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  • Mary Allen

    Faking It

    It’s never been so easy to pretend to know so much without actually knowing anything. Is faking cultural literacy the new norm? Should we accept it? Read more about it (or at least pretend to read it) on the the…

  • The Rumpus Interview with Mandy Stadtmiller
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    Abigail Welhouse

    The Rumpus Interview with Mandy Stadtmiller

    Mandy Stadtmiller, writer, comedian, and the deputy editor of xoJane, talks about promoting positivity in women’s journalism, why no one gets hired because of résumés anymore, and the importance of maintaining a writing and editorial staff with differing opinions.

  • Sam Riley

    Why We Love Jackie O

    The tapes of Jackie O’s interview with Arthur Schlesinger, four months after her husband’s assassination were not supposed to be released until fifty years after her death. Her daughter Caroline Kennedy ended up releasing them early (the result of an…

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    Tom Andes

    The Rumpus Interview with Martin Atkins

    The first time I call Martin Atkins in Chicago, I get his voicemail. The second time, Martin answers, but he’s just arriving home from his office,