Morning news
Today is March 12, 2022. Let's see what happened yesterday: the news, Instagram visuals, couple words of gratitude to my subscribers, followers, all other sorts of supporters.
Good morning!
It’s Olga Zakharova Kaetano, you are reading my new born feed and I want to thank you for your subscription, your trust in me. It’s incredibly supporting and mobilising as well. I deeply deeply touched. THANK YOU!
So the news. As you know Instagram will join the Meta family, Twitter, TikTok blocked on the territory of Russia. The reason wasn’t formal, unlike the previous decisions about Facebook, it was actually quite worrying. Meta released a statement in which it allowed the use of hateful language, memes, and calls to violence addressed to the Russian president and to the Russian militaries, as well as to the Russian organizations and people in general if such messages are posted or sent to Russian business public accounts. That was a clear sign of discrimination.
Later Meta released another statement announcing that such behaviour is allowed only on Ukrainian territory and serves a good purpose - to let the Ukrainian people ease their anger and help them to fight. I guess what they meant is that only Ukrainian profiles will be excused from the general anti violence policy if their hate is addressed to Russians. Does it make the Meta hypocrisy look better and more civilized? I don’t think so. Of course, you can disagree. Anyway, the Russian government won’t change their decision. Instagram will be blocked from 00.00 on 13th March.
I don’t remember the cases when such blocks were ever lifted. Telegram was blocked 4 years ago, I think, but that doesn't stop all Russians, including officials and authorities, from keeping their Telegram channels working. VPN is the answer. Let’s hope it will help me to post on Instagram as well. Unfortunately it will shrink my reach, and I want more people to see my content, so that’s the reason I’ll try to post on every platform I can reach.
Another thing you should know is that all my public (open) posts and articles even on American Substack can’t contain particular words or (better) anything that has relation to the Russian army, government or president and Ukraine, and that differs from the official statements. As a founder of a digital media and a journalist I can end up in prison in no time after such publications, if the censors find them “fake news”. I won’t flee the country leaving my son and/or my mother alone in Moscow. So…
All my criticism, economic or political thoughts I have to close from the general public and will open only for paid users. I can’t stay silent, but I need to think about my safety as well.
Paid content will also contain articles that cost me time, a lot of research, or include my professional expertise on such subjects as marketing, content management in social media and traditional media, branding, and public relationships. I’m not sure that I will write such texts but if I will, the analytical materials will be closed for free subscribers.
All the inspirational visuals are open for everyone. As well as digest from Instagram.
I wish there was something nice to share. But it’s quite a shitty moment right now in the world. Wait… I like the Burberry FW 22/23 collection. Here’s the link. For the first time after a few seasons I find it actually wearable and interesting enough. Not though authentic, too many citations for that, but the compilation and style mixed nicely.
A bit disturbing trend to brand the model faces with their logo. I thought we passed such kind of branding in Tom Ford’s Gucci, when it was spicy and fun. Now it’s strange. Does it make such a makeup a mark of our time? A step from personal identity to the identity of the community you belong to? To a fashion gang? Or is it just a game for the show? What do you think?
A digest from my Instagram for March 11th, 2022
9am. zakharova_kaetano : Good morning ☀️ How are you today? #haveagoodday Here’s @volker.hermes #photocollage
Hidden Pourbus, 2015. He reposted it few days ago saying how different his feelings are about his works. He made them playing with an idea with the concept. Now they are suddenly became statements about something much more serious than #contemporaryart. Actually I posted his works already twice. Before COVID, during it and now I post again. And each time my thoughts are different. Even today I looked at it when I woke up at 6am, after reading the night news, I felt I want to cover my eyes like a child hiding herself from the world. Like if I don’t see something, it doesn’t exist. And now I look at it again, and think how much was hidden from me, because I refused to look deeper or turned my head to see other direction. What do you think watching this portrait?
9pm. zakharova_kaetano Dear friends… and so on mostly about Instagram is about to be blocked and my call for subscribers.
#nightmood #timwalker photography for @thelovemagazineIssue #7 featuring #KristenMcMenamy. Titled The Origin Of Monsters, styled by @kegrand scenes: @rhea_thierstein#KatieGrand #artofphotography #fashioneditorial#fashionasinspiration #fantasyalive #beautyofwoman#fashionphotography
0.30am zakharova_kaetano Sorry, if I scared you))) I’m trying to adapt to Substack (link in bio), so my emails with inspirational visuals and articles or posts will be in order and on their way to all those amazing people who decided to keep in touch with me. Shortly about the news… (all written above) . I really really appreciate your support. I don’t mention it’ll give me a proper reason to work and stay online and mentally functioning.
#goodnightandsweetdreams #nightmood tonight is that… source of the photo: @richardquartley, no proper credits. If you know the author, leave their name in the comments.
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