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My Body, My Machine

I run so I can inhabit my own body. I run so that in moments like these, when my lack of power in this world becomes more violently apparent, I can feel the strength of my own body, enough to ignore provocations, enough to know alone that I could destroy both of those men if I wanted.

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“You Are Your Lover’s Kink”

In writing about the “complexities of desire, objectification and fetishization,” Vivienne Chen gives the Rumpus some love. Chen quotes Rumpus editor Stephen Elliott — who argues that “there is no…

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Whose Opinion Is Missing?

Talking Points Media reports on the deficit of female op-ed writers, citing an assessment conducted by The OpEd Project. The article quotes Katherine Lanpher, a member of the organization, who…

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Bodies in Bikinis: Are You Buying It?

As we watched the stick, scantily clad models parade onscreen for public consumption, my daughter turned to me, her face tight with disgust, and asked, “Why would women do that?”

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The Rumpus Poetry Book Club Chat with Carmen Giménez Smith

The Rumpus Poetry Book Club chats with Carmen Giménez Smith about her poetry collection Goodbye, Flicker.

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On Gender Bias and Identity Lit

At Full Stop, Stephanie Bernhard weighs in on the literary gender imbalance, arguing that today’s literary marketplace is “identity-driven,” which makes it more difficult for women writers to succeed. “Our…

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What About Men?

“Many men who turn to submissive fantasies do so for precisely the sort of vacation from responsibility that Roiphe suggests women are seeking.” At Salon, Tracy Clark-Flory gathers the input…

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On The ASME Imbalance

At The Awl, Lucy Madison breaks down the many numbers, ratios, and biases behind the absence of women nominees in the National Magazine Awards’ major “brass-ring” categories. “As far as…

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Confessions of a Pickup Artist Chaser

There’s an enormous subculture of men who trade tips, tricks, and tactics for seducing women. Within the last half-decade or so, these underground “pickup artists” have burst into the popular…

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Features & Reviews

“Conversations with Pauline Kael”

At Full Stop, Amanda Shubert reviews Brian Kellow’s Pauline Kael: A Life in the Dark, while interrogating the particularly vitriolic (and often gendered) criticism that continues to be leveled against…

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Women-Only Worlds in Science Fiction

At the BBC, writer Sarah Hall explores “the popular motif in science fiction of an all-women society surviving without men.” In the two-part program, Hall talks with authors, professors, and…

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