1. The Toast's weekly Friday open thread!

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  2. Scenes from The Fault In Our Stars that never actually existed.

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  3. A more progressive, womyn-oriented way for Tolkien characters to announce their lineage.

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  4. Link Roundup!

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

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  5. In a world without dress codes, essayists flounder.

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  6. H. Kapp-Klote on being awkward about identifying as genderqueer.

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  7. Find out once and for all which member of Party Down you are.

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  8. Zak Smith on the notion of German rocket cats: their historical significance, and their use in today's society.

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  9. Joel Kim Booster's love letter to the very finest occupants of the inspirational singing competition movie category.

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  10. Megan Reynolds, on seeing herself in her mother, and on being a daughter.

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  11. Diamonds and toads; pleasing and not-pleasing.

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  12. Link Roundup!

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

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  13. Shelley Zhang looks back on Tiananmen Square, and not returning to China with her family.

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  14. Shannon Keating, on the experience of being mansplained all over the Cannes Film Festival.

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