Marissa Maciel's previous work for The Toast can be found here.
The bride is a confirmed tea drinker; the groom worked as a barista at her local cafe. He knew she was interested when she ordered six shots of espresso.
The bride is a children’s librarian; the groom restores and repairs books.
The brides met while competing in Judo and Ultimate Fighting events. Their first dance will be to the
Previously in Femslash Friday: The Devil Wears Prada. I'm not proud of this one, exactly. There's been no rush to write it, in no small part because I cannot possibly encourage you to watch The Big Bang Theory. It isn't a very good show. It hasn't been unfairly overlooked by critics, there are no hidden gems. It's a predictable, unpleasant show and you probably shouldn't watch it. And yet, I do. Not, you know, live,…
guys my hamilton obsession is getting scary, half my day is now just texting Matt Lubchansky to see where he currently is in HIS eternal loop of the cast recording, help me. also, LOOK AT THE CASTING LIST, THIS IS SO GREAT
[HAMILTON] Yo, Eliza, I don’t have a dollar to my name An acre of land, a troop to command, a dollop of fame All I have
The version of me that my mom spent my whole life trying to bring into existence came alive eight months ago. She took her first steps on Facebook, using my name and my face to hide behind. She used the version of my name that I adopted when I left home and stepped outside the margins of acceptable femininity as drawn and reinforced by mom and her idea of respectable religiosity. Her profile picture, ironically enough, was a…
Our roots lie in the Hardfought Wastes, but increasingly we find our work applicable across the Lands of the Trackless. Our future, like that of so many others, depends on consistent usage of best practices in every region under the Skyburn. Discontents General notes on distinguishing the Unfettered from the Self-Born Concise articles with snappy intros (future users may have mere seconds to scan through the manual before the redhand descends) Keep your readers in…
I'm gonna level with you. I am CONSTANTLY burdened with feelings of inadequacy when I think about the University of Iowa's legendary Writers' Workshop. Everyone who was better than me in my creative writing seminars in college went to Iowa, and now they have written real books and stuff, instead of just owning a feminist humor site that is read by 99% of librarians and archivists in New England. This is Iowa, as far as…
MONK #1: the saint Mary Magdalene what was she made of, chiefly? MONK #2: hair more hair than woman, they said of her MONK #1: saints in general how do they look? how does one draw them, I mean MONK #2: silver-grey skin like a trout and mummy hands that's the sign of one beloved by God…
Previously: WOW 2000. I don't know if I'll ever quite get over the style evolution DC Talk went through in the relatively brief period between 1989 and 1995. In six years they went through more musical eras than most bands do in their entire careers - from golden-age-style hip-hop to rap-rock to grunge. For a secular analogy, try imagining a world where Nirvana released Nevermind, Appetite For Destruction, and Black Sunday, all before Bill…
This is a GREAT profile of Friend of The Toast Sam Irby:
There is no summing up Sam—no writerly preface, no small-talk tidbits, no rundown of vital stats that can suffice. She is irreducible, like a prime number, or a quark. Mention a recent story about her that she didn't much like, and she'll snort. "I told my friend Robbie I wished that thing had been called 'FAT NIGGA TELLS
In the early 1950s you could walk around almost any small town and, if you kept your eyes above shop window level, you would have no difficulty in finding a bookseller. Lower your eyes and you would most probably discover that he was selling not books, but stationery or toys or tobacco or fancy goods. No doubt he had started out with good intentions in his heart; but over the years the “other goods” had…
