Writer and Artist Mashinka Firunts Hakopian
The Diva Is Someone Who Writes Their Own Narrative
Mashinka Firunts Hakopian is an Armenian writer, artist, and researcher. Her work is concentrated in media studies, feminist and queer studies, visual culture, contemporary art, and SWANA (Southwest Asia and North Africa) diaspora studies. Before sitting down on a panel for the Zócalo event “What Is the State of Surveillance?”—presented in partnership with ACLU of Southern California and The Progress Network—she joined us in our green room to chat about Armenian futurism, what constitutes “Mashinka mix,” and a true diva she loves, Cher.
