An interview with Emmie America: The defiant Russian fashion photographer and LGBTQ+ activist
euronews.comA post shared by emmie america (@emmieamerica)"It's so funny because when it happened it seemed so dramatic and then a year later things like this are happening every day.
When I got detained everybody was freaking out. There were chats on Telegram with all the Russian media people being like, "Who has lawyers?
Who can pull her out?". It was crazy. Versus now, almost every single person I know has been detained. So, that's just a really freaky insight into Russian reality." "It was a very surreal experience.
It was quite funny to observe it from the inside and see how dysfunctional and how pointless everything was. I felt incredibly guilty for all the people who I dragged into it, but I think it did cause a resonance that was worth it in the end." "It means just being comfortable with who you are and not being afraid.
