Dasha Nekrasova is an actress and political commentator who co-hosts the popular Red Scare podcast. She is also a victim of one of the more bizarre cancel culture stories in recent memory.
Nekrasova first attracted public attention in 2018, when she was selected for a random woman-on-the-street interview at South by Southwest. The interviewer was with Infowars, the conspiratorial rightwing website founded by Alex Jones. At the time a supporter of Sen. Bernie Sanders (I–Vt.) and the progressive left, Nekrasova maintained a calm and friendly demeanor during the confrontational interview—and the video went viral, probably because Nekrasova was dressed as a Sailor Moon character. Fans dubbed her "Sailor Socialism."
