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The Rumpus Review of Police, Adjective
Movies often build to that one moment of revelation or a final showdown. Police, Adjective builds up to a sit-down between three men engaged in a debate. A confrontation that…
My Imaginary Interview with Elaine Showalter
In March of 2009, I wrote to Elaine Showalter on behalf of The Rumpus, saying she inspired me as a writer, editor, and feminist. She agreed to an interview, the…
Conversations About the Internet #5: Anonymous Facebook Employee
Facebook employees, after all, know better than most the value of privacy.
Ted Wilson Reviews the World #18
PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS ★★★★★ (5 out of 5) Hello, and welcome to my week-by-week review of everything in the world. Today I am reviewing Public Service Announcements.
SMALL POTATOES:
Share The Mountain
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FUNNY WOMEN #12: Destroying Angels, A How-To Guide
77%* of Americans say they believe in angels. That doesn’t mean we like them. Sure, they were cute–at first. Maybe you thought you’d never get tired of those sweet rosy…
The Rumpus International Rivers Interview #2: Dubravka Ugresic on the Danube
Born in the former Yugoslavia (present-day Croatia), Dubravka Ugresic began her career writing children’s television programs and books. In nearly four decades of writing and editing, she has published books…
THE BLURB #13: The Anxiety of Influence
Instead of writing this book review, I’ve been pacing around my apartment and slugging absurd quantities of coffee and snarling to myself about slinging postmodern bullshit all over the page.
RECESSION SEX WORKERS #7: How To Be a Girl: Courtney Trouble’s Subversive Smut
Courtney Trouble’s no pedestrian pornographer. She’s a pale, femme, riot girl with squiggly tattoos and rocker bangs.