The Butter
When Nicole and Mallory approached me and invited me to contribute to The Toast, was absolutely thrilled. I recognized what an amazing opportunity it was, particularly as a woman of color, to be able to run an online publication where I had editorial freedom and the ability to pay writers.
It has been all joy to run The Butter. I was able to publish truly amazing writing filled with wit and heart, humor and intelligence. I worked with columnists that gave me insight into this wonderful world around us, living with a lover, raising a modern family, living with disability, the ways in which music can shape our lives, how beloved literary characters might throw down, and, of course, we had, at the end, a warm, wise advice column.
But now, alas, The Butter is coming to an end.
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A profile of this week's writer on fire, Jess Zimmerman.
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Some brief notes on the feminist (?) movie, In the Blood staring Gina Carno.
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Some thoughts on Bill Cosby and the New York Magazine story featuring 35 of his victims.
Music
A definitive ranking of the Magic Mike XXL soundtrack.
What Ina Garten teaches me about loving the one you're with.
Movies
A recap of Magic Mike XXL, a most excellent movie.
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A brief list of some of my favorite current slang.
Television
The five stages of TV show cancellation grief.
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A sneak preview of The Butter's forthcoming advice column, Ask Bear.
Candy Crush Saga is evil.
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In the hours and days after it’s release, I heard breathless accounts of Mad Max: Fury Road as the second coming of action films and better yet, folks said, this was a feminist movie! Given the overall disdain if not blatant disrespect and degradation most movies express for women, I took this as mighty high …
Link Roundup
A link roundup of interesting information from across the Internet.
Movies
The only movie trailer that matters.
Link Roundup
A link roundup of interesting information from across the Internet.
