The Saturday Rumpus Essay: Transparent and the Evolving Culture of Shame
There's a ray of nuclear longing at the center of Transparent...
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The Saturday Rumpus Review of Under The Skin
Part misandry-based revenge fantasy, part science fiction mash-up, Under the Skin weasels its way into your reptilian brain from its first baffling frames.
Weekend Rumpus Roundup
First, take a walk down memory lane with David Hajdu’s visual memoir of his favorite bar, Bradley’s, boasting art by John Carey. And in the Sunday Essay, Jordan Rosenfeld takes…
The Sunday Rumpus Essay: Naked Ladies
"I’ve spent most of my life in refusal of my mother’s body."
Adapting to Film: Midnight Cowboy
[Midnight Cowboy] remains, at least nominally, a beloved classic, even though I can’t remember the last time I heard anyone talk about it.
The Invisible in Morocco
As a homosexual in Morocco I think that you understand very early that there’s no protection and that no one will defend you. If someone takes your arm and wants…
The Beautiful Private Life of the Other
Italian photographer Olivier Fermariello’s collection, Je t’aime moi aussi (NSFW)—a striking gallery of the sexual lives of the disabled—gives a glimpse into the private sphere of those who fall outside culture’s…
Who Are We Writing For?
Sandwiched between fictions on one side and instructions on the other, a woman is often denied the breathing room necessary to find her individual sexuality. In a conversation at the…
Moms and Sex
At Buzzfeed, Rumpus Sunday Editor Gina Frangello writes about the complicated relationship between women, mothers, writing and sex: I’m not really sure how our culture has arrived at the mutually…
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…
About the Human Hymen (Disambiguation)
And because I had all of that ice to think about, it was difficult to understand what my gynecologist was saying about what he had just done inside of my body.
Outing Literary Heroes
Ever wondered about the sexual orientation of classic novels protagonist? Without much effort, several many of the main characters in Fitzgerald’s masterpiece can be read as gay: the flamboyantly fabulous…