The adult celebrity is a “patriot of her country,” said one of the amputees who took part in a flirty photo shoot.

The adult celebrity is a “patriot of her country,” said one of the amputees who took part in a flirty photo shoot.

Yulia Senyuk is more famous under her stage name Josephine Jackson — where her porn appearances have garnered over 200 million views — and now she’s using that celebrity status to raise funds for Ukrainian soldiers who lost limbs in the war against Russia.

“Porn actress rehabilitates the military. Wow!” Senyuk told POLITICO. “We wanted to draw attention to the problem of rehabilitation after injuries. Because a lot of people collect for drones, but forget about prosthetics. I think I managed to attract attention because more people started collecting donations for prosthetics.”

The 29-year-old resident of Lviv in western Ukraine became an ambassador for Tytanovi Rehab, a media initiative of a Kyiv clinic involved in the rehabilitation of more than 30 Ukrainian military amputees.

Senyuk took part in two photo shoots with Ukrainian war amputees, aimed at drawing attention to the lack of financing for prosthetics — a key need for thousands of Ukrainians who have lost limbs in the Russian invasion.

  • NOT_RICK@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1941·
    11 months ago

    “Thanks to her media persona, Yulia helped to draw attention to the problems of seriously injured people. She organized a donation campaign. Unfortunately, state programs cannot provide good prosthetics,” Ivantsiv told POLITICO. “As for the content she produces, I don’t care. It’s a media product, you can choose whether to consume it. Yulia is Ukrainian and a patriot of her country.”

    Based veteran. It’s amazing how easy it is to mind your business

    • fluxion@lemmy.worldEnglish
      115·
      11 months ago

      Imagine hating porn stars more than hating Ukrainian amputees not having access to prosthetics

      • Ilsunny@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
        12·
        11 months ago

        Imagine that pornstars are actually defending state welfare while old crook politicians steal your taxes and stash them in foreign accounts.

    • sdcSpade@lemmy.zipEnglish
      1·
      11 months ago

      Minding your business is one thing, the other is porn being illegal in Ukraine. But let this be the first step towards rectifying that in the next era.

  • TheMightyCanuck@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    92·
    11 months ago

    Senyuk was attacked on social media by conservatives for the “immorality of her profession” and “trying to PR on soldiers” as well as the “objectification of a woman’s role” at war; it’s illegal to make pornography in Ukraine, which is why Senyuk works abroad.

    Of course conservatives have their panties in a bunch over a fucking fundraiser. Also TIL making porn is illegal in Ukraine

    • force@lemmy.worldEnglish
      22·
      11 months ago

      There are a lot of things illegal in Ukraine that are weird. One is dual citizenship; I guess it was specifically targetting Russia, to make it so you can’t be a Ukrainian citizen if you’re a Russian citizen, which makes sense. But it’s been making matters complicated for Ukraine (especially recently with all the Ukrainian refugees in Europe who may have children with EU citizens or gain EU citizenship)

      I have an Italian friend who has Ukrainian citizenship from their mother, right now they (and their mother) technically hold citizenship illegally according to Ukrainian law. They had been spending a lot of time trying to sort that stuff out with the Ukrainian embassy until the latest invasion started (the embassies became a bit occupied with more urgent matters)

  • GBU_28@lemm.eeEnglish
    42·
    11 months ago

    Fuck yeah anton

    “Thanks to her media persona, Yulia helped to draw attention to the problems of seriously injured people. She organized a donation campaign. Unfortunately, state programs cannot provide good prosthetics,” Ivantsiv told POLITICO. “As for the content she produces, I don’t care. It’s a media product, you can choose whether to consume it. Yulia is Ukrainian and a patriot of her country.”

  • DominusOfMegadeus@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    343·
    11 months ago

    I did not know she was Ukranian. Because of course I do not know who she is and am completely unaware of the context of any this.

  • BigMikeInAustin@lemmy.worldEnglish
    203·
    11 months ago

    US Texas Governor Greg Abbott would like to block these videos from appearing in Texas unless a viewer sends over a copy of their state government documents. Texas Freedum!