Nicole digs up her five favourite posts from the first six months that The Toast has been in business, and talks about about editing them.

What happens to a mouse -- and to your sense of self -- when you give him a cookie.

Manisha Aggarwal-Schifellite explains what "Bend It Like Beckham" meant to her as an Indian-Canadian growing up in Toronto. A lot, as it turns out.

This week in things that should not have eyes but do have eyes: starfish.

In this latest installment of Gal Science, Jane Van Susteren teaches us a whole bunch about endosymbiosis and sounds VERY smart.

Naomi Vega looks back on a childhood in which she was either Catholic or a Jew or an atheist.

In the third installment of "Gabbin' About God," Nicole asks Mallory to explain the dueling concepts of predestination and free will to her. No big deal!

In the first of a weekly series, Harvard lecturer Mo Moulton provides an historical grounding for your Downton Abbey habit.

Nicole and Mallory, drawing on their own, rich friendship, provide a roadmap to Canadian anger and passive-aggression.

Nina Bhattacharya, a veteran of weird bus rides, talks about memory, privilege, development work, and air conditioning.

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

Sarah Seltzer examines the outcome of Lizzy Bennet and Lily Bart's lives, in terms of their patriarchal implications.

English teachers get the lion's share of the credit; let's remember our inspirational math and science and music teachers.

In the latest installment of her history column for The Toast, Alexis Coe describes the fascinating lives of Ellen and William Craft.

The Toast's ongoing Middlemarch book club brings our loyal readers up to the end of Vol. 7.