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Shopping for curtains during a Kyiv air raid
Original: I went curtain shopping during a Kyiv air raid. And not because I’m ‘resilient’ | Diana Berg
Ukrainian writer and activist Diana Berg describes going curtain shopping in Kyiv while air raid sirens sounded, in a first-person essay. She pushes back against the popular framing of such ordinary acts as 'resilience', arguing that daily routines under Russian attacks are a matter of necessity and survival rather than admiration-worthy heroism. The piece offers a blunt look at how Ukrainians live under constant threat.
Why now: Readers are drawn to a personal account that challenges the cliché of Ukrainian 'resilience' as the war continues.
Evidence
- I went curtain shopping during a Kyiv air raid. And not because I’m ‘resilient’ | Diana Berg · The Guardian
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