Zhanar Sekerbayeva is the co-founder of the Kazakhstan feminist initiative Feminita. She is a feminist, powerlifter and poet. In her work she aims at expanding the concept of “gender” in the general public discourse through activism by mainstreaming questions of corporality, sexuality and gender identity in academia.
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Published in: oDR: Opinion“Two fields” within: Lost between Russian and Kazakh in the Eurasian borderland
Russia’s colonial relationship to Central Asia can still be felt in activism and academia. Today, these networks...