Ancient Grains Archive

Link Roundup!

Nelson Mandela died. That seems a lot more important than the rest of this stuff, which I compiled first and am now vaguely embarrassed by.

The New Yorker:

Mandela spent twenty-seven years in prison, including eighteen years on Robben Island, an infamous ...Read More

Now We Can Talk About the Doctor Who Anniversary Special

Enter at your own risk. But what's risk, really, when timelines can be changed and foundational tragedies rewritten? ...Read More

Jaya Catches Up: So Many Ponies

Raise your hand if you were a Horse Girl. It’s ok, this is a safe space. Honestly, I was one too. If you’re not familiar with a concept of the Horse Girl, here’s the breakdown: a Horse Girl is that girl in your 5th grade class who is obsessed with horses. Horse ...Read More

Happy Birthday, Joan Didion

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          Happy birthday, Joan Didion! One of these women is Joan herself. The other is Vogue editor Anna Wintour. Can you guess which is which? ...Read More

A Portrait of Birth Activism: Class, Access & Health Equity

Doulas are getting paid by people who can afford it. But people who can’t afford it don’t get doulas. We want to make sure that group can get a doula, because their babies are dying, being born too small – and we know that doulas can help. To not support ...Read More

How to Make an Aviation: A Cartoon About Booze

Click for a history-and-art-laden cartoon exploration of how to make a really good Aviation. ...Read More

The Tire Swing: Adventures in Amateur Parenting

When my family and I first moved to North Carolina, just about three years ago, we were fascinated by something that we didn’t have in Illinois: trees. BIG ONES! Huge, tall trees right there in our back yard! It was like living in a forest. We would wake in the morning and stare ...Read More

Psst, Wanna Buy a Toast T-Shirt?

A Toast t-shirt (or tank, but not the military-industrial-complex kind*) that incorporates our little logo AND encourages its wearer and all on-lookers to ponder the wisdom of violent misandry? Of course you do. You have seven days, just like The Ring, and it'll be in your ...Read More