Author: mariya mykhaylova 🇺🇦
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🧵: Making sure your Ukraine coverage is Ukraine-centered. Rampant russian propaganda has planted false narratives for years and the West views russian aggression and Ukraine's prospects through its own subjective lens. The solution: consuming a range of Ukrainian content.
Ukrainian English-language independent media deliver breaking news, first-person narratives, and glimpses into Ukrainian life, culture, and history. They are experts on the Ukrainian context. 2/14 @KyivIndependent @NewVoiceUkraine @EuromaidanPress @ukraine_world @pravda_eng
When Ukrainians are featured in Western mainstream publications, their contributions are top notch. Case in point: @NikaMelkozerova’s multiple excellent pieces in @TheAtlantic 3/14 twitter.com/NikaMelkozerov…
My latest for @TheAtlantic . I think there are two types of people in the world. There are those who cry after falling, and those who pick themselves up and laugh. We Ukrainians are the second type. We laugh in the face of danger.
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https://t.co/bUHfD5G8Cn
Another example is this article by @DmytroKuleba in @ForeignAffairs 4/14 www.foreignaffairs.com: How Ukraine Will Win
And @yermolenko_v’s thorough discussion of the manifestations of #russiancolonialism in russian literature in @ForeignPolicy 5/14 twitter.com/yermolenko_v/s…
time to look critically at Russian culture and Russian literature. And examine imperialism and colonialism in them - in the same way as best universities examine classical Western culture / literature. My article for @ForeignPolicy
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https://t.co/teZJAEMsJ9 https://t.co/PQEdbsMA9n
First-person accounts offer an experience near way of getting to know Ukrainian subjectivity. Each essay is a gift. The more of these you read, the more you will understand. One recent example is this piece by @alina_polyakova 6/14 twitter.com/alina_polyakov…
Every day during the work on @pravda_eng I learn new words.
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Word of today — obituary. Because russians killed my father.
https://t.co/hILfAbM2UM
The diary entries @hanovna_s published on @Medium 7/14 twitter.com/marymykhaylova…
"Suddenly I realized that I didn’t regret anything. What an incredible and wonderful life I’ve lived! Just the way I wanted. I used to shame myself for not achieving something, but at this moment, in this bomb shelter, all that seems so minor." https://t.co/ixd2uIulY9
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This correspondence by Glib Bitiukov published in @EuromaidanPress 8/14 twitter.com/EuromaidanPres…
"I haven’t seen you for so, so long," writes Ukrainian father Glib Bitiukov to his daughter
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"But I must stay here for now, amid shooting, explosions, hospital beds & endless pain. I will preserve & save our country for you, the best country in the world"
https://t.co/pdVmqjeAPC
And this series of Ukrainian narratives published in @LAReviewofBooks 9/14 twitter.com/BorisDralyuk/s…
“I don’t want to scare you. But please talk to me.” @ilya_poet and @katiefar listen to @andreychykova, @ZarinaZabrisky, and other writers in war-torn Ukraine @LAReviewofBooks https://t.co/lrGIuzNcMG
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Literary magazine @apofenie edited by Ukrainian-based @TsurkanKate features numerous interviews and essays that give a window into first-hand Ukrainian experiences. Here is their latest essay by Maryna Prykhodko from the front line. 10/14 www.apofenie.com: Happy Birthday — APOFENIE
#UkrainianSpaces by @maksymeristavi and @Val_Voshchevska is an excellent English-language resource (and podcast!) that amplifies Ukrainian voices and combats #russiancolonialism 11/14 linktr.ee: #UkrainianSpaces | Twitter, Instagram | Linktree
Ukrainians like @cryptodrftng fight russian disinformation daily and raise funds, gather info about russian war crimes via @Ukraine_DAO twitter.com/cryptodrftng/s…
There is more to Ukraine than russia's war. Get to know our art and culture. For Ukrainian art, check out @patsulanastya @ukr_arthistory @PrymachenkoArt @NAMU_120. For Ukrainian music, this thread by @LvivNightingale can be a jumping off point. 13/14 twitter.com/LvivNightingal…
English speakers have ample content created by Ukrainians available to them at their fingertips. If you find yourself gravitating toward Western publications & writers, remember, this is a choice. This thread is a sample platter, not an exhaustive list. Additions welcome.
@marymykhaylova I am running a series on The Poetry School site- Stanzas for Ukraine- translated blogs by Ukrainian poets with their poems. Please add this- sample here https://t.co/jMXh9b8o5v
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