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Julie Greicius
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What to Read When: Rumpus Staff Favorites 2017
The Rumpus editorial staff selects our favorite pieces from 2017!
Out of the Trenches: The Rumpus Review of Wonder Woman
If there was ever a case for women avoiding Botox, Diana’s signature skepticism for the patriarchy is it. She has never encountered womanhood as subordinate, and she’s not about to start.
FUNNY WOMEN #147: Marketing Roundtable at Skinny Cow©
But is this implying enough that thin is the final message? I'm not sure. Sexy, we've nailed. But how do we make it clear thin is the goal?
Gina Frangello Talks A Life in Men
Over at BuzzFeed, Rumpus contributor Julie Greicius interviews Rumpus Sunday Editor Gina Frangello about her new novel A Life in Men, the special bonds we form in adolescence, and why moms can…
The Rumpus Interview with Ann Friedman
As Executive Editor at GOOD magazine, Friedman is proving that women are not only qualified to be at the top of the masthead; they’re needed there.
The Rumpus Interview with Rachel Lloyd
Rachel Lloyd talks about her book, Girls Like Us, founding Girls Education and Mentoring Service (GEMS), and why she was hesitant to write a memoir.
This Hypothetical Life (Penn State is the World)
The Sandusky case pulls back the curtain on all kids who, like his alleged victims, become sexually victimized and exploited because of their poverty.
The Rumpus Interview with Blindsight Author Chris Colin
In Blindsight, Chris Colin has written the true story of b-movie-to-blockbuster producer Simon Lewis’s 16-year recovery from a car crash that left him with a pulse, but little else.
NY Times Rape Reporting, Redux
In other words: clothing, age, behavior—none of those things have the slightest significance to what was done to this child.
NY Times “Responds” to Backlash
What Rhoades Ha and the New York Times fail to understand is that the backlash is not about readers misinterpreting these quotes as belonging to the reporter, James C. McKinley Jr. It is about everything else.
Rumpus Women on Firedoglake Book Salon
The Rumpus Women, Vol. I contributors have been on tour. We’ve read in bookstores, bars, and family rooms in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Brooklyn, and Denver. The readings have been awe-inspiring: smart,…