From celebrity feminism to feminist anti-war resistance

Ratilainen, Saara Maria, Zhaivoronok, Daniil and Miazhevich, Galina ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9233-7097 2025. From celebrity feminism to feminist anti-war resistance. Communist and Post-Communist Studies 10.1525/cpcs.2025.2660608

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Abstract

The research project “Mediated Feminism(s) in Contemporary Russia” (FEMCORUS 2021–25) informs this research note. Our empirical observations highlight the key trends in the dynamics of mediated feminism in Russia, prior to Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 and, subsequently, up until autumn 2024. This note considers a decade (2013–22) of the popularization of feminist discourses bolstered by social media sites, influencer culture, and celebrity media, which was then utilized for the anti-war activist mobilization of feminism in Russia. This research note brings new perspectives into the existing debate by identifying several, previously overlooked, aspects of Russian feminism(s). With the focus on the mediated discourses and expressions of feminism, and their role in feminist activist mobilization during Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, our research carves out a novel interdisciplinary space for feminist research in the Russian context at the junction of transnational feminist studies, media studies, and social movement research.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Published Online
Status:	In Press
Schools:	Schools > Journalism, Media and Culture
Publisher:	University of California Press
ISSN:	0967-067X
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	14 April 2025
Date of Acceptance:	13 March 2025
Last Modified:	25 Sep 2025 14:22
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/177669

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