How to get started on the Redwall Diet.

Hollis Beck on what books you can read on public transit to ward off unwanted attention.

Jessica Pishko writes about surviving sexual assault.

Doctors who are surprised by the human body in art.

On a childhood in which becoming a mermaid was a first step towards identifying as genderqueer.

A tribute to the life and work of the late Leslie Feinberg.

Happy Kids In The Hall Tuesday! It's the wrong day. Don't be so critical.

The Toast presents a selection of delightful information in the form of a link roundup.

Chatting about the Chris Rock interview at Vulture, and also apple-walnut upside-down pie.

Imagined newspaper headlines about great local moms, like Marie Curie, Ada Lovelace, and Hatshepsut.

Happy holidays from John and Elaine.

The author tries to comprehend her brother's death in Iraq—and the world that led him to war—by sorting through prophecy and apocalypse narratives.

Signs that you need to watch out for Space Madness.

In which Kathryn Ionata writes brief fairytales to go with real Lifetime movie titles.

Karl Marx, with Dune.