Evette Dionne traces the impact of hip-hop feminism on her life and identity.

Ross Douthat has some thoughts on daughters

The second installment of The Toast's Middlemarch book club covers up to the end of Vol. 3.

If you haven't seen Blade II, then you're not watching enough Blade.

Jessica Skolnik, on the men and women who are left out of "losing your virginity" narratives.

An interview about supporting survivors of prison rape with Just Detention International.

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

Kaye Toal offers some suggestions for summoning the dead, focusing on those who died in particularly intriguing ways.

This Femslash Friday honors the classic pairing of Rory/Paris from Gilmore Girls.

A selection of popular and notable posts from the past week.

A lot of Taylor Swift's music seems tailor-made (SORRY) for lesbians.

The Toast presents three ekphrastic poems by F.J. Bergmann.

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

That movie you forgot to watch that stars Tilda Swinton as a semen-powered robot.

A tribute to each and every one of the celebrities we lost in 2013.