The Butter Anyone Who Misses Anything Can Work Hard and Fast to Return to the Dead
Maya Weeks on gender, labor, and quitting as insurrection.
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Work A Day in the Life of an Art Museum Phone Operator, in Haiku
Exactly what it sounds like.
The Butter The Improv Coach
"Do you know him? Well, do you? You should."
Writing Some Assembly Required: Meditation in a Furniture Store
"I didn’t come here to make friends. I came here to this KLIMPEN/LALLE to write."
Advice How to Come Up with Great Ideas: Advice for Freelance Writers
Sulagna Misra offers some advice for freelance writers and explains how she comes up with great ideas.
Books An Interview with Alexander Chee
An interview with author Alexander Chee about writing, teaching, publishing, his recent "Future Queer" cover story for TNR, and more.
Advice Aunt Acid: Advice for Supporting Creative Friends
The Toast's Aunt Acid counsels a reader who wants to know how to be a good friend to those creative and artistic types.
Advice Dear Businesslady: Job Advice For Career-Building and Feedback
The Toast's job advice column takes on following your dreams, and giving feedback to a terminated employee.
Beauty If Shakespeare’s Richard III Were Your Coworker
"If Shakespeare’s Richard III were your coworker, he would take an instant dislike to anyone in the office named Brittany."
History Reasons Why I Would Make An Excellent Tudor-Era Lady-In-Waiting And You Should Consider Me For The Position
Please consider my application to be a Tudor-era lady-in-waiting. Thank you for your time.
Advice Dear Businesslady: How To Find A Job
The Toast's workplace advice columnist tells you how to find a job.
Feminism Selling Sneakers with Feminist Poetry: An Interview with Janet Champ
Rebecca Huval talks with Janet Champ about Champ's legendary ads for Nike, working in the advertising world, and some of her current projects.
Feminism Looking Back: Fragments From Women’s Shelters (1981 – 1996)
Vignettes from the years Joanne McAlpine spent working at women's shelters and lobbying for funding of the same.
Work & Business A Day In The Life Of A Fictional Female Reporter
Long day, that.
Race The Haircut
The author on why he cut his afro, and how he felt about it at the time.
