<sod>'''''The Toast''''' is an American anthology, humour and feminist writing website, founded in 2013.<ref name="Nicole Cliffe and Mallory Ortberg’s The Toast Pops Up">{{cite web|last1=Bloomgarden-Smoke|first1=Kara|title=Nicole Cliffe and Mallory Ortberg’s The Toast Pops Up|url=http://observer.com/2013/07/nicole-cliffe-and-mallory-ortbergs-the-toast-pops-up/|website=Observer|accessdate=11 March 2016}}</ref><ref name="FastCo The Toast's Recipe For Bootstrapping A Profitable Media Business">{{cite web|last1=Greenfield|first1=Rebecca|title=The Toast's Recipe For Bootstrapping A Profitable Media Business|url=http://www.fastcompany.com/3036230/most-creative-people/the-toasts-recipe-for-bootstrapping-a-profitable-media-business|website=Fast Co|accessdate=11 March 2016}}</ref> It is edited by [[Mallory Ortberg]] and [[Nicole Cliffe]], who had previously written for ''[[The Hairpin]].''<ref name="nymag interview">{{cite news|last1=Lange|first1=Maggie|title=Mallory Ortberg on the Great Jerks of Literature|url=http://nymag.com/thecut/2014/10/mallory-ortberg-on-the-great-jerks-of-literature.html|accessdate=11 November 2014|work=New York Magazine|date=30 October 2014}}</ref> The website is known for its parodic reworkings of classic literature and art; Ortberg has described its target market as 'librarians'.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.forbes.com/pictures/flji45eefm/mallory-ortberg-28/|title = 2015 30 under 30: Media|date = |accessdate = 2015-01-31|website = |publisher = |last = |first = }}</ref><ref name="guardian interview">{{cite web|last1=Galo|first1=Sarah|title=Mallory Ortberg: 'If men show up that's great, but we don't need them'|url=http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/nov/03/mallory-ortberg-the-toast-interview|publisher=The Guardian|accessdate=11 November 2014}}</ref><ref name="huffpo texts">{{cite web|last1=Kott|first1=Lidia Jean|title=Mallory Ortberg And Her (Small) Media Empire|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lidia-jean-kott/mallory-ortberg-and-her-s_b_6085012.html|publisher=The Huffington Post|accessdate=11 November 2014}}</ref> Ortberg's book, ''Texts from Jane Eyre'', was a development of her writing on ''The Toast''.<ref name="New York Times Culture Bestsellers, December 2014">{{cite news|title=Best Sellers, December 2014|url=http://www.nytimes.com/best-sellers-books/2014-12-02/culture/list.html|accessdate=11 December 2014|work=New York Times|date=December 2014}}</ref><ref name="NPR texts">{{cite news|last1=Ulaby|first1=Neda|title=If Literature's Great Characters Could Text, They'd Charm Your Pantalets Off|url=http://www.npr.org/2014/11/10/361394145/if-literatures-great-characters-could-text-theyd-charm-your-pantalets-off|accessdate=11 November 2014|work=NPR|date=10 November 2014}}</ref><ref name="EW texts">{{cite web|last1=Busis|first1=Hillary|title=Breaking Big: Mallory Ortberg, author of 'Texts from Jane Eyre'|url=http://shelf-life.ew.com/2014/11/06/mallory-ortberg-texts-from-jane-eyre/|website=Entertainment Weekly|accessdate=11 November 2014}}</ref><eod>
<sod>'''''The Toast''''' is an American anthology, humour and feminist writing website, founded in 2013.<ref name="Nicole Cliffe and Mallory Ortberg’s The Toast Pops Up">{{cite web|last1=Bloomgarden-Smoke|first1=Kara|title=Nicole Cliffe and Mallory Ortberg’s The Toast Pops Up|url=http://observer.com/2013/07/nicole-cliffe-and-mallory-ortbergs-the-toast-pops-up/|website=Observer|accessdate=11 March 2016}}</ref><ref name="FastCo The Toast's Recipe For Bootstrapping A Profitable Media Business">{{cite web|last1=Greenfield|first1=Rebecca|title=The Toast's Recipe For Bootstrapping A Profitable Media Business|url=http://www.fastcompany.com/3036230/most-creative-people/the-toasts-recipe-for-bootstrapping-a-profitable-media-business|website=Fast Co|accessdate=11 March 2016}}</ref> It is edited by [[Mallory Ortberg]] and [[Nicole Cliffe]], who had previously written for ''[[The Hairpin]].''<ref name="nymag interview">{{cite news|last1=Lange|first1=Maggie|title=Mallory Ortberg on the Great Jerks of Literature|url=http://nymag.com/thecut/2014/10/mallory-ortberg-on-the-great-jerks-of-literature.html|accessdate=11 November 2014|work=New York Magazine|date=30 October 2014}}</ref> The website is known for its parodic reworkings of classic literature and art; Ortberg has described its target market as 'librarians'.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.forbes.com/pictures/flji45eefm/mallory-ortberg-28/|title = 2015 30 under 30: Media|date = |accessdate = 31 January 2015|website = |publisher = |last = |first = }}</ref><ref name="guardian interview">{{cite web|last1=Galo|first1=Sarah|title=Mallory Ortberg: 'If men show up that's great, but we don't need them'|url=http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/nov/03/mallory-ortberg-the-toast-interview|publisher=The Guardian|accessdate=11 November 2014}}</ref><ref name="huffpo texts">{{cite web|last1=Kott|first1=Lidia Jean|title=Mallory Ortberg And Her (Small) Media Empire|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lidia-jean-kott/mallory-ortberg-and-her-s_b_6085012.html|publisher=The Huffington Post|accessdate=11 November 2014}}</ref> Ortberg's book, ''Texts from Jane Eyre'', was a development of her writing on ''The Toast''.<ref name="New York Times Culture Bestsellers, December 2014">{{cite news|title=Best Sellers, December 2014|url=http://www.nytimes.com/best-sellers-books/2014-12-02/culture/list.html|accessdate=11 December 2014|work=New York Times|date=December 2014}}</ref><ref name="NPR texts">{{cite news|last1=Ulaby|first1=Neda|title=If Literature's Great Characters Could Text, They'd Charm Your Pantalets Off|url=http://www.npr.org/2014/11/10/361394145/if-literatures-great-characters-could-text-theyd-charm-your-pantalets-off|accessdate=11 November 2014|work=NPR|date=10 November 2014}}</ref><ref name="EW texts">{{cite web|last1=Busis|first1=Hillary|title=Breaking Big: Mallory Ortberg, author of 'Texts from Jane Eyre'|url=http://shelf-life.ew.com/2014/11/06/mallory-ortberg-texts-from-jane-eyre/|website=Entertainment Weekly|accessdate=11 November 2014}}</ref><eod>