My friend: "You mean Pussy Riot."
Her mom: "Oh right! Your friend's blog was in my head." (Hi, Annette.)
But seriously, how fucking outrageous is it that three women have been in jail since March, and now face two years in prison, for protesting the "president" (read: dictator who rigs elections) in an empty church. The head of the church and many of its clerics support the sentence, by the way. Shouldn't this same church be glad they're able to openly practice their religion (e.g. free speech), which was similarly outlawed for several decades? Not to mention the sexism of the case: the presiding (female) judge, Marina Syrova, who handed down the sentence "accused" them of "practicing feminism."
Vladimir Putin, Marina Syrova, and the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, you can suck it. You can't hold down democracy forever.
(Blogger, you can suck it also. This formatting is totally fucked up.)
10 comments:
Riot Kitty, I'll send you a care package with a file in it. Be strong.
Feminizt kitteh rocks.
And yes, I saw that and though 'how completely outrageous'. And no-one in the country will speak up for fear of sharing the same fate. I am hoping that Amnesty International takes up the cudgels for these women. Grrr and Aaargh.
I heard about this. Free Pussy Riot!
I just saw that last night - I agree, that's crazy.
I read about this, too. Just ridiculous. Their official charge: hooliganism. Really? What is this, 19th century England?
It's a publicity stunt.
Feminizt kitteh FTW.
RK-- Hiya Gal! Great post and I love the line about you can't hold democracy down forever!
Will be seeing you regularly again!
Hugs,
John
Why didn't they burn them at the stake?
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