As The Toast searches for its one true Gal Scientist, we will be running a ton of wonderful one-off pieces by female scientists of all shapes and sizes and fields and education levels, which we are sure you will enjoy. They’ll live here, so you can always find them. Most recently: Stop Being Terrified of Chemicals.
Some people consider losing one’s V-card to be a huge life-changing deal, while others find
When was your first time? What was it like? These are bonding questions in this society, in which we are supposed to gain intimacy by sharing the the awkwardness and gentleness and oddness of our burgeoning sexualities. There’s a whole show devoted to the question, in which John Stamos interviews celebrities about their first times. It is a question I dread. I have no idea when I lost my virginity or what it was…
Welcome to The Toast's inaugural advice column from two disparate and imperfect persons. We are open to better names for it. Sometimes Mallory will take one, or Nicole will take one, or we'll both give it a shot. Like sleep, we will knit up the raveled sleave of care. All right, look, I read all the advice columns. I've read similar stories over and over. But now it's happening to me, which makes it slightly more important.