I Have a Ribcage; You Have a Ribcage

I Have a Ribcage; You Have a Ribcage

From writer and theatre artist Jesse Roth, a weekly newsletter of autocriticism about art, politics, and the divine.

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I Will Always Love You

I Will Always Love You

An advice column for creative collaborations (and the things that inspired it)

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Do I Dare?

Do I Dare?

T.S. Eliot (my problematic fave) and my #newyearnewyou reclamation

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My Favorite Art of 2025

My Favorite Art of 2025

Three mini-reviews and a lighting round

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The Aloneness of Love

The Aloneness of Love

James Baldwin and falling head over heels at the end of the world

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Screaming

Screaming

A rage-tangent from a longer essay in process

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Introducing I HAVE A RIBCAGE; YOU HAVE A RIBCAGE

Introducing I HAVE A RIBCAGE; YOU HAVE A RIBCAGE

Newsletter is back under a new name and a new home

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Archive

She tattooed "MINE" across her thigh

She tattooed "MINE" across her thigh

A Review of Kristen Stewart's film The Chronology of Water

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I published an article I've been working on for a year

I published an article I've been working on for a year

Behind the scenes of "The Jews Who Ate Pork 'Till the Pigs Were Called" in the Feminist Food Journal

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7 Things

7 Things

A grab bag of things to read

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Reactionary Bullshit in the Arts: A Roundup

Reactionary Bullshit in the Arts: A Roundup

And a rant

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Reading, Travelling, and Seeing Art To Feel Like Myself

Reading, Travelling, and Seeing Art To Feel Like Myself

A March round-up of art, reading, and thinking

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Come Ruin or Rapture

Come Ruin or Rapture

Shakespeare in Love is a cautionary tale

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I said I'd write this newsletter for three months; I did!

I said I'd write this newsletter for three months; I did!

A reflection, and what's next

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"Disrupt any form of normality"

"Disrupt any form of normality"

A February round-up of art, reading, and thinking

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I Don't Wanna Break Hearts (Like That)

I Don't Wanna Break Hearts (Like That)

I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU Advice Column Vol. 2

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Pitbull as Contrast

Pitbull as Contrast

On Kesha, Jeannine Capó Crucet, and Clare Barron

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"The gaps between who we are and who we take ourselves to be"

"The gaps between who we are and who we take ourselves to be"

A January round-up of art, reading, and thinking

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Screenplay Custody Arrangement

Screenplay Custody Arrangement

I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU, Vol. 1

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