Belarusian women stand at the forefront of post-election protests. Their participation is seen as unprecedented and is often perceived as a “revolution with a female face.” It did not start as a feminist project, however, but rather as a reaction to mass-scale arrests of male participants during the first days of protests. At the same time, is it possible to characterize female involvement in women's chains of solidarity and then regular Saturday demonstrations as a “feminist project” when one takes into account the usage of traditional feminine images and feminine aesthetics during the protests? On the other hand, even the symbolic subversion of patriarchal stereotypes present on the posters seems to have its limits when violence is inflicted by the representatives of special military forces. This essay will examine the agentic nature of female protests and the ways of expressing dignity in times when a basic sense of security is lacking. I will look at situational individual acts of agency and how these acts characterize female participants of the protests as a group that is aware of its resources and power. The text will be based on the analysis of media discourse and visual materials.

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白俄罗斯革命的女权主义程度如何？女性代理和参与 2020 年选举后抗议活动

白俄罗斯妇女站在选举后抗议活动的最前沿。他们的参与被认为是前所未有的，通常被视为“女性面孔的革命”。然而，它并不是作为一个女权主义项目开始的，而是作为对抗议活动最初几天大规模逮捕男性参与者的反应。同时，考虑到抗议活动中对传统女性形象和女性美学的使用，是否有可能将女性参与女性团结链以及周六的定期示威活动描述为“女权主义项目”？另一方面，即使是海报上出现的对父权刻板印象的象征性颠覆，在特种部队代表实施暴力时似乎也有其局限性。本文将探讨女性抗议的代理性质以及在缺乏基本安全感的时候表达尊严的方式。我将研究情境中的个人代理行为，以及这些行为如何将抗议活动的女性参与者描述为一个意识到其资源和权力的群体。文本将基于对媒体话语和视觉材料的分析。