Anna Leonidovna Khachiyan (;
Armenian: Աննա Խաչիյան, born August 23, 1985),
is a Russian-American
cultural critic,
writer,
and co-host of the podcast ''
Red Scare
A Red Scare is the promotion of a widespread fear of a potential rise of communism, anarchism or other leftist ideologies by a society or state. The term is most often used to refer to two periods in the history of the United States which ar ...
'' based in
New York City.
Early life
Khachiyan was born in Moscow,
USSR, in 1985.
In 1990, she immigrated to the United States with her parents and was raised in
New Jersey.
She is the daughter of the Soviet mathematician and
Rutgers University professor
Leonid Khachiyan and Olga Pischikova Reynberg. She is of Armenian and
Jewish descent.
Khachiyan received the Patrick J. Quigley memorial scholarship from
Rutgers University in 2006, studying economics and
art history and graduating with honors. She went on to pursue a master's degree in art history at
New York University, as well as a PhD in Soviet architecture, completing the former and dropping out of the latter.
Before ''Red Scare'', Khachiyan worked odd jobs as a restaurant hostess, illustrator and actress.
Career
On March 29, 2018, Khachiyan started the cultural commentary podcast ''
Red Scare
A Red Scare is the promotion of a widespread fear of a potential rise of communism, anarchism or other leftist ideologies by a society or state. The term is most often used to refer to two periods in the history of the United States which ar ...
'', with co-host and actress
Dasha Nekrasova. The show has been associated with both the
dirtbag left and the
new right as well as the subculture surrounding
Dimes Square
Dimes Square is a nickname for a so-called "microneighborhood" of Manhattan, roughly located in between Chinatown and the Lower East Side neighborhoods of New York City. The exact perimeter of the neighborhood is debated.
The neighborhood and i ...
. It covers current topics in American culture and politics in both a comedic and serious tone.
Khachiyan's commentary and critique of
neoliberalism and
feminism are heavily influenced by historian
Christopher Lasch and social critic
Camille Paglia.
She has also been influenced by
Mark Fisher and
Michel Houellebecq.
Khachiyan has been interviewed by
Eric Weinstein and by
Bret Easton Ellis on their respective podcasts. She has also appeared on
i24NEWS to discuss Russian-born convicted fraudster
Anna Delvey
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, and as a speaker as part of
Art Toronto
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's PLATFORM Speak Series.
Personal life
Khachiyan is dating Jewish-American percussionist and visual artist
Eli Keszler.
On the February 13, 2021 episode of ''
The Tim Dillon Show'', Khachiyan announced she was eight months pregnant. Her son was born on March 28, 2021.
Filmography
References
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Living people
1985 births
American podcasters
Women podcasters
Russian emigrants to the United States
American people of Armenian descent
American people of Russian-Jewish descent
American feminist writers
Female critics of feminism
Feminist critics of feminism