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Eryn Loeb on tattoos, Foxfire, and the everlasting appeal of the girl gang.

Meet The Toast's newest member, Maria Seiferle-Valencia.

The job interview of the future, the Twitter use of your youth.

Dagny Taggart would like a word.

Follow-up advice about getting checked out for PCOS to a reader worried about facial hair.

Tiana Reid presents six short narratives from the island of Saint-Martin.

JH Palmer on Luke Skywalker, her mother, and who owns your memories.

French women don't.

Nicole Cliffe compiles a list of thoughts which have the power to destroy sex if spoken aloud.

Liora Halperin explores the origins of the phrase "air/hair conditioning."

Molly Minturn on ancestry, illegitimacy, and the stories families tell themselves in order to live.

Nicole Cliffe compiles a list of Toast Posts of Note from the previous week.

The Toast's weekly Open Thread.

Another day, another hell cave discovered in southern Turkey.