ENOUGH: The Mark Thing
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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Posts Tagged: Hugh Hefner
Fidel Castro: The Playboy Comandante
The comandante produced ideological fantasies on a mass scale within the context of the Cold War which led to an exotic, sexy, and happy vision of Cuba.
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The Thread: Object Lessons
Sex doesn’t need to be shameful. Objectification should be.
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The Peep King’s Legacy: A Family Portrait
The day after Hugh Hefner died, I received a text from my sister that our grandfather was starring alongside James Franco and Maggie Gyllenhaal in HBO’s new series, The Deuce.
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The Rumpus Poetry Book Club Chat with Khadijah Queen
Khadijah Queen about her new collection I’m So Fine, the importance of including sexual assault as a part of everyday life, and how the poems in the collection found their form.
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Nick Spicer asks if BP might have something in common with Captain Ahab. Apparently, there was a time when presidents weren’t all rich guys. How an online community saved two Russian women from falling prey to sex traffickers. Did you know that Costa Rica has a sloth orphanage? Now you do. (No, I’m not above […]
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