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Rachel Klein

Rachel Klein is a writer living in Brookline, MA. Her shortform humor has appeared in The New Yorker, McSweeney’s, and Reductress, and her personal and culture essays have been published by Slate, Hazlitt, Mel Magazine, The Rumpus, and more.

Shrek and Donkey from the movie Shrek. Shrek's mouth is open while Donkey looks at him attentively.

Layered Onion

Remembering “Shrek,” the ironic film that poked fun at us.

Vermeer's "Woman With a Pearl Earring," edited to replace her face with a photo of a brown-skinned woman lighting a cigarette.

Bad Mouths

The long history of sanitizing women’s language.