From the Archive: Sketch Book Reviews: Girlhood by Melissa Febos
An illustrated review of Melissa Febos’s new essay collection, GIRLHOOD!
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...moreMegan Stielstra discusses her recently rereleased books EVERYONE REMAIN CALM and ONCE I WAS COOL.
...moreAnna Qu discusses her debut memoir, MADE IN CHINA.
...moreBy the end of the collection, Febos has managed to rewrite or erase entirely many parts of the patriarchal script that held her bound.
...moreMarisa Crawford and Megan Milks share a reading list to celebrate WE ARE THE BABY-SITTERS CLUB.
...moreRumpus editors share a list of new and forthcoming books to celebrate Pride Month!
...moreLilly Dancyger discusses her debut essay collection, NEGATIVE SPACE.
...moreMelissa Febos discusses her new essay collection, GIRLHOOD.
...moreMelissa Febos discusses her new essay collection, GIRLHOOD.
...moreRumpus editors share a list of new and forthcoming books to celebrate Women’s History Month.
...more“Yes: in terms of an authorial presence, I tried to tread lightly.”
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...moreKristen Millares Young shares a reading list to celebrate SUBDUCTION.
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...moreGabrielle Civil discusses EXPERIMENTS IN JOY.
...moreThe world that suffocates girls still has a lot to learn from them.
...moreA visitation is how I describe the past weeks walking with Gwendolyn Books. It is like she is just around every corner.
...moreJenny Zhang discusses her story collection Sour Heart, trying to escape the past, collective versus individual responsibility for trauma, and love as imprisonment.
...moreAlana Massey discusses her debut collection, All the Lives I Want, the best piece of writing advice she’s ever received, and acknowledging the work that women do.
...moreIt will be red like your neighbor’s convertible. And like that convertible, there will be a spreading open, an exposure of vulnerable flesh.
...moreAnnie DeWitt discusses her debut novel, White Nights in Split Town City, the 90s, and the brutality of nature.
...moreInstead of influencing our movie-going habits, The Academy can take its cues from us. We can continue to speak up through social media and—more importantly—our dollars.
...moreBeing a teenager sucks. It’s not pretty or nice or sweet or kind.
...moreThat scene at Antone’s plays out one of my biggest fears: that when women aren’t in the room, straight men shift their conversations.
...moreIt’s hard to remember why I was silent. Maybe, like some of the women only now reporting they were raped by Bill Cosby decades ago, I was afraid I wouldn’t be believed.
...moreOur parents showed up to retrieve us. They wanted to know why we would do such a thing. My friend and I looked at each other and just shrugged our shoulders.
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