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Slouching Toward Vantage: A Conversation with Taneum Bambrick
Taneum Bambrick discusses her debut poetry collection, VANTAGE.
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ENOUGH: To Keep Myself Alive
A Rumpus series of work by women and non-binary writers that engages with rape culture, sexual assault, and domestic violence.
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ENOUGH: Rescue Me
A Rumpus series of work by women and non-binary writers that engages with rape culture, sexual assault, and domestic violence.
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The Evolution of a Trigger
Perhaps they are really saying: This will not happen to me. I will be prepared. And, in hoisting that hypothetical gun, they feel they are made safe from the appalling vulnerability of living.
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The Sunday Rumpus Essay: To Prey on Birds
I am alone. Alone with my small size, my cracking bones, and the guilt that wraps around my spine like a jungle vine. Don’t be hysterical, I repeat to myself.
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The Sunday Rumpus Essay: The Kickback
After being assaulted, Jessie Rothwell starts taking self-defense classes and enters a new relationship, gaining both physical and sexual power.




