, and just mean people — even though every other has. Even as we are being murdered in genocide
r*ssian literal war criminals get fancy book deals and politicians who called for extermination of ethnic minorities end up being gloried heroes, but reputation of every Ukrainian in public eye gets policed to the level of insane absurdity. this is so f*cking exhausting
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Feb 14
'As with any colonial power, R*ssia has a long history of treating Ukrainian women as attractive but uncouth and naive provincials to be reeducated at best or exotic objects to be leered at in the worst-case scenarios'
@rynkrynk
🔥
foreignpolicy.com/2023/02/12/ukr…
the best take down of colonial fetishizing of a Ukrainian (and Eastern European) woman you will ever read
in general, @rynkrynk is well-roundly brilliant, especially when it comes to decolonization. our @ukrainianspaces chat on how r*ssia stole ukrainian culture is one of the most-listened episodes we made
spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/p3ESNWGFpxb
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Feb 13
it is my день народження today. the best present would be the soonest victory for Ukraine and everyone i love surviving this genocide. meanwhile a donation to any of these fundraisers on 🧵 would be the best second option:

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it is my 1st birthday without our cat who passed away recently. so my team sent a generous donation to Adopt Don’t Stop, a shelter of war rescued animals in Kyiv where I also donate monthly. giving out our everything to our animals is one of the most Ukrainian traits i know ImageImage
you can support Adopt Don’t Stop via paypal:

info@adoptdontstop.com

or via bank wire:

adoptdontstop.com/donate

right is Zirka, she was rescued from Mariupol. left is Ivasyk rescued from Sloviansk ImageImage
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Feb 12
я із села теж якшо шо.
може у мене і лондонський диплом та язик підвішений але по їбалу за село дати можу теж, енітайм 🫠
але якщо серйозно — «неосвічене село» це настільки класичний тейк колоніальної русні про нас що як українець я б рік ригав від сорому якщо б з мене таке ненароком вилізло
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Feb 5
вербовая дощечка, дощечка
біля мого мостечка, мостечка
❤️‍🔥
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Jan 23
aren't there anglophone indians in india after british rule? won't india have to deal with anglophone indians?
aren't there francophone senegalese in senegal after french rule? won't senegal have to deal with francophone senegalese?
aren't there lusophone angolans in angola after portuguese rule? won't angola have to deal with lusophone angolans?
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