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The Storming Bohemian Punks the Muse #16: The Game Is On

  • Charles Kruger
  • February 3, 2017
Today is the day that Pr*sident Trump shut down the American borders to refugees, green card holders, and non-citizens with paid for and improved visas—if they were from certain “Muslim…
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Who Run the World?

  • The Rumpus
  • January 24, 2017
Look through these images, and feel proud. Feel inspired. Know that yes, the battle is uphill and will be hard-won, but it will be won.
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The Saturday Rumpus Essay: Nádleehí: One Who Changes

  • Byron F. Aspaas
  • January 14, 2017
I am scared. I will continue to be scared. I am scared that, one day, I will not be able to run as fast as my dad who eluded rocks and a tire iron.
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Sand Becoming Glass

  • Summer Steele
  • January 4, 2017
You can call a soldier a hero or a murderer. You can call them a warrior or a monster. You can call them savior or Satan. You could call them Brother. Maybe even mother.
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Merry Christmas, Mr. #TrumpOwnsAmerica

  • Kim Wright
  • December 25, 2016
He said, "You've got to understand I would have burned down anything just to get somebody to listen to me."
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The Trouble with Confidence

  • Chivas Sandage
  • December 14, 2016
“But what are the statistics? Aren’t you taking a similar risk just driving?” Wide-eyed, attentive, he leans forward slightly.
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The Rumpus Interview with Jacqueline Woodson

  • Catherine Cusick
  • December 14, 2016
Jacqueline Woodson discusses her latest novel Another Brooklyn, the little deaths of lost friendships, and her work with children across the country as the Poetry Foundation's Young People's Poet Laureate.
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Macho Prey: Homophobia and Unlikely Victims in Tickled

  • Heather White
  • December 8, 2016
The film only grazes the issue, but homophobia is the fuel of the harassment that the targets face.
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This Week in Trumplandia

  • Buffy Flores
  • December 1, 2016
Welcome to This Week in Trumplandia, a new Rumpus column in which I, your passionate, sometimes angry, mostly emotional, Aries/Taurus cusp host, will highlight PEOTUS-related news that you need to know.…
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“I Will Climb, Too”

  • Chellis Ying
  • November 29, 2016
I assume he’s going to drop us off, wish us luck, and speed away. But instead Little Wei slams on his brakes, turns off the ignition, and says, “I will climb, too.”
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A Letter to My Male Friends Who May Not Know That They Are Women

  • Sal Randolph
  • November 21, 2016
Dearest loves, As you are, I am stricken. I am devastated. I am unmade. We have all felt a terrible blow. And yet, of course, we all feel it differently,…
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The Saturday Rumpus Essay: The Real Evan

  • Evan Lavender-Smith
  • October 29, 2016
Character Evan is pretty impressive; real Evan, not so much—can it be as simple as that?
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