Posts by: Kristina Kearns
The Rumpus Interview with Craig Walzer
“We need to be able to digest and give people who are very far away the time and space to tell their story in their own words
...moreThe Irresistible Illusion
Rory Stewart’s LRB article “the Irresistible Illusion,” analyzes the language current Western leaders use when speaking about Afghanistan. Then he compares it to similar speeches made by others since 1868. Spoiler: Nothing new has been said in over 140 years. If anything, according to Stewart, our rhetoric has gotten worse.
...morePaul Madonna’s “Small Potatoes” Exhibit, June 12 in San Francisco
Paul Madonna & The Rumpus Celebrate “Small Potatoes” Opening art exhibit of large multi-panel cartoons Ritual Coffee Roasters June 12, 2009 7-9pm For the Ritual Roasters exhibit, Madonna has made a series of large-scale multi-panel cartoons, furthering his comics as art approach. A perfect venue for Madonna’s Small Potatoes series, The Rumpus is an online […]
...morePretty Babies
In December 2008, online photos of the Simpsons characters performing sexual acts were legally deemed child pornography, prompting Columbia University professor Anne Higonnet to question why we use our limited resources on cases against pictures of children, rather than for social workers and social programs that could protect against actual sexual abuse.
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