Sarah Gladstone

Even if those muscles remain mostly unflexed, there is a potential violence that’s present in the flash of a badge or the barrel of a gun.

Fetishizing women of color isn't a compliment. It's just another form of objectification.

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The 21st century is a full blown teenager now.

What if there was something just as easy, just as reliable and convenient as those disposable to-go cups but totally eliminated the waste? Nope, it's not a hippie's LSD-induced fever dream. It's just some clever entreprenuers from Brooklyn...

Even in today's progressive era, why do so many people prefer same race relationships...and should it even matter?

The acknowledgment of Lupita’s elegance begins a process to alleviate any future need to add "for a . . . " to the end of “You’re beautiful.”

Lady Gaga, an endangered

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.”

The Sochi Olympics have been a roiling roller coaster of emotion