ENOUGH: Brave Takes Away My Permission
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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Circuitous Journeys: Talking with Sejal Shah
Sejal Shah discusses her debut essay collection, THIS IS ONE WAY TO DANCE.
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ENOUGH: Something More Like Men
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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ENOUGH: Beautiful Teeth
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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On Loss of Land and Loss of Girlhood: Taneum Bambrick’s Vantage
Girlhood remains, like the land, a constant site of male fascination, desire, and violence.
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The Joypain of Parenting: Lydia Kiesling’s The Golden State
This is both the exercise and exorcism of motherhood.
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Queer Logic: Females and My Autobiography of Carson McCullers
“Everyone is female, and everyone hates it.” A provocation. An invitation.
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Finding Hope in Resistance: Talking with Amy Roost
Co-editor Amy Roost discusses the anthology FURY: WOMEN’S LIVED EXPERIENCES DURING THE TRUMP ERA.
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Funny Women: Women Respond to Ads
I thought my period would be the happiest, most active time of the month.
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ENOUGH: The Choice
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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ENOUGH: The Most Important Thing a Woman Could Be
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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We Will Not Be Contained: Pretty Bitches and Too Much
There will always be another word used against us.
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ENOUGH: Flesh and Bone and Ash
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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FUNNY WOMEN: Women from the PoV of Male Creative Writing Undergrads
That’s how cool she was, not like his ex-girlfriend.
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ENOUGH: Trapped
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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FUNNY WOMEN: Intersectional Literary Festival Q&A
But enough about my credentials, which are copious.
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ENOUGH: I’m Just So Tired
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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Voices on Addiction: We Love Our Sons, We Raise Our Daughters
Drunk women are targets. Drunk men can be anything.
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On Tragedy and Strength: Making Space for Our Stories
I love that—working towards not having regret, in art and in life.
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Fraught Woods: Chelsea Rathburn’s Still Life with Mother and Knife
These are the woods through which we walk from an early age.
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No Resolutions: Talking with Lidia Yuknavitch
Lidia Yuknavitch discusses her new story collection, VERGE.
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Breaking Out of Likability: A Conversation with Tatyana Fazlalizadeh
Tatyana Fazlalizadeh discusses her new book, STOP TELLING WOMEN TO SMILE.
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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #205: Beth Alvarado
“For me, when I write nonfiction, my mind moves from the outside to the inside.”
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A Political Pregnancy
Are my choices in this culture so firmly dictated by my ability to give birth?
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FUNNY WOMEN: Math Problems for Women
If Holly invites five women over, what is the ratio of “fear” to “coven formation”?
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Language Is Material: A Conversation with Simon(e) van Saarloos
Simon(e) van Saarloos discusses PLAYING MONOGAMY.
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The Planet Will Survive Us: A Conversation with Liz Breazeale
Liz Breazeale discusses her debut story collection, EXTINCTION EVENTS.
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To the Moon: Talking with Heather Christle
Heather Christle discusses her debut work of nonfiction, THE CRYING BOOK.
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Translating Desire: The Erotic-Macabre Poetry of Joyce Mansour
…women’s writing has often been deemed too dark, too sultry, too frigid, too hysterical.
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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #191: Cardy Raper
“I don’t think you ever have it all.”
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