Everyone You Meet Is God in Drag
If the art of drag has taught me one thing, it’s that I am not unique.
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Posts Tagged: gender roles
Queer Disruptions: Talking with Bishakh Som
Bishakh Som discusses her debut graphic story collection, APSARA ENGINE.
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Panning for Gold: A Conversation with C Pam Zhang
C Pam Zhang discusses her debut novel, HOW MUCH OF THESE HILLS IS GOLD.
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Funny Women: Women Respond to Ads
I thought my period would be the happiest, most active time of the month.
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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #211: Rachel Vorona Cote
“Ultimately, this is who I am. I can only write honestly, and from where I live.”
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We Will Not Be Contained: Pretty Bitches and Too Much
There will always be another word used against us.
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FUNNY WOMEN: Women from the PoV of Male Creative Writing Undergrads
That’s how cool she was, not like his ex-girlfriend.
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A New Version of Possibility: Talking with Juliana Delgado Lopera
Juliana Delgado Lopera discusses their new novel, FIEBRE TROPICAL.
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Voices on Addiction: We Love Our Sons, We Raise Our Daughters
Drunk women are targets. Drunk men can be anything.
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Turning Purple: The Year of the Defector
I needed love big enough to make my own hunger seem small.
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No Resolutions: Talking with Lidia Yuknavitch
Lidia Yuknavitch discusses her new story collection, VERGE.
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Rumpus Exclusive: “We Were Alive”
They say she bathed in our blood.
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ENOUGH: They Have So Many Ways to Keep Us Quiet
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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The Thread: Lacuna
If nobody tells you what to call a feeling, your emotions have a gap.
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No One Is Disposable: Talking with Emma Copley Eisenberg
Emma Copley Eisenberg discusses THE THIRD RAINBOW GIRL.
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Off the Grid: Talking with Jamie Beth Cohen
Jamie Beth Cohen discusses her debut novel, WASTED PRETTY.
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The Climate of Feeling: A Conversation with Elvia Wilk
Elvia Wilk discusses her debut novel, OVAL.
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The Planet Will Survive Us: A Conversation with Liz Breazeale
Liz Breazeale discusses her debut story collection, EXTINCTION EVENTS.
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The Thread: Hairy Mary Full of Grace
What a strange depiction. Mary, mother of Jesus, covered in hair.
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Days Since Last Workplace Injury
It feels like a luxury to have just enough.
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To the Moon: Talking with Heather Christle
Heather Christle discusses her debut work of nonfiction, THE CRYING BOOK.
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FUNNY WOMEN: Terms & Conditions of Your Egg Freezing Groupon
Must be eighteen or older, or Leonardo DiCaprio’s girlfriend.
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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #200: Amplify
“Being misunderstood is a really terrible feeling.”
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A Beautiful Silver Screen: Amanda Lee Koe’s Delayed Rays of a Star
[W]hat lies beneath the arcing paths of these stars, fueling and frustrating them?
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Anger Is the Engine: A Conversation with Lilly Dancyger
Lilly Dancyger discusses BURN IT DOWN: WOMEN WRITING ABOUT ANGER.
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Both Aggressor and Victim: Adèle by Leïla Slimani
Who is Adèle Robinson, really, and what is it, exactly, that happened to her?
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Diner Boys
But then, full of longing to be someone other than I was, his work seemed perfect.
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Rumpus Original Fiction: Shelter in Place
I tell Kurinda I’d lie flat on the floor under a pile of jackets.
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ENOUGH: Good Girls Don’t Sing
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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Heart Work
I want them to know that heart work is hard work, but worth the struggle.
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