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“On a more serious note, I don’t think women have enough space for expression. Some people like to believe women don’t poop. This is absurd. I poop an insane amount.…
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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.
The Vision To Depict It Their Way
“’The exhibition is framed to be about limits and what can be done within them,’ said Lawrence Rinder, the director of the Berkeley Art Museum, who was a juror for…
Artaksiniya
The Russian artist Aksiniya, who makes a living as a fashion illustrator “for the moment,” is hardly confined by the fashion industry’s narrow view of female pulchritude. On one hand,…
Doctors Who Write
“Patients bring us stories,” Terrence Holt explains. “We drop into the middle of patients’ stories and try to change the plot for the better. First we have to understand it, however.…
Giant Squid Takes Michigan
In a 10,000 square foot art space in Grand Rapids, a sixty-foot squid floats above an antique desk that is covered with nautical books, prints, a tape recorder, life preservers,…
Learning to Fall: Jesse Hotchkiss at Thinkspace
Thinkspace gallery in Los Angeles is preparing for a December 11 exhibition that includes new works by Jesse Hotchkiss. Check out a sneak peek of the exhibit, “Learning to Fall,”…
The Rumpus Interview with Able Brown
Meet Able Brown: artist, New York City park ranger, body-surfing enthusiast and stand-up comedian. His drawings and paintings have been included in group shows at several galleries, including a show…
Ron English Remembers the Berlin Wall, 1989
“The Berlin Wall was interesting because there was this group of East Germans that were sitting, protesting. The wall is on the side of East Germany—or it was. So they…
The Journal of Urban Typography
Such a simple concept: The Journal of Urban Typography is a digital collection of everyday, do-it-yourself signage. Normally you wouldn’t think twice about these signs, but taken together–curated even–they convey…