REGISTRATION: Our next event is Bette's Speakeasy with Tetiana Boriak on ‘Exporting Chaos’ — Sunday, Nov 16

Our next community event for all paying members is Sunday, November 16, Bette’s Speakeasy with Tetiana Boriak, a Ukrainian historian whose work on the ‘mental war’ is vital. No Happy Hour today.

***Bette members will find the registration link below the paywall. To join our community events and to help support independent investigative journalism in a time of grave peril, please upgrade to a paid membership.***

Mark your calendars for our upcoming community event for all paid members: Bette’s Speakeasy with Ukrainian historian Tetiana Boriak, co-hosted by cultural anthropologist Stephen Douglas, Sunday, November 16, 11 am Pacific.

Registration can be found by scrolling all the way to the end of this post, below the paywall. Just a reminder, our next Happy Hour will be Tuesday, Nov. 18. There is no Happy Hour today.

---

As always, I find it so important to read the work of as many other writers in this space as possible, so I found myself catching up on the work of Stephen Douglas of Decoding Trolls and Disinfolklore over the weekend. Douglas, who was working in Ukraine when he realized he had been observing a ‘stealth genocide’ masked by disinformation, is an important member of the Bette Dangerous community and often appears at our events. His work led me to NAFO founding member Matthew Pearce, who now appears frequently on these pages. Our networks are key to the spread of good information.

While reading the following Douglas post, I learned about historian Tetiana Boriak, and her work — “How Russia Formats Identity and Tries to Conquer the World with the Help of the Mental War” — and immediately reached out to her so we can learn from her work on the Holodomor, Soviet totalitarianism, memory studies and social history — her areas of expertise.

Podcast | How Russia's Mental War Against Us Will Persist After Ukraine's Victory

Here is her CV:

Tetiana Boriak – refugee from the Russian war, Ukrainian historian, Doctor of Historical Sciences (Dr. habil.) (2024), PhD in History (2008), Associate Professor, Researcher at History Faculty, Vilnius University (Lithuania). Received her MA in History from Kansas University (Lawrence, KS, 2004–2006). She specializes in Holodomor, Soviet totalitarianism, memory studies and social history. Author of three books, two awards: “Oral History as a Source for Holodomor Studies: Formation of Eyewitness Testimony Collections and their Informative Value” (2024; Research Prize of the Rector of Vilnius University 2024 for “significant research work”); “1933: “Why Are You Still Alive?” (2016; the all-Ukrainian award “the Book of the Year” (2016, nomination “History”, category “Research/Documents”). MSCA4Ukraine (Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions for Ukraine) Fellow (2025–2027). In 2013–2014 Fulbright Fellow at Harvard University (Ukrainian Research Institute, Boston, MA). Author of 90 articles of them about 40 articles on Holodomor. In 2010–2017 was an assistant of the journalist, researcher, columnist of the Washington Post, Pulitzer Prize winner Anne Applebaum in the project of preparation of an English-language book about the Holodomor in Ukraine for a Western audience: “Red Famine: Stalin’s War on Ukraine” (2017; two awards). Host of the historical educational program “History with meat” (2017– February 2022) – about 70 episodes, available on YouTube. Editorial board member of several journals and a member of several historical professional associations. Participated in more than 70 conferences.

I will include some links to English versions of her research in the next event reminder, along with additional historians she recommends.

---

A heartfelt thank you to those of you who are renewing your memberships at the full annual fee and to those who continue to support me at the Founding Member level. Your support means everything to me.

Keep scrolling below the paywall for the registration link.

****

****

Bette Dangerous is a reader-funded magazine. Thank you to all monthly, annual, and founding members.

I expose the corruption of billionaire fascists, while relying on memberships for support.

Thank you in advance for considering the following:

• Upgrade to Paid Member

• Upgrade to Founding Member

• Gifting memberships

• Share my reporting with allies

• Buying my ebooks

• Donating to the ko-fi fund or directly to venmo

A private link to an annual membership discount for older adults, those on fixed incomes or drawing disability, as well as activists and members of the media is available upon request at bettedangerous/gmail. 🥹

More info about Bette Dangerous - This magazine is written by Heidi Siegmund Cuda, an Emmy-award winning investigative reporter/producer, author, and veteran music and nightlife columnist. She is the cohost of RADICALIZED Truth Survives, an investigative show about disinformation and is part of the Byline Media team. Her Hot Type column appears in Byline Supplement. Thank you for your support of independent investigative journalism.

🤍

Begin each day with a grateful heart.

🤍

REGISTRATION LINK FOUND HERE