Julia Ioffe
@juliaioffe.bsky.social
Author of MOTHERLAND: A Feminist History of Modern Russia, from Revolution to Autocracy. A finalist for the National Book Award.
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Julia Ioffe
@juliaioffe.bsky.social
· Oct 21
MOTHERLAND is finally out today! And she's a finalist for the National Book Award.
Get your copy today!
bookshop.org/p/books/moth...
Get your copy today!
bookshop.org/p/books/moth...
All of a sudden, Dan Driscoll, Secretary of the Army and friend of JD Vance, is in the news. Who is he?
(It won't surprise you to know that we at Puck wrote about him first.)
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(It won't surprise you to know that we at Puck wrote about him first.)
puck.news/meet-the-one...
Dan Driscoll’s Army of One
J.D. Vance’s man in the Pentagon is a rare Trump appointee who commands bipartisan respect and affection. Naturally, this doesn’t sit well with his boss, Pete Hegseth, who doesn’t.
puck.news
November 25, 2025 at 6:11 PM
All of a sudden, Dan Driscoll, Secretary of the Army and friend of JD Vance, is in the news. Who is he?
(It won't surprise you to know that we at Puck wrote about him first.)
puck.news/meet-the-one...
(It won't surprise you to know that we at Puck wrote about him first.)
puck.news/meet-the-one...
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Latest Daily on Monocle Radio. @burcuozcelik.bsky.social and @vinnymcav.bsky.social on the degree to which the Ukraine peace deal is the Kremlin's wish list and the day's other stuff, plus @juliaioffe.bsky.social on her excellent new book "Motherland". monocle.com/radio/shows/...
The US claims progress on Ukraine talks, the G20 wraps up and Israel targets Hezbollah - Monocle
US and Ukrainian delegations meet in Geneva to talk peace; Israel targets Hezbollah’s chief of staff; the G20 wraps up;...
monocle.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Latest Daily on Monocle Radio. @burcuozcelik.bsky.social and @vinnymcav.bsky.social on the degree to which the Ukraine peace deal is the Kremlin's wish list and the day's other stuff, plus @juliaioffe.bsky.social on her excellent new book "Motherland". monocle.com/radio/shows/...
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Saturday evening on the sofa with Bruce and the newest book in my house (cc @juliaioffe.bsky.social)
November 22, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Saturday evening on the sofa with Bruce and the newest book in my house (cc @juliaioffe.bsky.social)
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Congratulations to @juliaioffe.bsky.social ("Motherland") and Rick Atkinson ("The Fate of the Day") whose new volumes were named among the five best non-fiction books of the year by the @washingtonpost.com! Both of these are absolute must-reads. www.washingtonpost.com/books/2025/1...
The 10 best books of 2025
The year’s best fiction and nonfiction, as selected by the staff of The Washington Post’s Book World.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Congratulations to @juliaioffe.bsky.social ("Motherland") and Rick Atkinson ("The Fate of the Day") whose new volumes were named among the five best non-fiction books of the year by the @washingtonpost.com! Both of these are absolute must-reads. www.washingtonpost.com/books/2025/1...
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Recently had the pleasure of editing this gorgeous review of @juliaioffe.bsky.social's new book, Motherland, in @foreignpolicy.com:
How a ‘Fairy-Tale Country’ for Women Turned Its Back on Feminism
Julia Ioffe’s new feminist history of Russia offers important lessons for the West.
foreignpolicy.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Recently had the pleasure of editing this gorgeous review of @juliaioffe.bsky.social's new book, Motherland, in @foreignpolicy.com:
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Putin's first public response to Washington's 28-point peace plan is characteristically noncommittal. He seems to confirm suspicions that it was drawn up on the back of a napkin, so to speak, but he ain't ruling nothing out.
meduza.io/en/news/2025...
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In his first public comments, Putin says Trump’s 28-point peace plan wasn’t discussed ‘substantively’ with Moscow but could serve as ‘basis for a final peace settlement’ — Meduza
In his first public comments on the Trump administration’s 28-point peace plan for the war in Ukraine, Vladimir Putin said on Friday that an early version of the White House’s proposals was part of di...
meduza.io
November 21, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Putin's first public response to Washington's 28-point peace plan is characteristically noncommittal. He seems to confirm suspicions that it was drawn up on the back of a napkin, so to speak, but he ain't ruling nothing out.
meduza.io/en/news/2025...
meduza.io/en/news/2025...
Is Trump going for regime change in Venezuela? “I tried to get him to do it a lot, but he didn’t want to do it,” Trump’s erstwhile national security advisor John Bolton told me. “But once he’s in it, it becomes about, what does he think he can get credit for?”
My latest.
puck.news/will-trump-a...
My latest.
puck.news/will-trump-a...
Trump’s Venezuela Doctrine
The president’s saber-rattling in the Caribbean reflects his instinct for both political theater and indecisiveness, as well as the competing advisors in his ear. In fact, Trump’s plan for Venezuela m...
puck.news
November 21, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Is Trump going for regime change in Venezuela? “I tried to get him to do it a lot, but he didn’t want to do it,” Trump’s erstwhile national security advisor John Bolton told me. “But once he’s in it, it becomes about, what does he think he can get credit for?”
My latest.
puck.news/will-trump-a...
My latest.
puck.news/will-trump-a...
MOTHERLAND is one of Washington Post's top 10 books of the year!
www.washingtonpost.com/books/2025/1...
www.washingtonpost.com/books/2025/1...
The 10 best books of 2025
The year’s best fiction and nonfiction, as selected by the staff of The Washington Post’s Book World.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:48 PM
MOTHERLAND is one of Washington Post's top 10 books of the year!
www.washingtonpost.com/books/2025/1...
www.washingtonpost.com/books/2025/1...
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This is one of those books that changed how I see and understand culture and history. I learned a huge amount from @juliaioffe.bsky.social's telling of these stories, and I greatly appreciated her writing voice which is both rigorous and imbued with distinctive and compelling energy.
MOTHERLAND is finally out today! And she's a finalist for the National Book Award.
Get your copy today!
bookshop.org/p/books/moth...
Get your copy today!
bookshop.org/p/books/moth...
November 9, 2025 at 6:46 PM
This is one of those books that changed how I see and understand culture and history. I learned a huge amount from @juliaioffe.bsky.social's telling of these stories, and I greatly appreciated her writing voice which is both rigorous and imbued with distinctive and compelling energy.
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"Motherland is deeply informative, assiduously researched and beautifully written—an exhilarating read."
www.bookpage.com/reviews/moth...
www.bookpage.com/reviews/moth...
Book review of Motherland by Julia Ioffe
Deeply informative, assiduously researched and beautifully written, Julia Ioffe’s feminist history of modern Russia, Motherland, is exhilarating.
www.bookpage.com
October 26, 2025 at 2:52 PM
"Motherland is deeply informative, assiduously researched and beautifully written—an exhilarating read."
www.bookpage.com/reviews/moth...
www.bookpage.com/reviews/moth...
Glenn Kessler just made my day.
Just finished it @juliaioffe.bsky.social! What an extraordinary, brilliant feat of writing and reporting. Reframing history through the eyes of women taught me so much - and I have shelves of books on the Boshevik revolution that shamefully left women out of the story. A necessary corrective. Bravo!
October 30, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Glenn Kessler just made my day.
San Francisco, COME THROUGH!
Journalist @juliaioffe.bsky.social comes to @cwclub.bsky.social in San Francisco Nov. 5 for a talk with @crooked.com's @janecoaston.bsky.social about "Motherland"—her feminist history of modern Russia, from revolution to autocracy.
Details & tickets: www.commonwealthclub.org/events/2025-...
Details & tickets: www.commonwealthclub.org/events/2025-...
October 29, 2025 at 8:57 PM
San Francisco, COME THROUGH!
Of all the interviews I've done about MOTHERLAND, this one was my favorite. Thank you, @kevinrothrock.me !
On the latest episode of The Naked Pravda, I spoke to @juliaioffe.bsky.social (!) about her new book, "Motherland: A Feminist History of Modern Russia, from Revolution to Autocracy," now available at bookstores everywhere.
meduza.io/en/episodes/...
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Julia Ioffe’s ‘Motherland’ — Meduza
Journalist Julia Ioffe returns to The Naked Pravda to discuss her new book, Motherland: A Feminist History of Modern Russia, from Revolution to Autocracy, which was recently listed as a finalist for t...
meduza.io
October 29, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Of all the interviews I've done about MOTHERLAND, this one was my favorite. Thank you, @kevinrothrock.me !
Reposted by Julia Ioffe
Journalist @juliaioffe.bsky.social comes to @cwclub.bsky.social in San Francisco Nov. 5 for a talk with @crooked.com's @janecoaston.bsky.social about "Motherland"—her feminist history of modern Russia, from revolution to autocracy.
Details & tickets: www.commonwealthclub.org/events/2025-...
Details & tickets: www.commonwealthclub.org/events/2025-...
October 24, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Journalist @juliaioffe.bsky.social comes to @cwclub.bsky.social in San Francisco Nov. 5 for a talk with @crooked.com's @janecoaston.bsky.social about "Motherland"—her feminist history of modern Russia, from revolution to autocracy.
Details & tickets: www.commonwealthclub.org/events/2025-...
Details & tickets: www.commonwealthclub.org/events/2025-...
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“[Trump] is starting to realize Putin is playing him...if you’re Donald Trump and you think you’re the one who plays everyone, that’s got to suck.”” @juliaioffe.bsky.social on Trump ruling out the idea of a meeting with Putin after hitting Russia with sanctions.
October 26, 2025 at 1:08 PM
“[Trump] is starting to realize Putin is playing him...if you’re Donald Trump and you think you’re the one who plays everyone, that’s got to suck.”” @juliaioffe.bsky.social on Trump ruling out the idea of a meeting with Putin after hitting Russia with sanctions.
"Motherland is deeply informative, assiduously researched and beautifully written—an exhilarating read."
www.bookpage.com/reviews/moth...
www.bookpage.com/reviews/moth...
Book review of Motherland by Julia Ioffe
Deeply informative, assiduously researched and beautifully written, Julia Ioffe’s feminist history of modern Russia, Motherland, is exhilarating.
www.bookpage.com
October 26, 2025 at 2:52 PM
"Motherland is deeply informative, assiduously researched and beautifully written—an exhilarating read."
www.bookpage.com/reviews/moth...
www.bookpage.com/reviews/moth...
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I just started reading my advance copy last night and it is BRILLIANT. Impeccably researched, written with such verve.
Bonus: Julia Ioffe is a wonderful human and friend, on top of being an amazing journalist and historian.
Buy this book!: bookshop.org/p/books/moth...
Bonus: Julia Ioffe is a wonderful human and friend, on top of being an amazing journalist and historian.
Buy this book!: bookshop.org/p/books/moth...
October 21, 2025 at 3:18 PM
I just started reading my advance copy last night and it is BRILLIANT. Impeccably researched, written with such verve.
Bonus: Julia Ioffe is a wonderful human and friend, on top of being an amazing journalist and historian.
Buy this book!: bookshop.org/p/books/moth...
Bonus: Julia Ioffe is a wonderful human and friend, on top of being an amazing journalist and historian.
Buy this book!: bookshop.org/p/books/moth...
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"Russia through the history of its women."
Today's book pick from Damn History, a free monthly newsletter for readers/writers of #popularhistory. Congrats to author @juliaioffe.bsky.social & @eccobooks.bsky.social!
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Today's book pick from Damn History, a free monthly newsletter for readers/writers of #popularhistory. Congrats to author @juliaioffe.bsky.social & @eccobooks.bsky.social!
Read/subscribe to Damn History: damn-history-16d93f.beehiiv.com/subscribe
October 21, 2025 at 6:58 PM
"Russia through the history of its women."
Today's book pick from Damn History, a free monthly newsletter for readers/writers of #popularhistory. Congrats to author @juliaioffe.bsky.social & @eccobooks.bsky.social!
Read/subscribe to Damn History: damn-history-16d93f.beehiiv.com/subscribe
Today's book pick from Damn History, a free monthly newsletter for readers/writers of #popularhistory. Congrats to author @juliaioffe.bsky.social & @eccobooks.bsky.social!
Read/subscribe to Damn History: damn-history-16d93f.beehiiv.com/subscribe
Thank you, Glenn! Can't wait to hear what you think of it!
Congratulations @juliaioffe.bsky.social! Can’t wait to read it.
October 22, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Thank you, Glenn! Can't wait to hear what you think of it!
"The result is an enthralling narrative that is both sweeping and intimate."
The New York Times loves MOTHERLAND!
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/b...
The New York Times loves MOTHERLAND!
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/b...
The World’s Greatest Feminist Experiment Was Not Where You’d Think
www.nytimes.com
October 22, 2025 at 5:09 PM
"The result is an enthralling narrative that is both sweeping and intimate."
The New York Times loves MOTHERLAND!
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/b...
The New York Times loves MOTHERLAND!
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/b...
MOTHERLAND is finally out today! And she's a finalist for the National Book Award.
Get your copy today!
bookshop.org/p/books/moth...
Get your copy today!
bookshop.org/p/books/moth...
October 21, 2025 at 2:35 PM
MOTHERLAND is finally out today! And she's a finalist for the National Book Award.
Get your copy today!
bookshop.org/p/books/moth...
Get your copy today!
bookshop.org/p/books/moth...
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Congrats to @juliaioffe.bsky.social on today’s publication of ‘Motherland’! It’s a terrific book that helps explain why Russia is the way it is today, and you should read it and see why it’s already a finalist for the National Book Award…
October 21, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Congrats to @juliaioffe.bsky.social on today’s publication of ‘Motherland’! It’s a terrific book that helps explain why Russia is the way it is today, and you should read it and see why it’s already a finalist for the National Book Award…
My book MOTHERLAND is finally out today! To celebrate, we at
@puck.news are running an excerpt. It's one of my very favorite chapters: the story of how Putin met and married his first wife—and what a shitty husband he was.
puck.news/from-julia-i...
@puck.news are running an excerpt. It's one of my very favorite chapters: the story of how Putin met and married his first wife—and what a shitty husband he was.
puck.news/from-julia-i...
Putin in Love
Inside the courtship of Vladimir Putin and Lyudmila Ocheretnaya, his first imperial subject. Adapted from Julia Ioffe’s new book, Motherland, a feminist history of modern Russia and a finalist for the...
puck.news
October 21, 2025 at 12:37 PM
My book MOTHERLAND is finally out today! To celebrate, we at
@puck.news are running an excerpt. It's one of my very favorite chapters: the story of how Putin met and married his first wife—and what a shitty husband he was.
puck.news/from-julia-i...
@puck.news are running an excerpt. It's one of my very favorite chapters: the story of how Putin met and married his first wife—and what a shitty husband he was.
puck.news/from-julia-i...
