1. Link Roundup!

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

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  2. Christy Admiraal on how having a flawed, fictional hero like Hawkeye has helped her deal with her bipolar diagnosis.

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  3. Bear, The Butter's advice columnist, counsels a reader wondering how to leave unhappiness behind and find joy in life.

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  4. Recent studies suggest the water in California, there's plenty of it, and you shouldn't worry so much. Where's all the water? Just look at it. There's some right here, and also just behind you, from before, when you turned around and you weren't looking, but it was there. The water's plenty of it.

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  5. Maya Weeks on road trip car maintenance and why she is always prepared.

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  6. In her Loco Parentis column for The Butter, Aubrey Hirsch explains why she's not sad to be stopping at two kids.

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  7. Karl Marx, teenage dirtbag.

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  8. "I talk to my niece about yogurt because I want her to believe in wonder and magic."

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  9. Link Roundup!

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

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  10. My Mother, the Doula

    Carly Lane considers her mother's job as a doula and her role in the lives of the mothers she supports.

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  11. Caitlin Mackenzie reviews Maggie Nelson's THE ARGONAUTS for The Butter.

  12. It doesn't mean they're BAD, necessarily.

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