Eeva Kuikka is a postdoctoral researcher in Russian language and culture at Tampere University, Finland. She is specialized in Russian literature, postcolonial theory, human-animal studies, and gender studies. Her current research explores the intersections of gender and ethnicity in 20th -Century and contemporary Russian-language literature, art, and digital media. Kuikka’s previous publications include articles on Russophone Indigenous literatures, a co-authored article on “salmon geographies” (Jedele, Kuikka & Niska, 2024), and a co-authored monograph Contesting Feminism and Media Culture in Contemporary Russia: From Celebrities to Anti-war Activists (Ratilainen, Miazhevich, Zhaivoronok & Kuikka, 2025).