Staring Our Idols in the Face
For the Guardian, Roxane Gay sums up 2014 not so much as “public figures falling from grace… as we, the public, lowering our pedestals and staring our idols in the face.”Related Posts:Getting...
View ArticleGetting Difference Wrong
In an interview with Salon, the always-wise Roxane Gay offers her opinions on Bill Cosby, Lena Dunham, and the challenges of writing characters whose experiences differ from one’s own:We can imagine...
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The Saturday Rumpus Essay: Bill Cosby’s Faux Legacy
Bill Cosby is nothing like my father, and I am relieved.In a Facebook post where I shared New York Magazine’s riveting profile of thirty-five women Bill Cosby is accused of raping (with one empty...
View ArticleWeekend Rumpus Roundup
First, Brandon Hicks compares a nostalgic past with a scary future in “When I Was A Kid… A Personal Essay.”Then, in the Saturday Essay, Josie Pickens tries to reconcile the real Bill Cosby with the one...
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The Sunday Rumpus Essay: Forgiving my Father, the Serial Rapist
The winter following the devastating earthquake in Haiti on January 12, 2010, I visited my mother often, mostly on Sundays when the echoes of the many news stories on CNN still lingered throughout the...
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Fresh Comics #7: Giving Up The Ghost
If you’ve never heard of Whit Taylor, then now is the perfect time to discover her. Ghost (2015) is her understated masterpiece, self-published just months ago. As I began reading the book, I thought I...
View ArticleThe Cultural Significance of Whitney Houston
At Vela Magazine, Danielle Jackson discusses Whitney Houston as an embodiment of black excellence, and the continued erasure of black artists’ contributions to commercial music:Houston and the entire...
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Empowerment Inc.
Related Posts:Three Ghosts: A Christmas Carol in the Second PersonDrawing BreastsWeekend Rumpus RoundupWeekend Rumpus RoundupThe Cultural Significance of Whitney Houston
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Hopper V. Ribbit
Related Posts: 3 Dead Cats: Feline Obituaries Robot Office: Standing Desk Cloud Boy: Part I Dating Tips for Tots In Situ: Update to The Cub Scout Handbook
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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #156: Steph Auteri
Writing is a slippery business. In 2009, Steph Auteri and I were just two underemployed writers working for a love and relationships website, churning out content, cobbling together freelance jobs, and...
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