Mahinder Kingra
@mahinder.bsky.social
Cornell University Press's Editorial Director and Sponsoring Editor in Medieval Studies, Literary & Cultural Studies, and other Studies. National Park obsessive (229 and counting), film noir and crime fiction aficionado, incorrigible overpacker.
In his @cornellupress.bsky.social book, SOVIET SELF-HATRED, Eliot Borenstein tracks this same strategy/impulse in Putin’s Russia, but Russian alt-right trolls see themselves as brave, hypermasculine Orcs and their enemies in the west as conniving, effeminate Elves
October 30, 2025 at 3:37 PM
In his @cornellupress.bsky.social book, SOVIET SELF-HATRED, Eliot Borenstein tracks this same strategy/impulse in Putin’s Russia, but Russian alt-right trolls see themselves as brave, hypermasculine Orcs and their enemies in the west as conniving, effeminate Elves
And a feisty Canadian superhero fighting off a rampaging monster from below the 49th parallel does have a satisfying resonance today
May 15, 2025 at 1:04 PM
And a feisty Canadian superhero fighting off a rampaging monster from below the 49th parallel does have a satisfying resonance today
I will be forever grateful I had the opportunity to meet Leonard Nimoy and tell him how much his portrayal of Spock inspired me as a half-Indian, half-English immigrant kid growing up in 1970s suburbia. He was, of course, gracious and kind as, I’m sure, my voice broke with emotion.
March 27, 2025 at 4:28 PM
I will be forever grateful I had the opportunity to meet Leonard Nimoy and tell him how much his portrayal of Spock inspired me as a half-Indian, half-English immigrant kid growing up in 1970s suburbia. He was, of course, gracious and kind as, I’m sure, my voice broke with emotion.
My favorite in the franchise, too. Baltimore’s own Charles Dutton is terrific as leader of the convicts, the prison setting is inspired (yes, @kermodemovie.bsky.social, even if it’s not the wooden monastery planet that Vincent Ward envisioned 🙄) and it’s driven by Sigourney’s best outing as Ripley.
February 17, 2025 at 8:58 PM
My favorite in the franchise, too. Baltimore’s own Charles Dutton is terrific as leader of the convicts, the prison setting is inspired (yes, @kermodemovie.bsky.social, even if it’s not the wooden monastery planet that Vincent Ward envisioned 🙄) and it’s driven by Sigourney’s best outing as Ripley.
This was such a beautiful story. It inspired me to set up monthly donations to the @prisonjournalism.bsky.social. Prisons are only going to become more inhumane in the coming years and these reminders of our shared humanity will be more and more important.
January 31, 2025 at 8:33 PM
This was such a beautiful story. It inspired me to set up monthly donations to the @prisonjournalism.bsky.social. Prisons are only going to become more inhumane in the coming years and these reminders of our shared humanity will be more and more important.
Red Eye is nerve-jangling ride with a creepy Cillian Murphy and a resilient Rachel McAdams, directed by Wes Craven, and coming in under 90 minutes. What more do you want from cinema?
January 20, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Red Eye is nerve-jangling ride with a creepy Cillian Murphy and a resilient Rachel McAdams, directed by Wes Craven, and coming in under 90 minutes. What more do you want from cinema?
Mark will pick Planes, Trains, one of the rare Thanksgiving movies. My choice would be Rogue One: it’s my favorite movie in the Star Wars canon, and it spawned my favorite Star Wars (and among my favorite of all time) TV series, Andor
November 26, 2024 at 2:59 PM
Mark will pick Planes, Trains, one of the rare Thanksgiving movies. My choice would be Rogue One: it’s my favorite movie in the Star Wars canon, and it spawned my favorite Star Wars (and among my favorite of all time) TV series, Andor
It’s time for Mark & Simon to get over their hatred of Q of S and to stop pretending (I hope they’re pretending!) that they don’t understand the title. It’s certainly not the worst Craig film (that would be Spectre) and, by long shot, not the worst Bond in the canon (View 2 a Kill, Die Another Day)
November 26, 2024 at 2:55 PM
It’s time for Mark & Simon to get over their hatred of Q of S and to stop pretending (I hope they’re pretending!) that they don’t understand the title. It’s certainly not the worst Craig film (that would be Spectre) and, by long shot, not the worst Bond in the canon (View 2 a Kill, Die Another Day)