Despite decades of research, HIV remains surrounded by misconceptions and stigma. To help make the science behind the virus more accessible, I collaborated with a medical professional to create a series of educational illustrations explaining how HIV infects the body, why it is so difficult to cure, how modern treatments work, and how the virus is and is not transmitted.

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As a hobby, in collaboration with experts I create explanatory illustrations on various life spheres, such as the biology, physics, and chemistry of natural processes, and social processes from the perspectives of political science and economics.

For example, when I realised that a lot of my acquaintances and friends held numerous misconceptions about cancer and its treatment methods, I collaborated with a doctor, a microbiologist, and a geneticist to create this series of illustrations.

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Sometimes I create illustrations of this sort on important social issues. For instance, how the meaning of International Women's Day has been distorted in the post-Soviet area, transforming into a "day of love, beauty, and tenderness." Now, women in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and other post-Soviet countries receive bouquets and wishes to remain "beautiful and tender."

I addressed this irony by depicting bouquets with key feminist theses. This post went viral on my small blog, reaching around a million views and over 1,000 likes: women, tired of the absurd interpretation of the holiday, rushed to express the importance of remembering the true meaning of International Women's Day and the history of feminism, and shared these illustrations on social media.

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