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Survivor

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The Proustian Wilbur Bud

  • Caralyn Green
  • January 16, 2020
We all will have lost something in the forgetting.
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#SuicideGirls: Why I Teach Sylvia Plath

  • Amber Nicole Brooks
  • July 6, 2017
But let’s not forget: feminism is, at least in part, about choice, and portions of life are play, not politics. Play and relationships and creativity and whatever we want.
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The Rumpus Interview with Amy Rose Spiegel

  • Hannah Baxter
  • July 13, 2016
Amy Rose Spiegel discusses her debut memoir, Action: A Book about Sex, carnal confidence, and the nuances of sex-positivity.
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Podcatcher #2: Rose Buddies

  • P.E. Garcia
  • June 1, 2016
Rachel and Griffin McElroy, hosts of The Bachelor fancast Rose Buddies, talk about about the problematic aspects of the show, how they stay hydrated, and what’s up with all those McElroy podcasts.
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The Person to Whom Things Happen

  • Kyle Williams
  • May 9, 2016
The question of what posture to take toward our own pain is unexpectedly complicated. How do we understand our own suffering—with what words and to what ends? For the New…
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The Saturday Rumpus Essay: Song in the Subjunctive

  • Sandie Friedman
  • July 18, 2015
Perhaps the city looked more poignantly lovely because I was conscious of its tragic history.
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The “Loser Edit”

  • Alex Norcia
  • March 6, 2015
For the New York Times Magazine, Colson Whitehead traces the conception of the “loser edit,” and how it awaits us all. Fifteen years after the emergence of shows like Survivor…
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The 52/52 Project: Detours off the Cul-de-sac

  • Sherry Stanfa-Stanley
  • November 5, 2013
When I chose belly dancing classes as the first of my fifty-two new experiences in the year I would turn fifty-two, I knew looking sexy was a long shot.
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