ENOUGH: Remember the Time
A Rumpus series of work by women and non-binary people that engages with rape culture, sexual assault, and domestic violence.
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Posts Tagged: adolescence
The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #166: T Kira Madden
“I want to always fight for art, not against it.”
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ENOUGH: We All Had the Same Stories
A Rumpus series of work by women and non-binary people that engages with rape culture, sexual assault, and domestic violence.
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Rumpus Exclusive: “Sisters”
Language became not words but a glance or the turn of a head.
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Voices on Addiction: One More Conversation
That’s how I felt again, then: a child suddenly fallen, helpless. Unable even to breathe.
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My Dream about Loving White
My blackness, like my gender, was a sin.
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The Thread: Grown-Up Little Girls
I was a little girl and all I wanted was to grow up.
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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #163: Padma Venkatraman
“Stories have a power science doesn’t.”
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Alive and Kicking: Talking with Dana Czapnik
Dana Czapnik discusses her debut novel, THE FALCONER.
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What Lurks Below: A Conversation with Chloe Aridjis
Chloe Aridjis discusses her forthcoming novel, SEA MONSTERS.
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If You Let Me Tell You a Story
Stories need concrete details to help you understand, don’t they?
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Our Beautiful Fragility: A Conversation with Lisa Locascio
Lisa Locascio discusses her debut novel, OPEN ME.
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ENOUGH: This Is Where It Starts
A Rumpus series of work by women and non-binary people that engages with rape culture, sexual assault, and domestic violence.
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ENOUGH: You Are Not Forgiven
A Rumpus series of work by women and non-binary people that engages with rape culture, sexual assault, and domestic violence.
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The Thread: Dress Codes
How much of gender and identity is about dressing up as the part?
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Circling Backwards, Snaking Sideways: Talking with Sharlene Teo
Sharlene Teo discusses her debut novel, PONTI.
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Breaking the Codes
So I said nothing. To protect you, and to protect myself.
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The Inward Place: A Conversation with Claudia Dey
Claudia Dey discusses her first American release, HEARTBREAKER.
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Judging Kavanaugh
[W]omen won’t forget this come November and beyond.
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The Rumpus Book Club Chat with Kimberly Lojewksi
Kimberly Lojewski discusses WORM FIDDLING NOCTURNE IN THE KEY OF A BROKEN HEART.
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Slow Burn: A Conversation with Katie Jean Shinkle
Katie Jean Shinkle discusses her new novel, RUINATION.
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ENOUGH: Fragile Small Fire Girl
A Rumpus series of work by women and non-binary people that engages with rape culture, sexual assault, and domestic violence.
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Rumpus Original Fiction: All Good Things Come to an End
I didn’t feel bad about lying because the truth would have hurt her.
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The Body That Is Terra Nullius
My body is a terra nullius, belonging to no one, not even me.
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Inborn Autistic Disturbances of Affective Contact
Maybe you were whistling before you could talk, too.
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Curse of Beauty
My daughter is beautiful. I wanted to be beautiful. And isn’t she a reflection of me?
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Hero and Villain: Emily Pérez’s House of Sugar, House of Stone
How hard it is to trust the difference between sacrifice and sabotage!
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Thrown Off Balance: Talking with Malinda McCollum
Malinda McCollum discusses her debut story collection, THE SURPRISING PLACE.
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The Torment of Queer Literature
Queer literature isn’t a box to unlock so that it can unlock me.
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