Expunging the Bogeyman: Sady Doyle’s Dead Blondes and Bad Mothers
The root of these imagined, monstrous versions of women, Doyle argues, is fear.
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The Rumpus Book Club Chat with Jeannie Vanasco
Jeannie Vanasco discusses her new memoir, THINGS WE DIDN’T TALK ABOUT WHEN I WAS A GIRL.
Everyone You Love Is Broke: The Not Wives by Carley Moore
How do you go on when the losses seem unbearable?
Anger as Fuel: A Conversation with Dani Burlison
Dani Burlison discusses ALL OF ME: STORIES OF LOVE, ANGER, AND THE FEMALE BODY.
Mama’s Fancy Stripper Heels: Working Mothers Dish
[A] person’s labor is not indicative of their parenting.
The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #190: R.L. Maizes
“We all fail to do the right thing some of the time.”
This Is Literary: A Conversation with Taffy Brodesser-Akner
Taffy Brodesser-Akner discusses her debut novel, FLEISHMAN IS IN TROUBLE.
A Fierce Compassion: Women of Resistance: Poems for a New Feminism
WOMEN OF RESISTANCE recognizes this reality with fierce compassion, and a lot of really fine poetry.
Introducing Lamoishe and Hezbollah Schoenfeld
I nearly got disowned over my decision not to pass on the family name.
The Fantasy of the Femme Fatale
I couldn’t help but see these women-led stories as missed opportunities.