I’ve already been drafted (was a barista in the 2010s) and I SERVED

Threatening the pope is wild and very empire-before-their-downfall coded.

But if you love genocide and want to commit more genocide, why wouldn’t you threaten the pope?

If you can commit genocide, you can do anything to anyone.

a man in a suit and tie stands in front of a screen that says coll & ALT: a man in a suit and tie stands in front of a screen that says coll &

Can I get an “A-WOMAN”

*Southern Evangelical Preacher voice*

When I am trying to type “HELL” and spell check changes it to “HE WILL,” I am reminded that so many of our problems are created by patriarchy.

We are in HELL, We are living the results of patriarchy’s power. It’s not called “shell,” after all. 🔥

AMEN

Exciting New Rumpus Initiatives - The Rumpus Debbie Millman and I are thrilled to share some exciting new initiatives we are launching with The Rumpus. Beginning on April 1, 2026, we are increasing

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Look I guess the thing is, if the ship is going down—we want to go down with it? These are our folk, half the state is our kin, and there’s nowhere in the world like it!

Ey laba!

the public schools may suck (although they’ve increased in rank in the last five years), the health care may suck, the maternal mortality rate may be high, but 👆🏼

Louisianians don’t suck!

You can take the Louisianian out of Louisiana but you can’t take the Louisiana out of the Louisianian, especially if they’re Louisiana Creoles. Well, now it’s time to put these Creoles back in Louisiana 😂

The roads may suck, the pollution may suck, the traffic may suck, the government may suck, th

I talk a big game about Louisiana, y’all know. I started working at a Louisiana university this past year but you know I love to put my money where my mouth is, so my spouse and I have decided to move to Louisiana for real. Davy and I will be back in Baton Rouge come August!

Yes, I submit poems—if by “submit,” you mean “screenshot calls for submissions on my phone and never return to them”

Maybe the legislation could focus on fixing that instead of naming bridges and trying to put the 10 commandments in classrooms

I guarantee people move away from Baton Rouge solely because of the traffic

This is sadly too true!

LSU women’s basketball just lost by one shot and I swear I lost years of my life 😭

My candle was not enough

We have resorted to lighting candles

THAT WAS AN OFFENSIVE FOUL

Watching LSU basketball tonight and I finally get why my dad was always yelling at the refs on TV growing up

The post right above this one on my feed was, “The US is spending more than $1 trillion on the military for the first time in history.

That apparently isn't enough. Now, the Pentagon wants $200 billion more for an illegal war in Iran.” So actually the post can lose money.

I just clued into the Afroman defamation lawsuit. Amazing. Absolutely amazing content. Actually, it surpasses mere content. It is art.

32? Tracking your blood pressure and oxygen levels, getting more comfortable shoes, spending your birthday money on your critter of a dog who has terrible allergies (seriously a dropped half a stack at the vet)

Turned 32 on Saturday. 32 zan, boug.

CNN: More than 1,000 civilians killed in Iran since war began, rights group reports By Helen Regan More than 1,000 people, including children, have been killed in Iran since the war began on Saturday, according to US-based Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA). The rights group said as of Tuesday afternoon ET, at least 1,097 civilians had been killed, including 181 children. More than 5,400 civilians, including 100 children, have been injured, HRANA reported. The group said its report is preliminary and is veritying hundreds more reported deaths.

At least 1,097 civilians had been killed in Iran so far, including 181 children.

A reminder that white nationalism isn't just abhorrent, it's stupid.

hug your people, fight for your neighbor, resist the oppression of anyone even if you think it doesn’t affect you, be kind, don’t give up! Together, we are powerful. Quitting is not an option.

Excuse me,

AGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

"For three months after they cut it, her chest felt sunburned inside. She woke up, ate Ativan, and slept. The meat below her shoulders was red sore."

This time last year, we published Selen Ozturk's CANCER. Find it in the archive: buff.ly/ged7zV5

"I freeze at the thought of choosing wrong, haunted by the memory of spending my most formative years having no control over my health.'

Maria Lata's SURRENDER is in our FEBRUARY ISSUE & it's her first publication!! 🥳 Read this memoir now ✨️ buff.ly/gzUOyIn

If you're going to AWP, check out the lineup ✨ Pretty cool readers if we do say so 😜

Portrait of a blonde woman: face smooshed sideways against the glass of a scanner, gaze unfixed, mouth parted. Repositioned mid-scan, the top half of her face repeats in fresh distortion, a slight glitch at the seam. Her hard blue eyes look away.

Love makes the world go 'round and so does art 💕 Enjoy our FEBRUARY ISSUE, made with love 💕 buff.ly/eKv5fuz

The biggest thank you to our contributors
WORDS: Brett Hymel Jr., Rowan Tate, Maria Lata, @tarabetts.bsky.social
ART: VANDI
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