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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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    Welcome, Tiny Overlords

    Perhaps you have a child. Perhaps you want one. Or perhaps, after reading a few articles at Let’s Panic About Babies!, you’ll be shocked barren. Let’s Panic! is The Onion of parenting and pregnancy. And the trove of invaluable, ridiculous…

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    Annals of Advertising: Cheers to You!

    Annals of Advertising. Thanks to Able Brown for this one.

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    Annals of Advertising: American Dreamin’

    Fishing for ladies? Have we got a car for you. More from the annals of advertising.

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    The Upshot of Colorblindness

    “’Scientists and artists start by asking similar questions about the natural world,’ Jerram says. ‘They just end up with completely different answers.’” Check out Greg Boustead’s cool profile of artist/scientist Luke Jerram in Seed Magazine.

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    Elusive Illustradora

    The graphic artist MILK keeps a low profile. I first found her art over at DesignLlama while looking for something interesting, and that was the end of my search. Or rather, the beginning.

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    The Berlin Reunion

    “Earlier this week, 1.5 million people filled the streets of Berlin, Germany to watch a several-day performance by France’s Royal de Luxe street theatre company titled ‘The Berlin Reunion.’ “Part of the celebrations of the 20th anniversary of the fall…

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    Ordinary Injustice By Amy Bach

    “‘Ordinary injustice results,’ Bach writes, ‘when a community of legal professionals becomes so accustomed to a pattern of lapses that they can no longer see their role in them.’ She cites the well-known case of the sleeping lawyer: Joe Frank…

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    The Best Rumpus Video Interruptions According to Julie Greicius

    Back in the day, back when The Rumpus was still pre-launch, curled up in the warmth of its beta gestation, oh, friends, there were video interruptions. And they were good.

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    “Everything Looks Different Today”

    While there are The Last Book(s) I Loved, there are also The Books I Have Always Loved, among them “A Giacometti Portrait,” written by James Lord in 1965.

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    BLU vs. the Chimney-Nosed Bastards

    The extraordinary urban artist BLU may be best known for his video MUTO, which has been viewed across the Internet more than seven million times. His latest work is a political protest against the ILVA steel factory in Taranto, Italy.…

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    Boxes Worth More Than Your Soul

    “Brillo 5, a work of art by Gavin Turk, will be auctioned off at Christie’s postwar and contemporary art sale on September 23. “Christie’s describes the piece of art as ‘an ironic and ambiguous work that is essentially a copy…

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    One Widow’s Mural for Health Care

    “These days you can usually find Regina Holliday in a parking lot between the BP station and the CVS near the Politics and Prose bookstore. She’s painting a 20-foot-high mural, showing her husband on his deathbed, to draw attention to…