Vogue showed another war. Why a discussion scandalous cover is a provocative but not bad

The cover of Ukrainian Vogue, dedicated to two years of the Russian invasion, is not bad, albeit provocative, says cultural scientist Katya Taylor. She is convinced that during the war, different views of this war are permissible and even needed. The cover in Vogue is not like that . . . For me, this reaction to news is not about the quality of the product, but about the heated frying pan, wherever you do not throw, will hide everything.

We have very high expectations of anyone who encroaches on the creation and fixation of a new history, because high expectations from ourselves, in the state, in society. We do not give anyone. We hold this heated frying pan in one hand, something tossing there with the other. But the question is not what toss, but how long it is possible to keep your outstretched hand with a frying pan. Let's essentially close the topic. The cover is provocative, but not bad.

It is not done to satisfy us and even more so we like. And to cause a reaction. But not just here. Yes, I also wanted it to be a Ukrainian photographer, for example. And that there was no romanticization of war, as, in fact, the war itself. And I would like to not forget the world about us. Unfortunately, no one wants to rest and publish sad plots. You need to look for a new and new form. Vogue is looking for.

If we put everything under one standard - in this case, the standard of expectations of the nude nerve of Ukrainian society to meet a single idea, the only way of representation - this is called propaganda, even if it is positive. Instead, you can give a little more air to those who create for the sake of polyphony of thoughts and attempts to reflect this war in different ways. To expand this social acceptance line for them if we agree with the main one.