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Lauren O’Neal
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Help Texan Women Beat SB5
Remember that scary Texas abortion bill we posted about yesterday? The one that would, among other woman-hating and unscientific measures, ban abortion 20 weeks after fertilization, without exceptions for rape victims because getting a rape kit done is apparently already…
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Bad News for English Majors
Last week, we blogged about how, contrary to popular opinion, English majors are, in fact, employable. But, argues Verlyn Klinkenborg, the misperception that the humanities are impractical career-wise is actually hurting the field, making it less practical in every way.…
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A Portrait of the Character as a Fictional Creation
Lovers of fiction and art (i.e., pretty much every Rumpus reader), listen up. The Modern Eden Gallery is San Francisco is hosting an exhibition called “Fiction,” in which artists portray literary characters from Dorian Gray to Alice in Wonderland to…
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Sylvia Plath Inspires Adoration, Scorn
Sylvia Plath has always been a polarizing figure, a fact underscored by the reaction to editions of her work recently released to mark fifty years since her death. Are her poems humorless or funny to the point of kitschiness? Was…
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About That Terrifying Abortion Bill in Texas…
Despite valiant efforts from protesters and pro-choice politicians, Texas’s state House of Representatives has “tentatively approved” the ultraconservative anti-abortion Senate Bill 5, the Texas Tribune reports. The bill would ban abortion at 20-weeks gestation, require physicians that perform the procedure to have…
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Weekend Rumpus Roundup
Welcome to the weekend Rumpus roundup, where we showcase our finest weekend features in case you actually have a life and don’t sit in front of the computer all Saturday and Sunday. Here you will see an interview with adventurous…
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Twitter’s Got Nothing on Telegraphs and Cheap Newspapers
The rapid pace of technological development can be a little frightening: Is texting ruining our communication skills? Is the Internet butchering our ability to think deeply? As it turns out, these fears are nothing new.
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More on Brazil
Politicians have given into the demand that sparked Brazilian protests, lowering bus fares from 3.20 reais back down to R$3.00 (about $1.60 back down to $1.50), massive protests continue throughout the country. The New York Times has a good summary of what’s…
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The Real Reason We’re Shocked About Paula Deen
When the transcript of Food Network host Paula Deen’s trial for workplace harassment was leaked, the reaction was nearly universal: “Hoo boy, is that woman unbelievably racist!” Or was there something else that bothered us about Deen’s behavior? In an…
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Marsh Farm Land, D.C., and Other Literal Place Names
According to cartographers Stephan Hormes and Silke Peust, the Rumpus offices are located in the city of Saint Little Frank One in the great state of Land of the Successor, but we have writers and editors all over the United States…
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Good News for English Majors
English majors and other humanities students, take heart: your diploma’s not so useless after all! Though arts, humanities, and social sciences are often disparaged as impractical, Time‘s Annette Gordon-Reed argues that they prepare students for the job market quite well in…
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Writer’s Mom Downplays Feminist Heroism
“…her husband was an alcoholic, but so clean cut. I didn’t really put two-and-two together until she came to me and said, ‘I need your help. My husband is going out of town soon, and I’ve got to leave while…