Eve's Ribs (Russian: «Рёбра Евы») is a feminist multifaceted social and artistic project dedicated to fighting gender discrimination and violence against women.
The project was founded in 2015 by Saint Petersburg-born director and actionist Leda Garina and actress and theatre producer Anastasia Trizna, who permanently resides in Helsinki.
[2] Eve's Ribs project was initially established as a training centre specializing on visual practices, such as: performance, documentary theatre, video art, etc,[2] and aimed at regional and feminist groups.
[7] As an art-collective, Eve's Ribs have authored dozens of performative street actions focused on gender violence and anti-war agenda, such as: an action against decriminalization of domestic violence near Moskovsky railway station in Saint Petersburg in January 2017,[8] anti-militarist action “Motherland” at the Eternal Flame on Field of Mars in Saint Petersburg on Defender of the Fatherland Day in 2017,[9][10] a procession against abortion along the Neva River - with the slogan "Orthodox Vaginal Control" on 1 October 2017,[11] "Give birth to meat" performance near the walls of the military recruitment office of the Leningrad Oblast on Defender of the Fatherland Day in 2019,[12] a triathlon "Race of Heroes" on Defender of the Fatherland Day in 2020,[13] and many others.
[15][16][17][18] In August 2017, the organisers were detained by police while trying to hold a feminist camp on the Black Sea coast in the Tuapse district of Krasnodar Krai.
Men were forbidden to enter, but the cafe was attempted to be broken into by the scandalous State Duma deputy Vitaly Milonov, and was visited by journalist Alexei Nimandov (disguised as a transgender person)[23][24] and activists of the pro-Kremlin youth group Network.
On 28 December 2020, Daria Apakhonchich, one of the project coordinators and editor of “Fairy Tales for Girls”, anti-war artist and co-author of the “Feminists Explain” channel, was given a foreign agent status.