Natasha Ochshorn
@nochshorn.bsky.social
Keeps writing new bios late at night. Graduate worker at CUNY writing on desire and grief in fantasy fiction. Writes about genre at Unwinnable. Makes music as Bunny Petite. BK lifer. She/hers
We had a funeral for my Grandma’s 80th bday and it was wonderful. Shes 95 now.
it seems lame that obituaries and eulogies and shit only happen after a person is dead. you should get a funeral once in life where your loved ones have to say all that stuff to your face
November 26, 2025 at 11:23 PM
We had a funeral for my Grandma’s 80th bday and it was wonderful. Shes 95 now.
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“The Black women of the film are lightning rods for the most forceful conversations the film can bear, and it’s thrilling to watch them embody what Anderson’s script can only loosely hold.” www.vulture.com/article/blac...
Black Actresses Are Carrying One Battle After Another
Teyana Taylor, Chase Infiniti, and Regina Hall propel the film’s most conflicted ideas, for better and worse.
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November 24, 2025 at 6:09 PM
“The Black women of the film are lightning rods for the most forceful conversations the film can bear, and it’s thrilling to watch them embody what Anderson’s script can only loosely hold.” www.vulture.com/article/blac...
I am a glamorous pig diva and I am SCARED of Sabrina Carpenter
Sabrina Carpenter arrests Miss Piggy at the final show of her Short n’ Sweet tour in Los Angeles.
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November 24, 2025 at 9:08 PM
I am a glamorous pig diva and I am SCARED of Sabrina Carpenter
I see Rogue One discourse is happening (I do not like Rogue One).
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What Are We Talking About When We’re Talking About Star Wars? - Unwinnable
The depiction of fascism in Andor – its annihilating possibilities, its pervasiveness, its seductions towards complicity – feel extrapolated from the present moment, terrifyingly. Its rebellion feels ...
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November 24, 2025 at 9:07 PM
I see Rogue One discourse is happening (I do not like Rogue One).
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I hate that surveil is spelled like that.
I finally saw Weapons, and thought about teachers, students, and parents, who should all be looking out for each other, but often surveil instead.
We're not laughing out loud about this one. This month's issue of Unwinnable Monthly features @jamestocchio.bsky.social on L.O.L and Ryuichi Sakamoto, plus our regular crew on their areas of expertise.
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November 21, 2025 at 11:58 PM
I hate that surveil is spelled like that.
I finally saw Weapons, and thought about teachers, students, and parents, who should all be looking out for each other, but often surveil instead.
We're not laughing out loud about this one. This month's issue of Unwinnable Monthly features @jamestocchio.bsky.social on L.O.L and Ryuichi Sakamoto, plus our regular crew on their areas of expertise.
Buy: buff.ly/QQmEgNJ
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November 21, 2025 at 10:31 PM
I finally saw Weapons, and thought about teachers, students, and parents, who should all be looking out for each other, but often surveil instead.
I also listened to Dirty Work this morning with my toddler, who gave it a side-to-side sway and one booty pop. A rave!
Kept it going this morning with a few of Steely Dan's greatest hits.
Peg: So much going on she wasn't sure whether to laugh or cry. Ultimately swayed by the power of MMcD
Hey Nineteen: Did not like this one at all. Too sharp and syncopated maybe?
Dirty Work: This one soothed her. PTA was right!
Peg: So much going on she wasn't sure whether to laugh or cry. Ultimately swayed by the power of MMcD
Hey Nineteen: Did not like this one at all. Too sharp and syncopated maybe?
Dirty Work: This one soothed her. PTA was right!
Here are the baby's reactions to Past Masters 1&2:
I Feel Fine: Liked the beat
Yes It Is: Too emotionally intense
Day Tripper: Enjoyed me explaining how the primacy of the riff prefigured the shift to Rock
Rain: Too avant-garde
Lady Madonna: Dug the piano
Hey Jude: Stopped crying, fell asleep
I Feel Fine: Liked the beat
Yes It Is: Too emotionally intense
Day Tripper: Enjoyed me explaining how the primacy of the riff prefigured the shift to Rock
Rain: Too avant-garde
Lady Madonna: Dug the piano
Hey Jude: Stopped crying, fell asleep
November 15, 2025 at 6:34 PM
I also listened to Dirty Work this morning with my toddler, who gave it a side-to-side sway and one booty pop. A rave!
My priorities and values haven’t changed much since having a kid, except now I’m irrationally annoyed when Sephora isn’t open at 8am.
November 15, 2025 at 12:58 PM
My priorities and values haven’t changed much since having a kid, except now I’m irrationally annoyed when Sephora isn’t open at 8am.
I gotta do this at karaoke
November 14, 2025 at 7:29 PM
I gotta do this at karaoke
This marks one year of my column. I really love writing it, and hopefully it saves my loved ones a few lectures.
ICYMI: "Still, the embodied complications of an accelerated puberty are more interesting, and more frightening to me, than the well-trodden sci-fi abstractions of what makes a human."
@nochshorn.bsky.social digs into the real fear of Alien: Earth:
@nochshorn.bsky.social digs into the real fear of Alien: Earth:
Alien: Earth - Unwinnable
It’s difficult to be scared of something that you’re maybe rooting for.
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November 12, 2025 at 9:24 PM
This marks one year of my column. I really love writing it, and hopefully it saves my loved ones a few lectures.
Spoiler: it’s not the eyeball
"Still, the embodied complications of an accelerated puberty are more interesting, and more frightening to me, than the well-trodden sci-fi abstractions of what makes a human."
@nochshorn.bsky.social digs into the real fear of Alien: Earth:
@nochshorn.bsky.social digs into the real fear of Alien: Earth:
Alien: Earth - Unwinnable
It’s difficult to be scared of something that you’re maybe rooting for.
unwinnable.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Spoiler: it’s not the eyeball
Actual footage of me trying to call my senators to tell them not to be cowards.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=GCM5...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=GCM5...
November 10, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Actual footage of me trying to call my senators to tell them not to be cowards.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=GCM5...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=GCM5...
While doing this I left the second most scattered and embarrassing voicemail of my life to Gillibrand’s office.
Cooked and ate beets in white pants 🙌
November 10, 2025 at 3:26 AM
While doing this I left the second most scattered and embarrassing voicemail of my life to Gillibrand’s office.
Cooked and ate beets in white pants 🙌
November 10, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Cooked and ate beets in white pants 🙌
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Tech bros should start naming their companies after the hunks of Romantasy.
“Rhysand is a new AI venture that helps you monitor the vitals of your beloved from afar.”
“Rhysand is a new AI venture that helps you monitor the vitals of your beloved from afar.”
November 7, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Tech bros should start naming their companies after the hunks of Romantasy.
“Rhysand is a new AI venture that helps you monitor the vitals of your beloved from afar.”
“Rhysand is a new AI venture that helps you monitor the vitals of your beloved from afar.”
One of the problems with the recent complete matcha takeover of coffee shops is that it’s harder to find a London fog, which I love.
November 7, 2025 at 2:41 PM
One of the problems with the recent complete matcha takeover of coffee shops is that it’s harder to find a London fog, which I love.
The problem with a lot of contemp leftie “criticism” is that they approach from “is this good propaganda or evil propaganda” which is bad for art and bad for lefties tbh
broken record on this but a similarly great beat for left wing media would be covering arts and culture and not just focusing primarily on politics and current events because there's a massive void there right now
it does seem like there’s a major—though potentially fleeting—opportunity to invest in left-wing media. more than a million people in the most populous city in america just enthusiastically elected a democratic socialist and the world is watching. putting $$ towards left media rn is good business.
November 7, 2025 at 12:45 PM
The problem with a lot of contemp leftie “criticism” is that they approach from “is this good propaganda or evil propaganda” which is bad for art and bad for lefties tbh
Reposted by Natasha Ochshorn
broken record on this but a similarly great beat for left wing media would be covering arts and culture and not just focusing primarily on politics and current events because there's a massive void there right now
it does seem like there’s a major—though potentially fleeting—opportunity to invest in left-wing media. more than a million people in the most populous city in america just enthusiastically elected a democratic socialist and the world is watching. putting $$ towards left media rn is good business.
November 7, 2025 at 3:43 AM
broken record on this but a similarly great beat for left wing media would be covering arts and culture and not just focusing primarily on politics and current events because there's a massive void there right now
Heard Tusk and now I’m mad I’m not watching The Americans
November 6, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Heard Tusk and now I’m mad I’m not watching The Americans
This account is *chic*
my new @newyorker.com column on the allure of low follower counts and niche influencers on social media, in a time of AI and bot traffic www.newyorker.com/culture/infi...
It’s Cool to Have No Followers Now
As social media has become older, more manipulable, and more automated by artificial intelligence, flouting online popularity has gained a new cachet.
www.newyorker.com
November 6, 2025 at 12:33 AM
This account is *chic*
Last time I was on the UWS I saw an old woman run up to some Sliwa tablers and should: “FINE, CALL ME A BAD JEW, CUZ IM VOTING FOR THE MUSLIM.” ❤️
November 5, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Last time I was on the UWS I saw an old woman run up to some Sliwa tablers and should: “FINE, CALL ME A BAD JEW, CUZ IM VOTING FOR THE MUSLIM.” ❤️
Uh oh. When people ask if I’m having another kid I’ve been saying I’m waiting to see if we’ll get universal daycare. 😬❤️😬❤️
November 5, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Uh oh. When people ask if I’m having another kid I’ve been saying I’m waiting to see if we’ll get universal daycare. 😬❤️😬❤️
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More Election Day texting
November 4, 2025 at 11:40 PM
More Election Day texting