Sarah Kendzior

Sarah Kendzior is an anthropologist who studies politics and the internet in Central Asia.

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Manic Pixie Dream Dissidents: How the World Misunderstands Pussy Riot

Manic Pixie Dream Dissidents: How the World Misunderstands Pussy Riot

Western coverage has reduced these Russian dissidents to more familiar narratives of youthful rebellion or damsels in distress, missing their entire point and adopting Moscow's own language. More »

Kim Kardashistan: A Violent Dictator's Daughter on a Quest for Pop Stardom

Kim Kardashistan: A Violent Dictator's Daughter on a Quest for Pop Stardom

Gulnara "Googoosha" Karimova, whose father rules Uzbekistan with an iron fist, wants to be a Western-style celebrity, but a despot's daughter still can't have it all. More »

Worlds Unknown: The Regions Ignored by Google Translate

Worlds Unknown: The Regions Ignored by Google Translate

Google's translation tool has the power to open up parts of the world we don't understand well -- if it just had the right languages. More »

The Day Yahoo Decided I Liked Reading About Child Murder

The Day Yahoo Decided I Liked Reading About Child Murder

Algorithms are shaping how we see the world around us, with big consequences. What a machine thinks we need to know can become what we fear. More »

Censorship as Performance Art: Uzbekistan's Bizarre Wikipedia Ban

Censorship as Performance Art: Uzbekistan's Bizarre Wikipedia Ban

The country's decision to block the Uzbek-language wiki may be more about showmanship and nationalism than controlling information. More »

The Reverse Orientalism of Looking For an 'Arab Spring' in Central Asia

The Reverse Orientalism of Looking For an 'Arab Spring' in Central Asia

The region has its share of dictatorships and protesters, but there's something ironic about the too-eager comparisons to the Middle East. More »

The Strange Saga of a Made-Up Activist and Her Life—and Death—as a Hoax

The Strange Saga of a Made-Up Activist and Her Life—and Death—as a Hoax

The life and tragic death of Uzbek woman Gulsumoy Abdujalilova turned out to be fake, but her meaning for dissident movements in closed societies like Uzbekistan's is all too real More »

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