Deconstructing the Troubled Teen Industry: a Conversation with Samantha Leach
It’s culture that needs to change and not girls themselves.
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Rumpus Articles
We Are More: Wanting to Want: Romance and Sports Anime
I think I understand the gap between obsession and devotion, then.
From the Archives: What to Read When You Want to Celebrate Pride
Rumpus editors share a list of new and forthcoming books to celebrate Pride Month!
Rumpus Original Fiction: Pink and Lilac
My sister chose petal pink and lilac for her wedding. She was a coder. She was going to be the breadwinner.
A time to speak directly: A Conversation with Jesse Lee Kercheval
. . . when I’m putting together a collection of poems, I want an emotional arc.
What to Read When You Are Tired*
* of asking for basic services like healthcare and the right to exist
July Letters in the Mail
Our next letter in the mail comes from authors Beth Kephart and Abigail Thomas.
Rumpus Original Poetry: Two Poems by Christine Kwon
I’m a poet, I say, finally, / throwing up my hands, / but she just sits there with this look.
S/Talking Jared: A conversation with Jared Pappas-Kelley
We swim in feedback, baby sharks, and it’s about how do we live in that and make sense or are perhaps shaped by it.
Animal as Metaphor: Erica Berry’s Wolfish
Living entities, with whom we cannot communicate fully, seduce us in their majesty.
Donut Dollies and Maven Matriarchs: A Conversation with Luis Alberto Urrea
If you’ve got that outline already lived, then you have to try to honor it.
The Rumpus needs a REDESIGN
Today, we're launching this $10K crowdfunding campaign to redesign the magazine’s website. We've been running on the same WordPress template since the site launched 14 years ago, which makes it like 1,400 in internet-years.