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Dead Name

  • Patricia Parkinson
  • May 8, 2018
In the Parenting Transgender Children support groups I belong to on Facebook, we refer to our previous-gendered child’s birth name as Dead Name.
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Mom Vagina

  • Maggie Kim
  • May 7, 2018
When the physical therapist explains the electric dildo she holds in her hand will reset the nerve endings in my vagina so I won’t need to pee every hour, I say, “Get it in me and let’s go.”
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These Places Surround Me: Talking with Quintan Ana Wikswo

  • Sara Rauch
  • May 4, 2018
Quintan Ana Wikswo discusses her novel, A Long Curving Scar Where the Heart Should Be, delving into the facets of trauma, and her creative processes.
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ENOUGH: He Could Kill Me

  • The Rumpus
  • May 1, 2018
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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Faith and Identity: Fireworks in the Graveyard by Joy Ladin

  • Siham Karami
  • April 27, 2018
To “ameliorate” the desire for death or the sense of self-annihilation, Ladin finds in religion a way of reconciliation, not only within herself, but also with her community and society at large.
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(K)ink: Writing While Deviant: Brighde Moffat

  • Brighde Moffat
  • April 26, 2018
If there is going to be pain, let it be by choice.
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Taking Back Control: A Conversation with Joseph Osmundson

  • Denne Michele Norris
  • April 25, 2018
Joseph Osmundson discusses his memoir, Inside/Out, intimacy, trauma, and the sometimes violence of desire.
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The Thread: Look What You Made Me Do

  • Marissa Korbel
  • April 17, 2018
Can a person with some agency ever claim victimization, or are agency and victimhood a binary?
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Change Is Necessary: A Conversation with Kristen Arnett

  • Maggie Cooper
  • April 11, 2018
Kristen Arnett discusses her debut collection, Felt in the Jaw, how place informs writing, and deciding to hold her book release party at a local 7-Eleven.
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Voices on Addiction: A Conversation with Andrea Jarrell

  • Lia Woodall
  • April 10, 2018
I didn’t want to be edited in that way. I needed to tell my story.
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How Amazon Is Making Sex a Dirty Word

  • Steph Auteri
  • April 9, 2018
"[A]s long as we retain all of these conflicting ideas of what sex is, and what it means to us, sex will always sell—until it's inconvenient."
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House Rules: Lessons in Autofiction

  • Marie
  • April 4, 2018
You try to pass yourself off as a rock and the water just laughs. You try anyway.
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