Alexandra Alexandrovna Mitroshina (Russian: Александра Александровна Митрошина, born 27 June 1994 in Petrozavodsk),[1] also known as Sasha Mitroshina, is a Russian public figure, writer, journalist, radio host and blogger. She is mostly known as one of founders (together with Alyona Popova) of a social media flash mob against domestic violence in Russia "I did not want to die" (#ЯНеХотелаУмирать).[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]
Alexandra Mitroshina | |
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| Born | Aleksandra Aleksandrovna Mitroshina |
| Nationality | Russian |
| Years active | 2013- |
Biography
editIn 2015, Mitroshina graduated from the MSU Faculty of Journalism of Moscow State University, and later from the Department of Communications, Media and Design of the Higher School of Economics in Moscow.[1] Later, she worked and published at Mail.Ru and worked on Radio Moscow FM.[1]
Mitroshina appeared on Instagram in 2016.[10] She now has a blog with more than four million subscribers.[1][11] Initially being a non-political blogger, Alexandra launched, together with another activist, Alyona Popova, a flash mob "I did not want to die" (hashtag #ЯНеХотелаУмирать) to support women's protests against recent laws which decriminalized domestic violence in Russia.[12]
References
edit- ^ a b c d "Ukraine has banned entry to the Russian blogger Alexander Mitroshina". RFE/RL (in Russian)
- ^ "Russia's Version of #MeToo Has Struggled to Take Off — Until Now". Time
- ^ "'I didn't want to die': Why are Russians using bloody make-up to tackle domestic abuse?". Dhruti Shah and Yaroslava Kiryukhina. BBC News
- ^ "Russia's Blogger And Journalist Alexandra Mitroshina Is On A Mission Of Empowering Women. Read Her Story Here" International Business Times
- ^ "'Whose Is It?' Ukrainian Activists Confront Russian Blogger In Kyiv, With Violent Results". Tony Wesolowsky. RFE/RL
- ^ "Russian women share selfies with painted injuries to push for stricter domestic violence laws". Kassidy Vavra. (July 25, 2019). MSN News
- ^ "Russian women post selfies with fake injuries to protest lax domestic violence law". Caroline Radnofsky and Elena Holodny. MSNBC.
- ^ "Russian women post bruised selfies to push for domestic violence law". Reuters.
- ^ "Blogger Mitroshina tells about double meaning of #ЯНеХотелаУмирать hashtag (Блогер Митрошина рассказала о двойном значении хештега #ЯНеХотелаУмирать)" (in Russian)
- ^ "The Clever Blogger Sasha Mitroshina says, Taboo of money in the society theme is not necessary («Умный блогер» Саша Митрошина: «Табу на тему денег в обществе заложено зря»)" (in Russian)
- ^ "В идеальные картинки больше не верят" Meduza. (in Russian).
- ^ "I Did Not Want to Die: About Flashmob (Я Не ХотелА УМиратЬ: О Флешмобе Из Первых Уст)". (in Russian)
External links
edit- Official website (in Russian)
- Alexandra Mitroshina's channel on YouTube
- Alexandra Mitroshina on Instagram