Jezebel
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Big, Ugly Truth
Conservative pundits have been attacking Emma Sulkowicz, the Columbia student who spent the last year carrying around her mattress in protest of how the university handled the discipline hearing after she was raped, labeling her a liar. Most of these…
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How to Harlequin
Over at Jezebel, Kelly Faircloth shares a fantastic long form piece on the rise of the Harlequin romance novel, and how the brand became synonymous with a wildly lucrative if critically dismissed genre. From the original formula for woman-centered, alpha-male…
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Female Friendships in Fiction
Jezebel is running a series on female friendships in fiction, starting with a look at the relationship between Daria Morgendorffer and Jane Lane.
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But What About Me?
There’s a certain heuristic online these days that stems from a somewhat impossible idea that every narrated experience should contain, account for, and address every other one out there. There is no breed of reaction that deadens me more, for…
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This Post Is Just To Say
Jezebel has collected several Twitter parodies of William Carlos Williams’s famous poem about plums and a lot of them are pretty funny
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“First of all, I can stop competing with Jonathan Franzen”
We love our Funny Women, and Jezebel does, too! They’ve republished Elissa Bassist’s satire, “Writing the Next Great American Woman’s Novel.” But you saw it here first.
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Blame Game
At Clutch, Evette Dionne writes an open letter to Abigail Fisher, the young woman whose case against the University of Texas is currently being heard by the Supreme Court. Fisher claims that her whiteness was held against her, leading to…
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How to Be Friends With Another Woman
“It’s okay if most of your friends are guys but if you champion this as a commentary on the nature of female friendships, well, soul search a little.” Rumpus essays editor Roxane Gay has created a helpful guide/manifesto on friendship…
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Did Sugar Get ‘Shopped?
Jezebel wonders whether Vogue photoshopped Sugar/Cheryl Strayed in their recent interview. We don’t have an answer, but it’s sadly clear that Strayed doesn’t look like her beautiful self–or “like anyone,” as Jezebel puts it–in the photo.
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The Rumpus Sunday Book Blog Roundup
“Senate unable to get enough Republican votes to honor To Kill a Mockinbird.” (via) The Literary Saloon takes on the NYTBR for its lack of reviews of works in translation. “William Faulkner: Every time a sentence goes on for more…
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The Rumpus Funny Women Interview with Sarah Haskins
Like most women, I am gay for Sarah Haskins. Unlike most women, I got to interview her. Here are some things you should know about Sarah to get the most out of our interview:
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Poetic Lives Online: Links by Brian Spears
A tale of a poetry reading, or maybe the word “cock” is inherently funny. Annie Finch tells you everything you need to know about the sonnet. Who was in Best American Poetry 2009? The answer probably won’t surprise you. W.…