Our team presented their work at the 2025 ICCEES Conference on July 21-25 at the University College London in a panel titled as “Contesting Media and Feminism in Contemporary Russia”. The panel introduced results of the FEMCORUS research project (2021-2025), focusing on the multifaceted dynamic between media, celebrity, and feminism in contemporary Russia.
Papers:
Daniil Zhaivoronok:
Between Spectacle and Informational Resistance: On Media Tactics of Russian Feminists
Eeva Kuikka:
Intersections of feminism and decoloniality in Russophone social media activism after 24 February 2022
Saara Ratilainen:
Popularization of feminism in Russia through hashtag campaigns 2016-2020
Galina Miazhevich:
Russian high-profile celebrity as a mediator of anti-war sentiment
