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Julie Greicius

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.
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    Out of the Trenches: The Rumpus Review of Wonder Woman

    If there was ever a case for women avoiding Botox, Diana’s signature skepticism for the patriarchy is it. She has never encountered womanhood as subordinate, and she’s not about to start.

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    Don’t Rush Me, App

    One word at a time, at up to 1000 words a minute. That’s 16.67 words per second. Spritz, a Boston-based technology start-up, has developed a new app that presents text in a way that allows you to read at lightning…

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    Gayle Brandeis at Salon

    Over at Salon, Gayle Brandeis has a follow-up essay to her personal story, “Get Me Away From Here, I’m Dying,” about her mother’s suicide, published on the Rumpus last month. “I’ve made passing mention of my mom’s suicide in my writing over…

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    The Rumpus Interview with Ann Friedman

    As Executive Editor at GOOD magazine, Friedman is proving that women are not only qualified to be at the top of the masthead; they’re needed there.

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    The Rumpus Interview with Rachel Lloyd

    Rachel Lloyd talks about her book, Girls Like Us, founding Girls Education and Mentoring Service (GEMS), and why she was hesitant to write a memoir.

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    This Hypothetical Life (Penn State is the World)

    The Sandusky case pulls back the curtain on all kids who, like his alleged victims, become sexually victimized and exploited because of their poverty.

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    The Rumpus Interview with Blindsight Author Chris Colin

    In Blindsight, Chris Colin has written the true story of b-movie-to-blockbuster producer Simon Lewis’s 16-year recovery from a car crash that left him with a pulse, but little else.

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    Bayard Rustin, Unhidden

    “Master strategist Bayard Rustin was Martin Luther King Jr.’s organizer for the 1963 March on Washington, but because he was gay, he has been hidden from history. Activist Stuart Wilber explains.”

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    Lunatic Ladies of the Laboratory

    While academia works to adjust the long-standing under-representation of women in science, consider for a moment the inevitable corollary to those numbers: the dearth of female mad scientists.

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    Sultan of Swings Near San Francisco

    In a certain context, a set of swings–and the mild risk, childish competition and sheer stomach-swirling delight that they offer–rise to the level of art. That context is a silent, cavernous gymnasium at the Headlands Center for the Arts, where…

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    Google’s Morbid Algorithm

    “Google confirmed widespread rumors last night that it will soon launch an invitation-only beta-testing program for its controversial Android phone App, Word Count. According to a press release posted on the Google Lab Team blog, the App will make use…

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    John le Carré Declines Booker Nomination

    Judges for the international Man Booker prize have announced the thirteen finalists under consideration for this year’s award recognizing fiction writing—a body of work rather than a single book. Among the nominees is spy novelist John le Carré, who has requested…