AOTW: Nadya Toloknnikova

Nadezhda Andreyevna Tolokonnikova, also known as Nadya Tolokno is a political activist who lives in Russia. Nadya Tolokno is an activist who is part of a rock group called Pussy Riot, and made head lines when she and the group started performing in the Moscow Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in 2012. Nadya Tolokno and two others were arrested for their performance, being convicted for religious hatred. Two years later she and another member was released from prison due to the amnesty bill. After being imprisoned, she had recognized the human rights violation that was occurring in Russian prisons.

Her main domain for her music videos are on her groups YouTube channel. All of her music have a political meaning behind them. In all of her videos, she wears bright lipstick, and sometimes is wearing a vibrant bright color (depending on the video). In some of her videos in the beginning, she and the other members can be seen wearing masks which had bright colors. Nadya Tolokno always wore the bright pink mask. One of her recent videos called "Make America Great Again" pacifically targets the President of the United States. She targets him on his political opinion stating that he is taking away fundamental rights away from women like abortion and how a womens body should look.

Out of all of Nadya Tolokno's work, I enjoyed the one that she has started recently, which is the human rights violation that is occurring with the Russian justice system and within the prison. When doing research, it is surprising how little information is out there about this topic. There are only a few out there which also happen to not be recent. After digging into this issue, it is shocking to find out that there really is no fait justice system in Russia. Once you are arrested for a crime that you may or might have not committed, a person is more likely to be just sent to jail. It can take years to get a hearing in the court room, and regardless of getting a hearing or not a person is just as likely to be sent back to jail rather than being released.