Sarah Gladstone

Leave it to parents to teach us all those pesky lessons in life, like some things are worth more than cookies and swimming pools. (Impossible.)

Lupita Nyong'o is “challenging” traditional ideas of beauty—but it's not because she's brown.

Want to see sound? Check out this NPR video to see just how magical science can be.

Miley seems to be predictable only in the sense that we can always expect a controversy spilling from her lips. (Or loins.)

No one wants to have to say, “Shalom! I’m a child of Israel, and you are . . . ?”

Looking for a new bestie with an “in” with the Academy?

A look into Aubrey Plaza's Latina pride.

When it comes to baby animals, oohing and ahhing and squeeeing around them (baby bunny . . . squeee!) is usually the way to go.

As Americans we have fallen prey to a particular "look" —namely white and thin—and suffer from an inability to shatter it. The result? A backhanded compliment of the hybrid variety: “You’re pretty . . . for a black girl.”

We love the cast, but we're wary of spin-offs (even though they don't necessarily have to flop) ... and please, no more yellow umbrellas.