Hannah Rosefield's latest Bird of the Month column features the majestic pelican.

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

Revisiting "Go Ask Alice" and seeing its author's idea of authentic teenage slang makes me realize I should have figured out it was a fake years earlier.

Toast Points: a selection of popular and notable posts from the last week.

Lara Croft: Tomb Raider gets the Femslash Friday treatment.

Michelle Vider on Eliza Haywood's 1722 novel, "British Recluse: or, The Secret History of Cleomira, Suppos’d Dead."

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

Jessica Furseth presents a sad, sad list of the people and items she has lost in the wake of her ex-boyfriends.

Ranking most of the L Word characters. (All of them would take too long.)

Humans of New York interviews perfect teenage dirtbags.

Mark Kowgier has created a cover letter template for those who wish to be unemployed for an indefinite period of time.

Emma Echoic informs you that your public bathroom already has a bunch of trans people using it, and why that's A-OK.

The many Ronbledore deniers that have darkened our door.

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

Megan Keeling, on Elise Cowen, the overlooked female Beat poet who deserves to be read.