From the Archive: Sunday Rumpus Poetry: Three Poems by Fatimah Asghar
& yes, my family did raise me right. Yes, / they cleaned their bones & cracked them clean / open to suck. Would fight over cartilage & knuckle/Sip the marrow’s nectar from urn. .
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FUNNY WOMEN: Math Problems for Women
If Holly invites five women over, what is the ratio of "fear" to "coven formation"?
How Amazon Is Making Sex a Dirty Word
"[A]s long as we retain all of these conflicting ideas of what sex is, and what it means to us, sex will always sell—until it's inconvenient."
I Am Here to Make Friends
I’m not here to wallow in what feels like our new dystopia, no. Me? I am here, to rest up before the next bout. I am here to watch The Price Is Right and make friends.
VISIBLE: Women Writers of Color: Brooke C. Obie
Brooke C. Obie discusses the historical basis for her debut novel, Book of Addis, writing to dismantle white supremacy, and why Black speculative fiction is integral to her survival.
“Everywhere They Hurt Little Girls”: Female Revenge in Game of Thrones
In Westeros, revenge mostly operates within the feminine realm...
Dispatches from the Swamp: I Watched the Comey Hearings in a DC Bar with a Face Full of Novocaine
When you live in a political football it’s hard to ignore getting kicked.
Wanted/Needed/Loved: Weyes Blood’s Mysterious Kris
To this day no one really knows where my kris came from or whether or not it’s a significant part of my family history, if it’s a random object or an heirloom with an untold story.
Good Girls Revolt and Female-Focused Sex on TV
Sexual politics run through the very veins of this show. They are its blood, and they know how to get the female viewer’s heart pumping.
The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #64: Lianne Stokes
Hi there! We’re the two brunettes who hate sex. Sara-Kate hates sex because it’s too aerobic—she once sprained her foot. She lives in Kips Bay, loves candy, and wears exclusively…
The Rumpus Interview with Emily Barton
Emily Barton discusses dieselpunk, genderqueer magic, and the collaboration between reader and writer in her latest novel, The Book of Esther.
The Read Along: Jessa Crispin
Jessa Crispin on reading abroad, watching ships chug through the Bosporus, and watching Outlander.