Feminist activism in Russia is flourishing, both online and on the streets. These women are battling the oppressive narrative of “traditional family values” through art, action and song. From post-gender political hip hop to body-positive cartoons, feminist fairy tales to lesbian sex-ed social media, the Russian feminists of today are making their voices heard.

Join Harriet Phillips as she explores compelling stories from the past year of Russian feminist activism, such as the creation of the first ever all-female/non-binary safe space in Russia (which triggered a nationwide torrent of hatred) and pro-choice anti-militaristic actions involving copious amounts of soy meat…

This is a Pushkin Club event and all are welcome.

Harriet Phillips is in her final year at Cambridge University, specialising in Russian. She hopes to pursue a master's in Conference Interpreting, but is yet to settle on a language combination: an avid linguist, she has studied French, Spanish, German, Italian, Modern Greek, Polish and Ukrainian to date. She spent her Year Abroad studying at St Petersburg State University, and devoted much of her free time to collaboration with the feminist project Eve's Ribs (https://www.rebraevy.ru/?lang=en).

In summer 2019, she was detained and fined in Krasnoyarsk, Siberia, for giving a talk on feminism (https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/07/27/cambridge-student-fined-giving-feminism-talk-russia-sinister/) – she hopes the same won’t happen this time!