Masha Gessen is my hero! They are a Queer Russian Jewish immigrant who left Russia when Putin cracked down on LBGTQI+ folks. A journalist by trade, they made headlines in late 2023 as an early critic of the Israeli war in Gaza in late 2023.
Gessen was awarded the prestigious Hannah Arendt Prize for Political Thought in Germany. But the public event extending the award was canceled, over concerns to reactions to their views on Palestine in December 2023.
Listen to Gessen’s brief interview on NPR’s All Things Considered last month where they’re talking about why Donald Trump won the presidential election.
https://prod-www.npr.org/2025/02/19/nx-s1-5302161/is-this-u-s-heading-for-autocracy
Listen and weep, perhaps for different reasons if you’re on the right, or the left! My elaborations will come in a separate post to follow.
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