Died tonight our friend and beloved colleague Rita Virova. The most artistic, touching and witty in our editorial office. Rita knew everything about beauty, but was not afraid to expose her cult, she was very cheerful, but she joked very funny about death. She had great taste and a lot of empathy for people. She was very cool, talented, dramatic and daring. And the fact that she is no longer with us is an absolutely impossible grief.
Wonderzine editor Margarita Virova about friendship with herself and her favorite cosmetics
“People who excite and inspire me seem beautiful to me - always, without exception, because the content is inseparable from the form. Beauty is, firstly, a subjective concept, and secondly, a complex one. For a long time I have not taken part in objectifying discussions of someone else's appearance, but I will gladly give a friend or girlfriend a couple of compliments - this is a good way to share warmth with others."
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Why the movies don't show people with disabilities
After the release of Mikhail Rashodnikov's film "Temporary Difficulties", where a "healthy" actor plays a hero with cerebral palsy, Rita Virova figured out why there are almost no people with disabilities in Russian cinema and whether it is worth rejoicing at any picture on this topic
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My mom took her own life
“They don’t talk about my experience in public space, and outside the psychotherapist’s office, no one also tells how to live with it. My mother tried to commit suicide twice, and the second time she still succeeded."
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Why is it time to stop focusing so much on beauty?
It is no secret that the division of people into beautiful and ugly affects women first of all, but in the end, people of any gender and gender can experience pressure. Why is “looking good” so important to social life?
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Collective bad trip in "Ecstasy" by Gaspar Noe
Rita Virova confesses her love to Gaspar Noe (but in fact analyzes his film "Ecstasy"): "One has only to open up to" Ecstasy "- and it will be fun and scary as never before"
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How the idea of "grooming" weighs on us
It does not occur to many that a woman owes nothing to anyone in terms of appearance - besides, the need to "look appropriate" hides much more than a simple imposition of certain behavior (such as "inadmissibility" of regrown roots and lack of manicure)
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Living with a Scar: Seven Stories Left on the Body
Scars are evidence of an often hidden, personal history and a reminder of the past. We asked seven girls to tell how they got scars and how life was after these very difficult events.
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Why comedian Louis CK's story is so painful
Do we have to say goodbye to the accomplishments of our favorite celebrities if the harassment stories are true? An example of the complex story of comedian Louis C. Kay, who was accused of violating the boundaries of women masturbation
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Stories of children who bullied others
Three stories in which relatives of bullying children share their views on parenting and how they tried to resolve the conflict
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Why losing weight
does not contradict the ideas of body positive
"It seems it's time to stop digging into what came before, a chicken or an egg - crushing beauty standards or our conscious decision - and just give other people the right to be themselves and love themselves at any weight."
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The Manifesto of Freedom and Humanity You Have Been Missing
Rita Virova tells about the conditions and circumstances in which the "thaw" films were born, which to this day look like real manifestos of freedom and humanity
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My Mom and Heroin: The Story of a Family That No Longer
The story of Amina F.(the name was changed at the request of the heroine): her mother used heroin for more than ten years and became infected with HIV - and the confused loved ones preferred to hide the problems in the family