I read Victor Malarek's excellent book, "The Natasha's" this morning and followed it up with this film which covers some of the same material.
"Natasha's" are prostitutes who are predominantly from Russia and Ukraine and in this documentary we are shown protesters who use their states of undress to deliver a message against patriarchy. Say what!!!
The founder of the Femen movement is a Charles Manson type who organized the rallies and even came up with the slogans displayed on the women's bodies. Victor is interviewed and he says that women are not capable of leading their own movement.
The women agree that he has controlled them and one of them compares it to the "Stockholm Syndrome."
I found it all rather silly although I was captivated by many of the beautiful Ukranian women. Victor has great taste.
Ukraine Is Not a Brothel
2013
Documentary / News
Ukraine Is Not a Brothel
2013
Documentary / News
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Ukraine's topless feminist sensation Femen has created a media frenzy across Europe, but before they take the world by storm, these bold and beautiful women must confront the dark and perverse forces that power their organisation.
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May 06, 2023 at 06:53 PM
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It's naive to expect anything but propaganda from this documentary, but the ideological part of it is all over the place, proving that not even the scripts writers are women in this movement.
The activists that degrade themselves for attention, come as damaged as the sexual exploration victims they pretend to fight for, and ironically it proves that regardless where you stand politically, the weakest and most vulnerable amongst us are always the most abused and exploited.
Another irony is that they oppose the church that offered some structure and protection to women, even if antiquated, with an revolutionary ideology that offers nothing, whose only purpose is to destroy and create a void.