Sarah Gladstone

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

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.”

Welcome to the self-deluded world of illusory superiority.

Beneath the ear-worming melodies and undeniable pop-froth of the '90s was a latent feminist agenda that's still informing the woman I am today.

In our youth-obsessed society, the elderly are nearly invisible, hovering near the edges of existence.

All I heard was “positive."

Hey GOP, you can't capture millennial votes with silly stereotypes. You'll have to be more creative than that.

A week of Instagram-able moments centers around the booming network of the millennial population.

Why are women so content with being a cold, distant, light-stealing stone?

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