Advice
Can't you tell when you're not wanted anymore?
The Toast's final Friday open thread. Farewell.
Advice
This is not a joke, Hillary Clinton actually wrote this for us. The one running for President.
The Toast presents a series of delightful information in the form of a link roundup.
The Toast presents a selection of delightful information in the form of a link roundup.
Books
That it would be impossibly romantic to live on a small island in the middle of a lake, rather than just incredibly inconvenient.
In which the Ladies Slack off into the sunset.
Books
Carrie Frye on Miss Havisham, one of Dickens's most memorable characters, who presides over Great Expectations "like a great, ill-willed fairy queen."
Art
The wrath of Achilles is adorable and petulant!
The Toast presents five new cartoons by Liana Finck.
Meta
I just wanted to say thank you, Best Site on the Internet.
Cartoons & Comics
The Toast presents a new comic by Adrienne Celt.
The final column by The Toast's resident linguist discusses emoji and language death.
History
Carvell Wallace's exploration of the Negro Motorist Green Book leads to a meditation on gentrification, belonging, and race in America.
Art
The punishment of Prometheus (he was chained to a rock and had his eternally-regenerating liver torn out by an eagle every day) has always been a popular topic for Western artists, and why not; it's full of action poses and furious birds and gave everyone the chance to draw hands. A real win-win! And yet: Over time, folks got a little sloppy, and eventually, more often than not, Prometheus and the eagle looked like boyfriends on the cover of a supernatural-themed gay romance novel.