M Gessen
@mashagessen.bsky.social
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Columnist at The New York Times. Distinguished Professor at Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism, City University of NY. Author at Riverhead Books
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M Gessen @mashagessen.bsky.social · Aug 25
In which I'm proud to know Peter. (Gift link) www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/o...
Opinion | He Was a Star in Russia’s Media World. Now He’s a Corporal in Ukraine’s Army.
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M Gessen @mashagessen.bsky.social · Aug 19
Here is a gift link www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/o...
Opinion | A Brief Note on the Difference Between Negotiation and Extortion
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M Gessen @mashagessen.bsky.social · Aug 19
In which I parse some terms. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/o...
Opinion | A Brief Note on the Difference Between Negotiation and Extortion
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M Gessen @mashagessen.bsky.social · Aug 14
In which I make just one prediction www.nytimes.com/2025/08/13/o...
Opinion | The Fundamental Truth About U.S. Strategy That Putin Knows and Trump Ignores
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M Gessen @mashagessen.bsky.social · Jun 24
I think today is the right day for this piece. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/24/o...
Opinion | Antisemitism Isn’t What People Think It Is
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M Gessen @mashagessen.bsky.social · Jun 19
In which there are actual people involved. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/19/o...
Opinion | The Supreme Court Fails to See Transgender Teens
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M Gessen @mashagessen.bsky.social · Jun 3
In which I get to profile Christo (gift link). The Man Putin Couldn’t Kill www.nytimes.com/2025/06/02/o...
Opinion | The Man Putin Couldn’t Kill
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M Gessen @mashagessen.bsky.social · May 28
In which I have the sinking feeling of boredom. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/28/o...
Opinion | Beware: We Are Entering a New Phase of the Trump Era
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M Gessen @mashagessen.bsky.social · Apr 15
A few words abiut Harvard www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/o...
Opinion | Harvard’s Strength and How Far We’ve Fallen So Quickly
The thrill over its response to the Trump administration is a measure of how low, and how fast, our expectations have fallen.
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M Gessen @mashagessen.bsky.social · Apr 14
I'm sorry, but "that makes no sense" or "that's not how it works" is not my idea of a good-faith argument
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M Gessen @mashagessen.bsky.social · Apr 14
In which I have a radical www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/o...
Opinion | This Is How Universities Can Escape Trump’s Trap, If They Dare
It’s been tried in other countries facing authoritarian crackdowns. It works.
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M Gessen @mashagessen.bsky.social · Apr 2
In which I try to call things what they are. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/02/o...
Opinion | Unmarked Vans. Secret Lists. Public Denunciations. America’s Police State Has Arrived.
Those of us who’ve seen secret police in action can’t shake a feeling of dreadful familiarity.
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M Gessen @mashagessen.bsky.social · Mar 17
In which I try to put it all together.
The Hidden Motive Behind Trump’s Attack on Trans People www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/o...
Opinion | There’s a Name for What Trump Is Doing to Trans People: Denationalizing
The message is that we are a threat to the nation. The subtext is that we are not of this nation.
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M Gessen @mashagessen.bsky.social · Mar 4
I'm sorry, that's not how books work
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M Gessen @mashagessen.bsky.social · Mar 1
In which... www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/o...
Opinion | Putin Is Ready to Carve Up the World. Trump Just Handed Him the Knife.
The talks about Ukraine were never just about Ukraine.
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M Gessen @mashagessen.bsky.social · Feb 23
In which war can be described. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/o...
Opinion | They Invented a New Language for War
The words of war and the war of words.
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M Gessen @mashagessen.bsky.social · Feb 21
You are right. I should have said that it was never solely about Ukraine
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M Gessen @mashagessen.bsky.social · Feb 15
In which the time to think is now.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/15/opinion/trump-autocracy-bad-ideas.html?smid=nytcore-android-share
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M Gessen @mashagessen.bsky.social · Feb 15
A follow-up on collective hostage-taking. Hagan Scotten, Emil Bove and the Collective Punishment Test www.nytimes.com/live/2025/02...
Opinion | Hagan Scotten, Emil Bove and the Collective Punishment Test
How Hagan Scotten, Emil Bove and the prosecutors who filed motions in the Eric Adams case demonstrate the tool of collective punishment.
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M Gessen @mashagessen.bsky.social · Feb 8
In which there are many reasons to obey and one not to. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/08/o...
Opinion | To Obey Trump or Not to Obey
The voluntarily surrender of the public’s power is how autocracies are built.
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M Gessen @mashagessen.bsky.social · Jan 21
In which I watched it from afar. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/21/o...
Opinion | I Spent Trump’s Inauguration in Ukraine. This Is What I Saw.
“And Panama!” a Ukrainian military analyst said. “What did calm, peaceful Panama do?”
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M Gessen @mashagessen.bsky.social · Jan 20
All this separation of church and state. I've lost count of the number of clergy members speaking at today's festivities
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M Gessen @mashagessen.bsky.social · Dec 6
In which I think about how much we've lost already and how much worse it will get.The Supreme Court Just Gave Us a Bitter Taste of What’s Coming www.nytimes.com/2024/12/06/o...
Opinion | The Supreme Court Just Gave Us a Bitter Taste of What’s Coming
In the case involving medical care for transgender adolescents, ignoring doctors is part of the point.
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M Gessen @mashagessen.bsky.social · Nov 22
In which I argue that the Dems' inconsistency may have caught up with them. What Democrats Are Getting Wrong About Transgender Rights www.nytimes.com/2024/11/22/o...
Opinion | The Secret Behind America’s Moral Panic
Trans rights aren’t just trans rights. They’re reproductive rights.
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M Gessen @mashagessen.bsky.social · Nov 15
In which I consider Trump's blueprint for destruction This Is the Dark, Unspoken Promise of Trump’s Return www.nytimes.com/2024/11/15/o...
Opinion | This Is the Dark, Unspoken Promise of Trump’s Return
Liberal democracy offers moral constraints without problem-solving. Populism offers problem-solving without moral constraints.
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