M Gessen @mashagessen.bsky.social · 26/03/2026www.nytimes.com/2026/03/25/p...nytimes.comThe Idiot: Chapter 1 6369
M Gessen @mashagessen.bsky.social · 26/03/2026www.nytimes.com/2026/03/25/p...nytimes.comThe Idiot: Chapter 1 2203
M Gessen @mashagessen.bsky.social · 31/10/2025In which I talk with the brilliant Marianne Hirsch (gift link) www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/o...nytimes.comOpinion | We Need to Rethink How We Think About the Holocaust 15118
M Gessen @mashagessen.bsky.social · 16/10/2025In which I talk with the woman who won't shut up (gift link) www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/o...nytimes.comOpinion | The U.S. Denounces Her. Multinationals Threaten Her. She Likes Her Odds. 717258
M Gessen @mashagessen.bsky.social · 25/08/2025In which I'm proud to know Peter. (Gift link) www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/o...nytimes.comOpinion | He Was a Star in Russia’s Media World. Now He’s a Corporal in Ukraine’s Army. 48222
M Gessen @mashagessen.bsky.social · 19/08/2025In which I parse some terms. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/o...nytimes.comOpinion | A Brief Note on the Difference Between Negotiation and Extortion 39524
M Gessen @mashagessen.bsky.social · 14/08/2025In which I make just one prediction www.nytimes.com/2025/08/13/o...nytimes.comOpinion | The Fundamental Truth About U.S. Strategy That Putin Knows and Trump Ignores 37614
M Gessen @mashagessen.bsky.social · 24/06/2025I think today is the right day for this piece. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/24/o...nytimes.comOpinion | Antisemitism Isn’t What People Think It Is 1614741
M Gessen @mashagessen.bsky.social · 19/06/2025In which there are actual people involved. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/19/o...nytimes.comOpinion | The Supreme Court Fails to See Transgender Teens 927163
M Gessen @mashagessen.bsky.social · 03/06/2025In which I get to profile Christo (gift link). The Man Putin Couldn’t Kill www.nytimes.com/2025/06/02/o...nytimes.comOpinion | The Man Putin Couldn’t Kill 512537
M Gessen @mashagessen.bsky.social · 28/05/2025In which I have the sinking feeling of boredom. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/28/o...nytimes.comOpinion | Beware: We Are Entering a New Phase of the Trump Era 1718073
M Gessen @mashagessen.bsky.social · 15/04/2025A few words abiut Harvard www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/o...nytimes.comOpinion | Harvard’s Strength and How Far We’ve Fallen So QuicklyThe thrill over its response to the Trump administration is a measure of how low, and how fast, our expectations have fallen. 112231
M Gessen @mashagessen.bsky.social · 14/04/2025In which I have a radical www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/o...nytimes.comOpinion | This Is How Universities Can Escape Trump’s Trap, If They DareIt’s been tried in other countries facing authoritarian crackdowns. It works. 713047
M Gessen @mashagessen.bsky.social · 02/04/2025In which I try to call things what they are. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/02/o...nytimes.comOpinion | 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. 201046397
M Gessen @mashagessen.bsky.social · 17/03/2025In 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...nytimes.comOpinion | There’s a Name for What Trump Is Doing to Trans People: DenationalizingThe message is that we are a threat to the nation. The subtext is that we are not of this nation. 2222774
M Gessen @mashagessen.bsky.social · 01/03/2025In which... www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/o...nytimes.comOpinion | Putin Is Ready to Carve Up the World. Trump Just Handed Him the Knife.The talks about Ukraine were never just about Ukraine. 15272101
M Gessen @mashagessen.bsky.social · 23/02/2025In which war can be described. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/o...nytimes.comOpinion | They Invented a New Language for WarThe words of war and the war of words. 89525
M Gessen @mashagessen.bsky.social · 15/02/2025In which the time to think is now.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/15/opinion/trump-autocracy-bad-ideas.html?smid=nytcore-android-share 410622
M Gessen @mashagessen.bsky.social · 15/02/2025A follow-up on collective hostage-taking. Hagan Scotten, Emil Bove and the Collective Punishment Test www.nytimes.com/live/2025/02...nytimes.comOpinion | Hagan Scotten, Emil Bove and the Collective Punishment TestHow Hagan Scotten, Emil Bove and the prosecutors who filed motions in the Eric Adams case demonstrate the tool of collective punishment. 06426
M Gessen @mashagessen.bsky.social · 08/02/2025In which there are many reasons to obey and one not to. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/08/o...nytimes.comOpinion | To Obey Trump or Not to ObeyThe voluntarily surrender of the public’s power is how autocracies are built. 31319144
M Gessen @mashagessen.bsky.social · 21/01/2025In which I watched it from afar. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/21/o...nytimes.comOpinion | 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?” 310020
M Gessen @mashagessen.bsky.social · 20/01/2025All this separation of church and state. I've lost count of the number of clergy members speaking at today's festivities 31177
M Gessen @mashagessen.bsky.social · 06/12/2024In 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...nytimes.comOpinion | The Supreme Court Just Gave Us a Bitter Taste of What’s ComingIn the case involving medical care for transgender adolescents, ignoring doctors is part of the point. 416140
M Gessen @mashagessen.bsky.social · 22/11/2024In 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...nytimes.comOpinion | The Secret Behind America’s Moral PanicTrans rights aren’t just trans rights. They’re reproductive rights. 1217243
M Gessen @mashagessen.bsky.social · 15/11/2024In 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...nytimes.comOpinion | This Is the Dark, Unspoken Promise of Trump’s ReturnLiberal democracy offers moral constraints without problem-solving. Populism offers problem-solving without moral constraints. 21297108
