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m. gessen

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m. gessen

@mashagessen

Columnist, The New York Times Author: Surviving Autocracy; The Future Is History; The Man Without a Face speaking inquiries: lyceumagency.com they/them

New York, USA

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Joined September 2008

m. gessen
@mashagessen
Feb 29, 2020
My accidental experiment with writing articles critical of @PeteButtigieg and @BernieSanders in 2 consecutive weeks: It's Pete's supporters who have flooded my inbox with obscenities, demands that I go back to Russia (and learn English!), and threats to vote for Trump if not Pete
m. gessen
@mashagessen
Jun 23, 2020
I avoided the topic of pronouns for a while, but when my new book was coming out, it seemed I had to make a decision about self-presentation. I am trans*, nonbinary, so I asked to be referred to as "they." It's been an instructive few weeks.
m. gessen
@mashagessen
Dec 14, 2023
You'd think, with all the attention to the Arendt Prize debacle, I'd be inundated with media calls/texts. You'd be wrong. Not one German journalist has reached out for comment. One US journalist did. All reporting has happened with no input/reaction from me. Inaccuracies pile up
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m. gessen
@mashagessen
Dec 18, 2023
I got a prize and gave a talk. It didn't go as planned, and this wasn't the talk I'd prepared. But I'm glad I got to say this.
Hannah Arendt Prize: "Comparison is the way we know the world"
From zeit.de
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m. gessen
@mashagessen
Jun 23, 2020
Replying to @mashagessen
...singular "they," and @MerriamWebster can use the singular "they," then so can the rest of you guardians of house style and good taste
m. gessen
@mashagessen
Dec 9, 2023
In which I argue that we place the Holocaust outside of history and refuse to learn from it. In the Shadow of the Holocaust
In the Shadow of the Holocaust
From newyorker.com
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m. gessen
@mashagessen
Nov 4, 2020
No one should be broadcasting Trump's announcement live. He's staging a campaign event, illegally, in the White House. He has signaled his intention to lie about the election. The event also violates local public-health regulations and national recommendations. Take it off air!
m. gessen
@mashagessen
Jun 23, 2020
Replying to @mashagessen
Which made me realize: it is possible to believe that you respect an author's work while explicitly disrespecting them - to think that what I write about autocracy is serious but what I say about myself is folly. That's not how respect works.
m. gessen
@mashagessen
Nov 1, 2020
in which don't forget. If We Are Going to Recover from Trumpism, We Must Deny Charity to Trump’s Henchmen newyorker.com/news/our-colum… via @NewYorker
If We Are Going to Recover from Trumpism, We Must Deny Charity to Trump’s Henchmen
From newyorker.com
m. gessen
@mashagessen
Dec 14, 2023
Update: have now had more requests for comment than I can handle (but I'm trying). Remaining business: please get my pronouns right. @haaretzcom I'm looking at you. They/them
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m. gessen
@mashagessen
May 23, 2024
Some news
NYTimes Communications
@NYTimesPR
May 23, 2024
We’re thrilled to announce @mashagessen is joining @nytopinion as a columnist. nytco.com/press/masha-ge…
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m. gessen
@mashagessen
Sep 20, 2020
I've made it. Thank you, @ratemyskyperoom
Room Rater
@ratemyskyperoom
Sep 20, 2020
Great angled bookwall. Ladder. Globe. Fighting fascism. 10/10 @mashagessen
m. gessen
@mashagessen
Feb 17, 2024
In which it was as predictable as it is unfathomable. The Death of Alexey Navalny, Putin’s Most Formidable Opponent
The Death of Alexei Navalny, Putin’s Most Formidable Opponent
From newyorker.com
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m. gessen
@mashagessen
Jun 23, 2020
Replying to @mashagessen
"...pronouns correct much of the time! My biggest remaining fear has been how will they find a place (hopefully one that is safe) for themselves in this world. Seeing how you have been accepted and the successes you have achieved, has given me hope." If this woman can use the...