Notes of Dissent: Lessons from a Family Volvo
Through drill, artists have a means of exploring and challenging the political marginalization of their voices.
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Posts Tagged: parenting
ENOUGH: Rules
A Rumpus series of work by women and non-binary people that engages with rape culture, sexual assault, and domestic violence
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Dispatches from the Swamp: How to Sleep-Train Your Lawmakers
This time? This time we decided to sleep-train the baby.
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It’s A Boy!
I was supposed to be a girl, they said. But the Lord works in mysterious ways, doesn’t He?
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Rumpus Original Fiction: Lifers
We were beginning to exist on the periphery of our own lives.
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Death, Doorways, and Dance
Acceptance is a fluid dance
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Navigating Pink
Pink is Lucien’s favorite color.
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The Rumpus Book Club Chat with Tom Barbash
Tom Barbash discusses THE DAKOTA WINTERS.
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The Rumpus Book Club Chat with Idra Novey
Idra Novey discusses THOSE WHO KNEW.
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ENOUGH: This Is Where It Starts
A Rumpus series of work by women and non-binary people that engages with rape culture, sexual assault, and domestic violence.
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The Fraught Business of Identity: Nicole Chung’s All You Can Ever Know
All You Can Ever Know insists that the stories we use to understand ourselves should be allowed as much complexity as the truth dictates.
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ENOUGH: Instances of His Return
A Rumpus series of work by women and non-binary people that engages with rape culture, sexual assault, and domestic violence.
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Babysitter
For my daughter Stella’s first birthday, we got her a babysitter.
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Colony Collapse Disorder
Colonies. Communities. Our children are collapsing.
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The Inward Place: A Conversation with Claudia Dey
Claudia Dey discusses her first American release, HEARTBREAKER.
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Rumpus Original Fiction: What Kind of Love Is That?
Nothing in Texas came easy.
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On Returning to The Book of Nightmares as a New Father in the Trump Era
2018 began interlaced with a double helix of joy and fear.
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Facing a Lived Reality: A Conversation with Kelly Sundberg
Kelly Sundberg discusses her debut memoir, GOODBYE, SWEET GIRL.
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The Perfect Childhood
Even when these questions are not articulated, they’re there.
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Rumpus Original Fiction: New Hallways, New Doors
Now it is nearly fall, and the baby is small and pink.
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The Promise of a Shampoo Bottle
Maybe this was what I’ve been missing all along. Acidification.
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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #147: Saadia Faruqi
“If you can’t really tell the whole story in five thousand words, are you really a writer?”
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A Pointed Narrative Choice: Talking with Lydia Kiesling
Lydia Kiesling discusses her debut novel, THE GOLDEN STATE.
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Curse of Beauty
My daughter is beautiful. I wanted to be beautiful. And isn’t she a reflection of me?
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Finding Atonement in the #MeToo Era
There is no greater act of love than to hold someone accountable for their mistakes.
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That Balancing Act: A Conversation with Vanessa Hua
Vanessa Hua discusses her forthcoming novel, A RIVER OF STARS.
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Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Strawberry Field
To pick a strawberry, one must crouch.
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The Rumpus Book Club Chat with Meghan Flaherty
Meghan Flaherty discusses her debut memoir, Tango Lessons, how the book found its current format, and writing a memoir at a young age.
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How I Learned to Hope Again
And in order to hope, I have to once more believe—in the midst of unrelenting dark—that light exists even if I cannot see it.
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Coming Clean
Intellectually, I know Gracie’s mom loves her and needs help. In practice, I just want my daughter safe.
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