Posts by: Tabitha Blankenbiller
Intimate Characters: Talking with Laura Bogart
Laura Bogart discusses her debut novel, DON’T YOU KNOW I LOVE YOU.
...moreA Badass Just Because: Talking with Steph Post
Steph Post discusses her new novel, MIRACULUM.
...moreWhat to Read When You’re Hungry
Each [cookbook] is a ticket into an immersive opportunity for new dishes, new ingredients, new love.
...moreThe Earth Recycles All of Us: Talking with Micheline Aharonian Marcom
Micheline Aharonian Marcom discusses her novel, The Brick House, female sexuality in literature, and transcendence through dreaming.
...moreI Choose My Pearls: On Feminism, Fashion, and Disneyland
Women don’t need laws to repress their fashion, comfort, identity, or preference. Our society’s deft ability to shame does all the heavy lifting.
...moreThe Rumpus Review of Ghostbusters
An agenda can only exist when there is a contingent opposing it. We only push for representation when so many hours and characters of wrath are poured into keeping us out.
...moreThe Slow Fall of the Hot Heroine
If nothing else, it’s the opinion of other women that encroaches on mine. Resemblances spark my joy; differences become character flaws.
...moreThe Rumpus Interview with Deborah Reed
Author Deborah Reed discusses her latest novel, Olivay, the necessity of fire, Los Angeles anxiety, and how she found fulfillment at the edge of the American West.
...moreThe Saturday Rumpus Essay: The Fat Girl’s Benediction
Why couldn’t I accept my body for what it wanted to be? It’s what I harped on the rest of the world to do.
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