November 2012
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“Whither Feminism?”
At the Los Angeles Review of Books, Jack Halberston discusses the new wave of feminism crashing down upon the 21st century. While introducing his new book, Gaga Feminism: Sex, Gender and the End of Normal (and we’re all for an end to Normal!), he…
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My 2012 Presidential Concession Speech
As you have most likely heard by now, I did not win my bid for the 2012 Presidency. While most Americans had their eyes set on Barack Obama or Mitt Romney, a few had gathered before my porch to hear…
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The 51st State?
What if Puerto Rico becomes a state? What if our flag looks like this? What if we have to change that “fifty nifty United States” song to “fifty-one nifty, fun United States”? Puerto Rico would get federal aid, but they’d…
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“Unbuilt Projects,” by Paul Lisicky
“It is hard work to be dead,” writes Paul Lisicky, referring to his mom. “She should have been in training for this, instead of putting her feet up in front of the TV, eating crackers.” It is hard work to be…
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Hot Jazz, No Cash
Online library Internet Archive has a free collection of jazz tracks from the ’20s. What hepcat among us doesn’t remember doing the Charleston to such classics as “dardan2.ogg,” “pretgirl.ogg,” or “urbones.ogg”? Wil Wheaton says, “If you liked the music in…
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LET’S MAKE A MOVIE!
Announcing the Kickstarter campaign for the first Rumpus Movie, Happy Baby! We’re going to try to raise $85,000 so we can shoot our first movie, based on the novel Happy Baby, by Rumpus founding editor Stephen Elliott.
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Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
Don’t worry, the astronauts got to vote too. Great terrifying new dinosaur news you guys! On Space Time Foam is your most fun art installation of the week. The (bionic) future is now! The universe is getting too old for…
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Save Your Breath
Bookslut features an essay by Elvis Bego that’s part passionate defense of short books, part review of Cesar Aira’s The Miracle Cures of Dr. Aira. “America, vast in space and in ambition, seems to goad its writers to impose a brazen…
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Safe Sex Onscreen and Off
Yeah, yeah, Obama, hurray(!) and stuff. What we were all really dying to know is if Measure B would pass in Los Angeles County. The answer is yes, it did, and porn actors will now be required to wear condoms…
