A cartoon about why, exactly, you hate your thighs. It is not what you think.

The New Yorker (DOT COM) provides a neat example of how not to review women's work.

Vanessa Willoughby's latest, "Dumbing Down."

Quentin Tarantino's plan for landing Uma Thurman, revealed.

Gretchen McCulloch, The Toast's resident linguist, on why we have gendered pronouns at all, and where they may be headed.

Ayn Rand returns to rewrite Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.

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

This week's Toast Points.

In which Holden Caulfield is attacked by vampires. We all think he had it coming.

The Toast's gossip column serves up some juicy blind items from Hastings County, Ontario.

The Toast's weekly Friday open thread, hosted by The Bartender.

Jessica Doyle returns, with the help of her friend Maddie Lee, to tell us which K-pop groups we should be listening to.

LeVar Burton is bringing back Reading Rainbow, and that's wonderful.

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

Laura Passin on the loss of her mother, and what it's taught her about the nature of trauma.