Tina Horn on different ways she has been professionally naked, sex work, and why it all matters.

just regular kitchen paintings

Nicole Cliffe talks a little about her prayer life, and would love to hear about yours, if you have one.

Nothing else changes. She just doesn't do their homework for them.

Two brilliant nerds and a fantasy author sit down to talk about T.H. White's THE ONCE AND FUTURE KING and what it means to them.

Murphy is the dog who lives with me now. I should like to introduce you.

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

The week's Toast Points.

You have a noble thigh, sir.

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

Kaitlin Tremblay on how two different communities of women - Dames Making Games and a disordered eating therapy group - have both helped her grow and heal.

Oh man, this is well worth reading in its entirety. This is just incredibly solid, well-reported local journalism. Sam Levin covers online racial profiling in Oakland.

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

Can you guess which are NASA APOD captions and which are titles of Harlequin novels?

I am not making up a WORD of this.