thank you for your work. i'm a kiev born soviet refugee (i guess its one of the other USSRs) who's been watching with horror as a place i left more than 40 years ago is turned into a killing field. its been particularly hard to reconcile this positive attention on ukraine and culture with its history of pogroms, jewish genocide, nazi collaboration, and recent right wing nationalist prominence. i don't say this to defend russia's attack in the least but to note the discombobulation i experience in thinking about what's happening there. in light of your work in tracking these right wing movements i think we'd all really benefit from your diving into this topic.
thank you for your work. i'm a kiev born soviet refugee (i guess its one of the other USSRs) who's been watching with horror as a place i left more than 40 years ago is turned into a killing field. its been particularly hard to reconcile this positive attention on ukraine and culture with its history of pogroms, jewish genocide, nazi collaboration, and recent right wing nationalist prominence. i don't say this to defend russia's attack in the least but to note the discombobulation i experience in thinking about what's happening there. in light of your work in tracking these right wing movements i think we'd all really benefit from your diving into this topic.
So powerful and beautiful. I always learn a new perspective when I read your work. Thanks. Peace!
Beautiful, Talia. I don't know if you saw it when it came out a few weeks ago, but I wrote this on a similar topic: https://www.gawker.com/politics/my-russian-and-ukrainian-name