Ancient Grains Archive
Official Toast Stances: Volume Five
Ancient Grains, Business
Dec 20, 2013
If you do not like the things we approve of, we suggest you revisit your stance. You are still allowed to like and/or engage in the things we dis-approve of, you are just wrong. Previous installments can be found here. – Eds.
The Toast Approves of the Following Things:
1. Talking to a spam comment
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Things I Won’t Do to Make Your Space Less Racist
Ancient Grains, Racism
Dec 20, 2013
Achieving equity requires real, actual hard work to address privilege, and policies and money directed at equalizing outcomes. I know this to be true because just waiting for things to get better doesn’t seem to work too well. And neither does having the best of intentions.
Even when there are real efforts made
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Link Roundup!
Ancient Grains, The Internet
Dec 20, 2013
Are you an unpublished writer of prose fiction who could use a weeklong retreat where they feed you?
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I thought Enya was a collective, but I was wrong. She also named her castle "Manderley," because that's what ...Read More
Scare Yourself Silly: There’s Someone in Your House (But It’s Not You)
Ancient Grains, Ghosts
Dec 19, 2013
Previously on Scare Yourself Silly: Boothworld Industries.
Let’s play a little game. You’ve probably played it before; it’s called “Two Truths and a Lie.” Can you guess which of these three news stories are true and which is false?
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1. A group of university students were shocked to find that a ...Read More
Feel the Burn: Lunges for All Seasons
Ancient Grains, Fitness
Dec 19, 2013
Previous installments of “Feel the Burn” can be found here. Most recently, we talked about posture, and getting some. Posture, we mean.
Hi gang! Missed you! We've been starting to film our videos so you won't be stuck with other people's YouTube visuals for long! In store for you: pull-up videos, buddy-comedy
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Here Are The Curses You Will Learn
Ancient Grains, Weird True Tales
Dec 19, 2013
Damn
Your grandfather says this constantly. He’s a tall, stooped man with pale lips and a thick German accent, and the word comes out like he’s trying to cough something up. You’re six years old before you even realize it’s a word. You want to ask him what it means, but he scares
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Praisesong For The Postcard
Ancient Grains, Beauty
Dec 19, 2013
The world is full of paper. Write to me. ~Agha Shahid Ali, "Stationery"
Many writers have a complicated relationship with the postcard. At some point you encounter a writing fellowship or contest that requires you to include a self-addressed stamped postcard (the dreaded SASP) to notify you that your application has been received or if ...Read More
A Few Thoughts on The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Ancient Grains, Movies
Dec 19, 2013
1. Let me fix you, Thorin Oakenshield. (cue the Coldplay montage)
(I do not take spoiler concerns about The Hobbit seriously--HE FINDS A MAGIC RING AND THERE IS A DRAGON--but obviously I'm going to talk about what happens in this movie.)
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