The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project: Shannon McLeod
“In my own experience, anxiety entails dwelling on the past.”
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Posts Tagged: dating
FUNNY WOMEN: wikiHOW to Hit on an East Asian Woman in America
After approaching her, start a conversation by trying to guess her ethnicity.
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I’m Cold, Please Touch Me: The Freezer Door by Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore
Sycamore wrote this book long before pandemic time, and yet it couldn’t have arrived at a better moment.
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Rumpus Original Fiction: The Next Unicorn
My job was to help people suspend disbelief.
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Spotlight: “Five Pandemic Date Night Ideas”
Enjoy a cozy evening at home… and another one… and another one.
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If My Body Were a House
Where my masculinity dwells, I am in control.
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Voices on Addiction: Heroin/e
She introduced me to the ugly of religion and to the beauty of the world.
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Life Gets in the Way: Talking with Emily Hashimoto
Emily Hashimoto discusses her debut novel, A WORLD BETWEEN.
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My Boyfriend, His Lover, and Me
There is nothing I want more than a happy ending.
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Voices on Addiction: There Were Also Girls, Women
I always thought I was too smart to be one of those girls.
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Acclimation
Such distinguished hybridity joined us all, animal and human, in a lonely, exclusive tribe.
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Varied States of Breaking
This, I learned, is what rawness tasted like. I wanted more.
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Rumpus Original Fiction: Of Separation
But in that same instant, as she turned, his smile froze.
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Rumpus Original Fiction: First Love
We met in a dorm hallway, half past midnight.
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Spotlight: “Love Is Real”
On a Tuesday night in New York City, a girl meets the love of her life.
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FUNNY WOMEN: Bumble Profiles of Literature’s Famous Ladies
Are you wealthy? If so, heyyy.
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ENOUGH: Crime and Composure
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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Being Seen: A Conversation with Lane Moore
Lane Moore discusses her first book, HOW TO BE ALONE.
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Transcending the Trauma: A Conversation with Tracy Strauss
Tracy Strauss discusses her debut memoir, I JUST HAVEN’T MET YOU YET.
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Rumpus Original Fiction: Sardines
The house, for the first time this weekend, is quiet.
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The Bent Hourglass: Living in Crip Time
This is how to be sick, or hurt: give up on fast time.
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Mixed Feelings: How to Trust after Trauma
I don’t believe the problem of rape culture is beyond resolution, but I know that you’re not the one responsible for solving it.
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The Algorithm of Love
The life I had doesn’t flash like I see in movies. The life I want is what stares ahead.
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