The Toast and The Butter

October 2, 2014 10:16 AM

The business side of The Toast. FastCompany profiles everybody's favorite feminist humor site (previously) on the heels of the announcement of a spin-off site to be headed by Roxane Gay (previously).
posted by kmz (11 comments total)

It's really nice to read an article about a site you respect and love and then find out that there's absolutely no reason not to respect and love it. May they never encounter ugly growing pains.
posted by mudpuppie at 10:26 AM on October 2, 2014 [9 favorites]

I would just like to thank the donor who gave $1000 to support history articles, because that's awesome.
posted by jetlagaddict at 10:33 AM on October 2, 2014 [2 favorites]

I would really love a "top five Toast articles" RSS feed, but in the absence of one, I'm glad I have Metafilter to keep me up on the best things from it and now about it. /honestly not being sarcastic.
posted by immlass at 10:46 AM on October 2, 2014

If you haven't yet read Mallory Ortberg's piece on "The Simpsons" character Edna Krabappel, hie thee to yon portal.
posted by Sheydem-tants at 10:47 AM on October 2, 2014 [10 favorites]

All of her essays on the minor Simpsons characters are outstanding but the Ms. Krabappel one was touching to the point of tears.
posted by Ghostride The Whip at 12:35 PM on October 2, 2014

I read the one on Ralph Wiggum a while back and to be honest, I thought it was a TV-oriented site. Ortberg has obviously watched every Simpsons episode ever (no marathon required) and she really gets it. Now that I've had a chance to look at some of their other stuff it's clear all their writers are top-notch.
posted by tommasz at 1:02 PM on October 2, 2014

I love everything about the Toast, but my absolute favorite thing is Ortberg's recaptioning of famous artworks.
posted by KathrynT at 1:11 PM on October 2, 2014 [1 favorite]

Actually the entire Artwork tag is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.
posted by KathrynT at 1:15 PM on October 2, 2014 [3 favorites]

Now all they need is a music spinoff in the same vein. The could call it...The Jam
posted by Doleful Creature at 2:40 PM on October 2, 2014 [6 favorites]

If you haven't yet read Mallory Ortberg's piece on "The Simpsons" character Edna Krabappel, hie thee to yon portal.

That was a beautiful piece of writing.
posted by naju at 4:19 PM on October 2, 2014

They're still looking for a science columnist, I know there is a mefite perfect for this somewhere!
posted by ellieBOA at 5:27 AM on October 4, 2014