On a Tethered Sexuality
Fortifying the old adage “the mind is a wonderful servant, but a terrible master,” Rumpus intern Ashley Perez wrote an article for The Weeklings about her sexual unfolding. It begins with mental…
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The Rumpus Interview with Elissa Wald
Writer Elissa Wald chats about noir-infused novellas, taking sex seriously in your work, the pop culture explosion of BDSM, and the erotic power of service.
The Rumpus Interview with David Schickler
Writer David Schickler talks about his memoir The Dark Path, the equal pulls of religion and sex, and why having a sense of humor matters.
The Rumpus Interview with Dylan Ryan
Porn star, writer, performance artist, social worker, and activist Dylan Ryan sheds light on her positive experiences as a sex worker and advocates for the empowerment of women in the porn industry.
What Men Talk About When They Talk About Mary Gaitskill
I hate it when men talk about Mary Gaitskill. I call for a permanent moratorium on men gassily discoursing on Mary Gaitskill.
Zoë’s Notes
As part of Welcome Kink Saturdays, The Weeklings published Notes From a Porn Set by managing editor Zoë Ruiz, edited by Rumpus contributor Antonia Crane. I realize he is apologizing because his hands are…
The Rumpus Interview with Ashley Cardiff
Ashley Cardiff, author of the recently-published Night Terrors: Sex, Dating, Puberty and Other Alarming Things, talks to us about the challenges of the sexy memoir, privacy, style, and poses the question of whether or not Axl Rose counts as a recluse.
The Slut-Shaming of Anthony Weiner
What would it look like to slut shame a middle-aged, heterosexual man?
“A Sex Work Testament from Someone Outside the Movement”
Emotions tend to run high around controversial confessional writer Marie Calloway’s blunt descriptions of sex, but few have discussed her exploration of sex work. Enter sex-worker blog Tits & Sass, where…
What About Sex-Negative Feminism?
“Sex does not happen in a vacuum immune to outside structural influences,” writes Jillian Horowitz in a piece titled “Unpopular Opinion: I’m A Sex-Negative Feminist.” “[I]n fact, it can (and…
“I’m Totally Powerless in the Face of Men”
23-year-old Marie Calloway, a Rumpus interviewee and Letters in the Mail contributor, became an Internet sensation in late 2011 with “Adrien Brody,” her account of meeting and having a brief…
What Women Really Want
Certainly, women are no better suited for monogamy than men are. That, I think, is clear. It seems possible, if you look at some of the data, that women are…