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“The Never-to-Be Bride”
Rumpus Funny Women editor Elissa Bassist rocks the New York Times Modern Love column. “That online conversation was our last. Once he signed off, he was gone for good. At that moment, those children we had planned died, or were…
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Notes from Jeanette Winterson’s Reading at McNally Jackson
Jeanette Winterson has the best-named memoir: Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? She spoke about the story behind the title during her reading at McNally Jackson bookstore in NYC: When Jeanette W. was fifteen, she fell in love with…
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Write Like a Motherfucker (on Facebook)
Are you trying to write today but feeling distracted/unmotivated/lonely? If so, perfect. We’re taking “Write Like a Motherfucker,” Dear Sugar’s #48 column one step beyond…
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Love for Feministing
Feministing, the esteemed online feminist community, highlighted our very own Elissa Bassist’s interview with sex-positive feminist Susie Bright (which is still very smart and very funny, if you haven’t dabbled yet). Thanks for the shout-out, Feministing. The love is mutual!
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My Interview with Susie Bright, Sex-Positive Feminist
Susie Bright, sex-positive feminist, writer, revolutionary, and my first tongue-kiss with a woman recently released her memoir Big Sex Little Death.
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Unsolicited Writing Advice You Want
Some advice for writers from our own Elissa Bassist: [Some of this is stolen. But I won’t tell you what because I want to impress you.]
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Jennifer Egan Wins Award; Gives Me Advice
Elissa Bassist shares her personal notes after having a conversation with Jennifer Egan:
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Rumpus Women on Firedoglake Book Salon
The Rumpus Women, Vol. I contributors have been on tour. We’ve read in bookstores, bars, and family rooms in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Brooklyn, and Denver. The readings have been awe-inspiring: smart, funny, charming, sad, honest, brave. In case you couldn’t make…
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FUNNY WOMEN #45: One-Handed Reading
Loads of people have slept with authors or well-read individuals, but what would it be like to sleep with a book?
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FUNNY WOMEN #41: W4M ISO Wealthy Patron of the Arts
A hearty bonjour and aloha to all you lovers of arts & letters, I may be old-fashioned, but I prefer not to keep a day job when the winsome muse of words calls to me, so I will be seeking…
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FUNNY WOMEN #40: Music Quiz
Not only are women not funny, but also they don’t know anything about music.