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Soft Parts

  • Sarah Kasbeer
  • March 30, 2020
What appealed to me most about furry culture was how it created a space for softness to be worn on the outside.
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  • Marissa Korbel
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The Thread: Dress Codes

  • Marissa Korbel
  • October 16, 2018
How much of gender and identity is about dressing up as the part?
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Call for Submissions: Hiding in Plain Sight

  • Lyz Lenz
  • August 21, 2017
This October, The Rumpus is exploring the theme of "Hiding in Plain Sight" and we want all your essays about disguises!
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Rumpus Original Fiction: How to Become a Tiger

  • Katie Darby Mullins
  • October 28, 2016
Tigers are bigger than my comprehension. That’s what I want. I want to be bigger than I am, so big I can’t even imagine it, so real I can’t ever be misinterpreted.
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Rumpus Original Fiction: Monkey Men

  • Chris Vanjonack
  • July 22, 2016
Still lying on the bed in the Wausau hotel room, I started counting ceiling tiles. From above the covers. Not under. Never under. I always feel constricted, under.
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Halloween Costumes for Book Nerds

  • Lauren O'Neal
  • October 31, 2013
Need a last-minute, low-hassle outfit for trick-or-treating? This list of literary Halloween costumes (with pictures, natch) has some great ideas—just grab a “Hello, My Name Is” sticker and write “Ishmael,” and…
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Make it a Ted Wilson Halloween

  • Ted Wilson
  • October 18, 2013
Not available in any store is the year’s most exciting costume: the Ted Wilson! Take this mask, pair it with a sweater, dress shirt, and khakis, and you’ll be the…
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The Weirdest Costumes You’ve Ever Seen

  • Lauren O'Neal
  • September 23, 2013
Switzerland: country of chocolate, chalets, and…a traditional costume of a freaky, faceless rope man, with bells attached in random places? French photographer Charles Fréger traveled Europe, taking pictures of the…
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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #30: Paula Whyman in Conversation with SM Shrake

  • Paula Whyman
  • October 1, 2010
Paula Whyman talks with SM Shrake about his annual witch costume in The Rumpus’s thirtieth mini-interview!
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