Woman in Labor
Translated by Eugene OstashevskyIn late February 2022, the Russian artist Daria Serenko co-founded the Feminist Anti-War Resistance, an underground network of Russians protesting the invasion of Ukraine, publicizing Russian war crimes against Ukrainians, and helping Russian men evade conscription. In March, Serenko was forced to flee Russia for Georgia, where she wrote this prose poem.Yesterday a woman began giving birth directly on the Red Square with an assault rifle pressed to her temple.