I blogged about these women a

Donal — Sat, 11 Jan 2014 19:22:46 +0000

In reply to The Women of Pussy Riot launching another protest movement in Russia.

I blogged about these women a year and a half ago, quoting a critical NSFW piece that dismissed them as idealist troublemakers that were popular in the West, but not so much at home. I also linked to a photo essay of them as part of a larger group that protested by having sex in a museum. When translated, the live journal poster, who wears a top hat in the pictures, is also disdainful of them. He may just be covering his butt, but many of the commenters are also dismissive.

Slate presents them as activist heroines - and so has Democracy Now! and just about every western news source - but looking at the pictures, I am surprised at how healthy the women look. Though they claim that they had to fight to bathe even once a week for sixteen months, had to perform hard labor, went on hunger strikes, and spent time in solitary, Tolokonnikova's facial skin looks model-perfect.

Very odd.

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