Dasha Nekrasova

Dasha Nekrasova (Belarusian: Даша Некрасова; born c. 1991) is a Belarusian-American actress, writer,[1] and co-host of the podcast Red Scare. In 2018, she became known as "Sailor Socialism"[2][3] after her interview with an InfoWars reporter, in which she was dressed in a sailor fuku, went viral.

Dasha Nekrasova
Bornc. 1991
Minsk, Belarus
Citizenship
  • Belarus
  • United States
Alma materMills College
Occupation
  • Actress
  • podcaster
Years active2014–present

Early life

Nekrasova was born in Minsk, Belarus[4] to parents who worked as acrobats.[5] She emigrated to the United States with her parents when she was four, settling in Las Vegas, Nevada.[6]

She attended high school at Las Vegas Academy of the Arts, graduating in 2008, before attending Mills College, where she studied sociology and philosophy.[6]

Career

Nekrasova first appeared in music videos for alternative artists such as Yumi Zouma,[7] before making her film debut in Wobble Palace, which she co-wrote with director Eugene Kotlyarenko.[1][8] The New York Times described the film as "a sendup of broke-artist types that shimmers with abashed affection",[1] while RogerEbert.com commented that "while your comedic milage with its loose goofiness may vary, this movie succeeds in contributing a filmic time capsule" for millenials.[8][1] She appeared as the leading character in the dark comedy The Softness of Bodies, with The Hollywood Reporter saying she inhabited the role "effortlessly".[5]

While promoting Wobble Palace at the 2018 South by Southwest Festival, her interview with right-wing media outlet InfoWars went viral.[2] She was nicknamed "Sailor Socialism" for expressing her support for Bernie Sanders, while dressed in an Japanese schoolgirl outfit resembling Sailor Moon.[2][3] The clip was featured in a segment on Venezuela in an episode of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver.[9]

On March 29, 2018, Nekrasova started the podcast Red Scare, with co-host Anna Khachiyan. The show has been associated with the dirtbag left[10][11][12] and described in The Cut as "a critique of feminism, and capitalism, from deep inside the culture they’ve spawned."[12] Daily Dot said the show's "schtick" had been summed up by former congressional staffer Simone Norman, as "when hot mean girls become public leftists."[13] The show has featured guest appearances by writers, artists, social commentators and leftist figures, including Angela Nagle, Vanessa Place, Simon Reynolds, Juliana Huxtable, Ariana Reines, Chapo Trap House's Amber A'Lee Frost, Tulsi Gabbard and Glenn Greenwald, as well as conservative personalities, such as Ross Douthat and Steve Bannon.[14] In September 2019, they interviewed social media influencer Caroline Calloway live at the Bell House in Brooklyn.[15][16][17]

In 2020, Nekrasova made her directorial debut with The Scary of 61st Street, a thriller co-written with Madeline Quinn, and inspired by the death of Jeffrey Epstein. The film is currently in post-production.[18] Later that year, Nekrasova and Quinn scripted the short film, Spectacular Reality, inspired by conspiracies surrounding crisis actors and featuring models from No Agency New York.[19]

Filmography
Year Film/Series Role Notes
2014 Cotton Sasha web series
2015 The Eating Place Fiona short
2015 Hypochrondria short
2015 The Lotus Gun Daphine short
2016 The Sound of Blue, Green and Red Jenny short
2017 The Darby Bonarsky Story Darby Bonarsky short, also co-wrote
2017 Steps Orphan #2
2017 Normalize Ms. Push Buttons short
2018 Nothing Bad Will Happen Woman short
2018 Wobble Palace Jane also co-wrote
2018 Softness of Bodies Charlotte Parks
2018 Sunday Girl Natasha
2018 The Ghost Who Walks Mitzie
2019 Black Earth Woman #3
2019 Mr. Robot Celeste
2019 Disco Elysium Klaasje Amandou Video game voice-over[20]

References
  1. Bugbee, Teo (October 4, 2018). "Review: In 'Wobble Palace,' a Relationship Hangs by a Stringy Toupee". The New York Times.
  2. Diavolo, Lucy (May 3, 2018). "Meet "Sailor Socialism," the Infowars Interview Subject Who Went Viral". Teen Vogue.
  3. O'Neill, Luke (9 May 2018). "The Chill Woman Who Pwned InfoWars Discusses Life After Going 'Softly Viral'". Vice.
  4. "Red Scare, Don't Care". The Face.
  5. Linden, Sheri (September 25, 2018). "'Softness of Bodies': Film Review - LAFF 2018". The Hollywood Reporter.
  6. Penn, Asher (September 11, 2019). "A Conversation with Dasha Nekrasova". The Editorial Magazine.
  7. "Yumi Zouma Air Two New Videos". diymag.com. 6 Mar 2014.
  8. Allen, Nick. "SXSW Film Festival 2018: Wobble Palace - Festivals & Awards - Roger Ebert". rogerebert.com.
  9. "John Oliver Laments Venezuela on 'Last Week Tonight'". Time. Retrieved 2020-09-11.
  10. Marriott, James (December 10, 2019). "Red Scare, the politically incorrect podcast that's wooing liberal millennials" – via www.thetimes.co.uk.
  11. Spies, Michelle (September 25, 2019). "I Made the Internet Vote to Determine the Worst Fan Base. Here's What I Learned". Vulture.
  12. Malone, Noreen (October 25, 2018). "Red Scare Leans Into Nothing". The Cut.
  13. "'Praxis Girl' and how extremely online drama led to a Marxist meme". The Daily Dot. June 26, 2019.
  14. "Red Scare Podcast: War Room Red Scare w/ Steve Bannon". redscarepodcast.libsyn.com. Retrieved 2020-09-11.
  15. Holmes, Aaron (September 28, 2019). "From scoring Adderall to a potential movie deal, Caroline Calloway took the stage at a Brooklyn podcast taping to 'spill the tea' on her ghostwriter controversy". Business Insider.
  16. "How to Become an Influencer in 2019? Attack Other Influencers". khsu.org. September 28, 2019.
  17. Levine, Sara (October 1, 2019). "Caroline Calloway Reignited Her Feud With Natalie Beach". betches.com.
  18. Halabian, Layla. "Dasha Nekrasova Thinks Skin Care Is An Inside Job". Nylon.
  19. "No Agency's models respond to a shady casting call in this new film". Dazed. November 2, 2020.
  20. ZA/UM (15 October 2019). Disco Elysium. Scene: Ending Credits.
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