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. . . I desperately, beyond reason, wanted an intact body for burial. I wanted it viscerally, animally, the way your body wakes up in the night looking for a newborn, the way you feel a physical connection to your children even when you cannot see them, the way you want something when everything else has been taken from you. It is the same reason I buried him; I wanted to know where he had gone from me and how.
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If Roe v. Wade were overturned, twenty-four states could immediately prohibit abortion.
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Rumpus editors share their thoughts, fears, and concerns around the impending election.
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My body tightened as the knee-jerk worry of being seen and outed flooded back.
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I can’t speak, but I can scream.
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I am not certain where I was when I first heard about the marketplace of ideas.
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Wendy Willis discusses her new essay collection, THESE ARE STRANGE TIMES, MY DEAR.
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To control your story is to own your reality.
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Vote Tuesday. Vote for Democrats.
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Let us teach something new to the next generation that speaks to the lessons we’ve learned.
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It is unlikely I will see the US justice system evolve toward an egalitarian ideal in my lifetime. But Whose Streets? does offer a clearly visible North Star.
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Here are some books to read that will remind you that there is beauty out there, even if it’s hard-wrought.
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Let me be clear: I’m not interested in changing. I’ve made my choice, and I’m happy.
...moreAfter the Supreme Court ruling acknowledging the right to same-sex marriage was announced, musicians across the country have spent the weekend expressing their joy. Miley Cyrus said “thank you America for not cutting my chances to find true love forever and ever by 50%,” Madonna declared “The Revolution of Love has Begun,” and John Legend […]
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Miriam Toews talks about writing, mental illness, death with dignity laws, and the thin and sometimes troubling line between fiction and autobiography.
...moreAs you’re probably aware, we’ve been covering Texas’s grotesque anti-abortion bill SB5, and we’re overjoyed to report it did not pass. Texas State Senator (and now folk hero) Wendy Davis filibustered the bill for close to thirteen hours under the state legislature’s stringent rules: no sitting, leaning, drinking water, using the bathroom, or speaking about subjects […]
...moreYou may have noticed that all your Facebook friends are now the same person, and that person is a pink equals sign on a red background. That’s because they support same-sex marriage, and the Supreme Court is hearing arguments today and tomorrow regarding the constitutionality of Proposition 8, which banned same-sex marriage in California. Here […]
...moreAbigail Fisher, a 22-year old white girl, a graduate of LSU, just pleaded to the Supreme court that the University of Texas rejected her four years ago because of affirmative action. UT says they’d have rejected her no matter her race; regardless, her suit might lead the Supreme Court to forbid the practice. She’s asking […]
...moreAt Clutch, Evette Dionne writes an open letter to Abigail Fisher, the young woman whose case against the University of Texas is currently being heard by the Supreme Court. Fisher claims that her whiteness was held against her, leading to the rejection of her college application. According to UT, Fisher wouldn’t have been admitted, regardless […]
...moreMy favorite Supreme Court watcher, Dahlia Lithwick, is hosting her yearly round table on SCOTUS decisions over at Slate. Joining her this year are Judge Richard Posner and Professor Walter Dellinger. The Supreme Court handed down a number of decisions today, but not the big one on the Affordable Care Act. That will come Thursday, […]
...more“All literature is interactive,” [Scalia] writes, countering those who find special danger in violent video games because of their interactivity.
...moreFor absolutely no reason except that I feel like it, I’m posting a lot about sex today, so in order to be consistent, Politics Sunday will be Sexual Politics Sunday for today and today only. The Atlantic discusses the “sexual politics of nominating a Supreme Court Justice.” “Why I’m Working As A Saigon Massage Girl.” […]
...moreIn her scathing piece for Slate about Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, Dahlia Lithwick compares the Supreme Court’s actions to those of the Blue Fairy in Pinocchio, saying that they turned “a corporation into a real live boy.” Lithwick doesn’t try to peer into the future (like Greg Palast does), but she does highlight […]
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