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s3e5: 'My mother tongue tastes like ashes. Things scorched by enemy fire, then soaked with rain, touched with rot, smelling of death. I felt the taste of my mother tongue most acutely while driving through Borodianka, Bucha, and Irpin two months after these Ukrainian towns in the Kyiv region were liberated by the Ukrainian army from the Russians’ “brotherly” embrace. Russian is my mother tongue, and liberation means ripping it out of my throat.'
There's so much talk about russian-speaking Ukrainians abroad. But how often have you heard actual russian-speaking Ukrainians being part of those conversations? It is rhetorical. The language issue is at the epicenter of understanding the Ukrainian decolonization journey. And Ukrainians who are or used to speak Russian as their first language are the most critical voices to explain it. We invite back Ukrainian scholar Sasha Dovzhyk to discuss her sensational essay 'Mother Tongue: The Story of a Ukrainian Language Convert' and share truths about russian-speaking Ukrainians with the rest of the world.
olha. why ukrainians are ready to die for their pets
nika & katerina. what about nazis in ukraine
natali. the romani pride in being a ukrainian
mariam. generation freedom
rissana. a love letter to ukrainians abroad
romeo. how foreign leftists failed us
yevhenii. donbas is a colonial myth
andrey. how big tech censors ukraine truth
bohdana. decolonizing ukrainian literature
joseph. a love letter to the diaspora
maria. the queerness of being a ukrainian
why ukrainian cuisine tastes so fantastic? feat. olia hercules
anastasiia. meet ukraine's new resistance generation
nadia. white-on-white colonialism
kvitka. ukrainian burnout and how you can help
sasha. how russians made ukrainians hate themselves
stas. russian language in ukraine, explained
nata. why the obsession with 'good russians' is problematic af
sergey. uncomfortable truths about ukraine
jane. dealing with trauma
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