Bodies in Bikinis: Are You Buying It?
As we watched the stick, scantily clad models parade onscreen for public consumption, my daughter turned to me, her face tight with disgust, and asked, “Why would women do that?”
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Where Things Stand
After the VIDA counts in 2010 and 2011, as well as Jennifer Weiner’s count she released on her blog in January 2012, I wanted to see where things stood for…
Paying to Play: Interview with a John
To use a tennis analogy, I played all four corners in an attempt to interview clients. I hit up escort friends of mine with long-terms regulars, old clients who were articulate and thoughtful and guys I’d never met who had contacted me with sex work-related questions.
The Rumpus Poetry Book Club Chat with Carmen Giménez Smith
The Rumpus Poetry Book Club chats with Carmen Giménez Smith about her poetry collection Goodbye, Flicker.
Turning Points: Marlon Brando in Last Tango in Paris
Marlon Brando was the greatest film actor of the 20th century, and a failure.
The Rumpus Interview with Sheila Heti
The second time I meet Sheila Heti I’m standing outside the gated front yard of her home on a cold, sunny day in Toronto. The overgrowth and general unkemptness of…
There Are Things Your Hands Have Yet to Learn
You have never played a video game before in your life, and when your friend hands you a boxy gray controller, turns on the Nintendo Entertainment System, and walks away,…
Ted Wilson Reviews the World #138
GROUNDHOG DAY ★★★★★ (5 out of 5) Hello, and welcome to my week-by-week review of everything in the world. Today I am reviewing Groundhog Day.
The Rumpus Interview with Dave Eggers
Dave Eggers's new novel, A Hologram For The King, (due out from McSweeney's June 28) is set in Saudi Arabia.
Sunday Rumpus Interview: Joshua Mohr and Michelle Haimoff
Two nocturnal authors talk shop about insomnia.
The Rumpus Interview with Brett Walker
“Put yourself in a frame of mind that you can allow whatever’s going to happen, happen, and be okay with it. If you walk into a room and immediately put up walls, you’ll never find the doors.”