Allegations about the fabled author’s uncle and his potential transgressions renew questions about how much an author’s personal experiences matter when we evaluate their work.
Category Archive: Russia
Griner’s incarceration is an attempt by the Russian government to embarrass the United States
Though these assaults are not unique to the Russian military, it is very much rooted in a longer history of Russian sexual violence as a tool of war.
There are many, many embarrassing photos of me during my teen years, but one of the biggest was […]
Tropics of Meta has not and likely will not come out with an endorsement in the 2020 US presidential race. But the handsy guy… let’s go with a “no.”
The student: Since the beginning of time, man has reached for greater heights. The talking head: The situation […]
May 1945, just six months after my husband Hal was born, World War II in Europe ended. However, […]
We here at Tropics of Meta–and our sister podcast Doomed to Repeat–have been thinking about Russia for a […]