Katya Tylevich

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Katya Tylevich writes for The Onion A.V. Club, among other publications like Mark Magazine, Vice, Flux, Heeb, Arthur, 'Sup, and Quick Fiction.

She is the founding editor of an ambiguously nostalgic arts journal, writes short fiction — some of it published, some of it waiting to be celebrated posthumously — and she recently completed a children’s book for melancholic children and their exasperated legal guardians. Katya is a scholar of denouement and Kin-dza-dza! She has done work for NTV (Russia). She writes scripts, director’s treatments, and copy in Los Angeles, where she resides between frequent trips to Minneapolis, New York, and countries that practice deportation. Other notable projects include writing the opening movie script for “Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns Of The Patriots” (holla at ya, gamers!).

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Katya originally hails from Minsk: capital of Belarus, axis of buckwheat, outpost of gymnastic progressivism.

Patriotic Baby Names On Rise; Playground Beatings Likely To See Increase

Aw. If it isn’t little Privatizatsia ("Privatization") and darling Viagra, two Russian newborns who stand almost no chance of leading happy childhoods thanks to the names bestowed upon them by their loving parents. In Soviet times, it was not unusual to have a friend named Stalina or an enemy named Ninel (read it backwards for a “come on” moment). In fact, early Bolsheviks were suckers for “Red Baptisms” which branded miserable young souls with names like Melor (acronym for “Marx Engels Lenin October Revolution”). Today, the Moscow registry office notes an increase in modern equivalents of politicized or otherwise attention-getting monikers. Patriotism is stimulus for a name like Kosmos ("Space"), of course, but there’s also the idea that a child named for a prescription boner drug will stand out next to a ho-hum Volodya or Katya, and profit for it. Might as well just name the kid “Opportunist” and be done with it.

Attack Of The Media-Savvy Kremlin Groupie

While America's Santellis and Limbaughs try to create a populist upswell against Obama, the new face of idiotic Russian populism is a young, blond Putin-ite named Maria Sergeyeva. The 24-year-old blogger bounded onto the national stage last January with her fiery speech at a pro-Kremlin rally, telling crowds she was “certain” Prime Minister Putin and President Medvedev would “protect” her from the financial crisis. There's nothing particularly novel about her Nashi-esque positions, but when Sergeyeva says the Ukrainian-Russian gas dispute is an American plot, that foreign cars are Trojan Horses, or that the Central Asian immigrants should go home, people listen. Must be her delivery?

From Russia with loaf

Hey, guess what the cat’s meow is in Moscow these days? Sushi. Imagine, The Red Square flanked by menus featuring nigiri, rolls, sashimi, unagi, plus new twists on old favorites like shrimp “pelmeni” (Russian “ravioli,”) at a Japanese restaurant. Even with some unnecessary mayonnaise here and there, the Muscovites didn’t invent bad fusion food. Some of the menu items may actually be quite successful.

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