Life for Women in Post-Communist Romania | States of Undress

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  @cassif19 · 2 years ago (edited)

  I'd like to point out that although corruption reached astronomical levels after the fall of communism, and although there is still massive corruption here, things have actually improved a lot. The reason why a protest against corruption brought more people to the streets than any other protest since the revolution, is not because corruption is worse than ever, but because we finally have the hope that protesting can make a change. That particular protest actually managed to achieve its short term goal

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• BO

  @Books-and-coffee0 · 2 years ago

  From the title I thought this would describe Romania in the 90's... The situation definitely is improved. It's not so dramatic as the documentary presents.

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• SL

  @sLink_1324 · 2 years ago

  This reminds me of vice during its hay day. Fantastic reporting. We are all so lucky to have been born in a free country. These girls could have been any one of us.

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• ER

  @er... · 2 years ago (edited)

  CORRECTION: the caption at <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22QefeESGAQ&amp;t=1593">26:33</a> should say boier (or boyar in other Eastern European countries), not <i>buyers</i>

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• US

  @user-ziztnm · 2 years ago

  girl whoever out put u in that outfit was like..... purposefully not helping so that people would be like oh shes chill

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• MU

  @musiclover04428 · 2 years ago

  Those are the types of documentaries we need, documentaries about women and their lives all over the world.

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• BR

  @brigri8 · 2 years ago

  I was pleasantly surprised by the breadth and depth of this documentary. The presenter was excellent. Nicely done Refinery

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• CL

  @claudiaciuta6492 · 2 years ago

  Whenever I see &quot;documentaries&quot; about a topic I know very well, I doubt all other documentaries I&apos;ve seen and ideas I got from them. I am 37 and Romanian, my chilhood friends are doctors and lawyers, teachers and whatever else they wanted. Yes, there is corruption still, but it is dying out with the older generation.

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• DI

  @diadelmar · 2 years ago

  The documentary is from 2017. There have been a LOOOT of changes until 2024 and the economy has been on the rise, although 2020 and the Ukraine war has impacted the economy.<br><br>Even if the women presented are real and these situations exist, there are a lot of women in IT, Finance, Law, Telecom etc. - a lot of the them in very well paid management or senior positions, with a wealth of work experience, and some of them opening their own businesses.

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• SA

  @Sarraa27 · 2 years ago

  i love Bucharest, lived there for a year, the best most down to earth welcoming people

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• ID

  @idk2449ujije · 2 years ago

  Incredible reporting!! I love how Refinery29&apos;s fashion roots are being integrated into so much more about the female experience. Hailey is an excellent reporter, the timing and the questions were so good and I love how many perspectives were discussed. Not to mention, many of the people being interviewed are hard to reach/don&apos;t want to be found. Thank you

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  @D4NC3Rable · 2 years ago

  That final shot of the crowd organized into the Romanian flag colors gave me goosebumps. What a well done documentary.

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