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The Case for Including More Female Scientists in Literature

  • Victor Luo
  • May 12, 2016
If female characters are restricted to the roles of artist, dancer, waitress, or barista, their potential to generate fiction that explores existentially rich and original worlds also seems restricted. In…
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Are You the Woman Reader?

  • Michelle Vider
  • May 2, 2016
It’s not that the books that get someone into the “serious reader” club are all or even mostly by men these days. But the books that get you kicked out…
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This Week in Short Fiction

  • Claire Burgess
  • April 22, 2016
As the stump speeches and primary dates continue to roll on and thousands of Americans develop stress ulcers, Darcey Steinke delivers a humorous and terrifying vision of our dystopian future…
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The Slow Fall of the Hot Heroine

  • Tabitha Blankenbiller
  • March 24, 2016
If nothing else, it’s the opinion of other women that encroaches on mine. Resemblances spark my joy; differences become character flaws.
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Against Silencing: Why All Writers—Even White Men—Should Discuss Gender

  • Brian Gresko
  • March 14, 2016
What does it mean for men to talk about being men?
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John’s Pixie Dream Girls

  • Olivia Wetzel
  • February 8, 2016
Mary Jo Tewes Cramb discusses the perpetuation of the “manic pixie dream girl” stereotype in John Green’s novels: In Green’s novels, there is considerable tension between the potent appeal of his…
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FUNNY WOMEN #134: We Want to Make Your Feminist Action Thriller into a Blockbuster Hit!

  • Hannah Murphy
  • January 5, 2016
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The Saturday Rumpus Interview: Jennifer Baker

  • Arielle Bernstein
  • December 12, 2015
The more variation we see in life, the more it becomes less about seeing one type of book by marginalized people.
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The Rumpus Interview with J. Ryan Stradal

  • Ryan Krull
  • August 24, 2015
J. Ryan Stradal talks about his debut novel Kitchens of the Great Midwest and why the rise of the American foodie has less to do with hipsters than you might think.
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The Saturday Rumpus Essay: Bill Cosby’s Faux Legacy

  • Josie Pickens
  • August 8, 2015
Bill Cosby was never the man, the icon, the protector and illustrator of black culture, the guide, the genius we have created in our minds.
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The Saturday Rumpus Essay: Stepfatherhood

  • Sharon Harrigan
  • June 20, 2015
“He was my real dad,” she says. “I just happened to have two.”
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Too Many Skirts and Dresses

  • Jake Slovis
  • June 16, 2015
There are a number of picture books with strong girl protagonists, however the majority of them are drawn in skirts and dresses. At the Guardian, Julia Eccleshare calls for more children’s…
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