NY Times Rape Reporting, Redux
In other words: clothing, age, behavior—none of those things have the slightest significance to what was done to this child.
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Julie Greicius
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Julie Greicius was Art Editor for The Rumpus when it launched in January 2009. One year later, she became Senior Literary Editor, and later, Senior Features Editor. Julie also co-edited the first book published by The Rumpus, Rumpus Women, Vol. 1, featuring personal essays and illustration from twenty kick-ass contributors. Her writing been featured on The Rumpus, Midnight Breakfast, Stanford Medicine Magazine, and BuzzFeed, as well as in the anthology The 27th Mile. She lives in California and is a member of The Rumpus Advisory Board.
NY Times “Responds” to Backlash
What Rhoades Ha and the New York Times fail to understand is that the backlash is not about readers misinterpreting these quotes as belonging to the reporter, James C. McKinley Jr. It is about everything else.
The Art of Drowning
Billy Collins’s poem “The Art of Drowning” animated by Diego Maclean. Via Poetry Foundation.
NIKKO on the Radio
Delfin Vigil’s wonderful non-fiction story NIKKO: Concrete Commando, beautifully illustrated by Rumpus comics editor Paul Madonna, was first published here on the Rumpus. Now Vigil has retold his tale for…
Rumpus Women Readings Everywhere
East Coast! West Coast! Rumpus Women are reading everywhere! Come out! San Francisco: Monday night, December 13, 7pm, the Makeout Room Readings by Michelle Tea, Sarah Fran Wisby, Julie Greicius,…
Super Mamika
Some would say that just having grandchildren makes a woman a superhero. If I live to be so old, I only hope my grandchildren will be as spectacularly awesome as…
Protecting the “Least Among Us”
“I asked Wolfgang how long addicts typically had to wait for admission to his clinic. He didn’t understand my question, so I asked again. As I was about to ask…
Jane Austen’s Fight Club
Jane Austen’s Fight Club – watch more funny videos Dear IMDB visitors, you may also enjoy Bill and Ted’s Excellent Inception, also this is just plain awesome. You can watch…
NIKKO at City Lights
Delfin Vigil’s fantastic true story Nikko: Concrete Commando, has just became available at City Lights in San Francisco. Nikko was first published here on The Rumpus, and then beautifully self-published in…
Still Shopping at Amazon?
Well, stop. This article at The Nation, by Colin Robinson, explains how Amazon’s distorted metrics, anti-trust violations, “ruthless bullying” and “capo-like tactics” are destroying publishing.