Family To the God of Seedlings and Dead Girls
"I cry because now the spring has been ruined for me. There is blood on the leaves": Jamila Osman on grieving for her sister.
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The Butter Liner Notes: A Departure
In his Liner Notes column for The Butter, mensah demary considers marriage equality, the eulogy for Rev. Pinckney, and the brave actions of Bree Newsome.
Movies I Wanted to Hug Every Part of Him With My Mouth: A Magic Mike XXL Recap
A recap of Magic Mike XXL, a most excellent movie.
Food Abortion, or What We Want from Chickens
"Imagine a world with only eggs, only potential, only glue and meringue. Delicious, unless you crave chicken."
The Butter Current (ish) Slang I Am Enjoying
A brief list of some of my favorite current slang.
The Butter Decide: A Short Story
A new work of short fiction by Blair Hurley.
The Butter Musée des Beaux Arts: A Short Story
The Butter presents "Musée des Beaux Arts," a new short story by X.A. Li.
History A Hostile Environment
Dolen Perkins-Valdez on her visit to the Museum of the Confederacy in Richmond, Virginia.
This Writer’s On Fire: Rion Amilcar Scott
A profile of Rion Amilcar Scott, this week's Writer on Fire at The Butter.
The Butter Disrupting Domesticity: Search for the Perfect Key
Ashley Ford's latest Disrupting Domesticity column for The Butter.
Television The Five Stages of Beloved TV Show Cancellation Grief
The five stages of TV show cancellation grief.
Family Weight
"There hasn’t been any time since adolescence that I was free from thinking I should be thinner."
The Butter Literary Ladies Cage Fight: Pride Month, Part II
Luna from Julie Anne Peters' LUNA and Emily from Rachel Gold’s BEING EMILY face off in The Butter's Literary Ladies Cage Fight column this week.
The Butter Retail Therapy
Things we hide in the closet: Zsofia McMullin on bad fashion choices, emotion-fueled shopping sprees, and the benefits of a good purge.
The Butter Tell Your Mother: A Short Story
The Butter presents a new short story by Evan Lavender-Smith.
