FEMEN Ran By A Man?

In class we have talked briefly about Femen and the documentary that was made about the group. Ukraine Is Not A Brothel is a documentary made by a 28 year old australian filmmaker Kitty Green which "outs" Victor Svyatski as the mastermind behind the group Femen.

Here are some quotes about the man behind Femen from an article about the documentary.

"It’s his movement and he hand-picked the girls. He hand-picked the prettiest girls because the prettiest girls sell more papers. The prettiest girls get on the front page... that became their image, that became the way they sold the brand.” - Kitty Green

"He can be really horrible but he is fiercely intelligent." - Kitty Green

“It was a big moral thing for me because I realized how this organization was run. He was quite horrible with the girls. He would scream at them and call them bitches.” - Kitty Green

"These girls are weak....They don’t have the strength of character. They don’t even have the desire to be strong. Instead, they show submissiveness, spinelessness, lack of punctuality, and many other factors which prevent them from becoming political activists. These are qualities which it was essential to teach them.” - Victor Svyatski

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/the-man-who-made-femen-new-film-outs-victor-svyatski-as-the-mastermind-behind-the-protest-group-and-its-breastbaring-stunts-8797042.html

This is shocking that a feminist activist group is ran by a sexist man and I definitely want to see this documentary.

Here is the trailer.