by Luba Lesychyn | Mar 22, 2022 | Uncategorized
Diasporic Postcards: SOLDIERETTES In the fight for gender equality, there have been some developments that I have found disappointing and consider regressive. One has been the adoption by some women of the credence that they can only advance in the workplace...
by Luba Lesychyn | Mar 17, 2022 | Uncategorized
Diasporic Postcards: NATIONALISM Слава Україні (Slava Ukraini/Glory to Ukraine) is a national salute symbolizing Ukrainian sovereignty and resistance. The salute was forbidden in Ukraine’s historic fights for independence and it often went underground. But in 2013,...
by Luba Lesychyn | Mar 13, 2022 | Uncategorized
Diasporic Postcards: VYSHYVANKY The only article of clothing that I have from my youth is an embroidered Ukrainian blouse my mother made for me when I was a teenager. Despite my neglectful storage, it has somehow withstood most of the ravages of time. My mother...
by Luba Lesychyn | Mar 12, 2022 | Uncategorized
Diasporic Postcards: ACTIVISM One dreary night in 1971, my father, elder brother, and I set out for Toronto on a bus filled with members of Hamilton’s Ukrainian Youth Association with the intention of protesting the visit of Soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin. I didn’t...
by Luba Lesychyn | Mar 12, 2022 | Uncategorized
Diasporic Postcards: MOTHERS As my soul crumbles at the sight of images from Kyiv and Kharkiv with train platforms bursting with women and children, I cannot help but be reminded of my mother’s exodus story from Ukraine. When Germany invaded Ukraine, families had to...
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