Sarah Gladstone

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.”

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

Film festivals are the Fashion Week of the movie world – where the filmmakers congregate to present their art and where the hype and rumors are bor

I didn’t realize I could like girls and boys. I didn’t have to choose, and one didn’t cancel out the other. Around the same time I attended my first GSA meeting, I did wonder, maybe I’m not straight? Maybe I’m gay?

A proposed California bill is bringing new attention to the fate of performance orcas at SeaWorld

Sherlock fans, come on get happy!

We’ve come a long way since the duo-chromatic days of black and white TV.

So, you missed a few (or all) of the Oscar nominated movies this year. It's OK.

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

Women raping men is suspiciously absent from most discussions that occur around female rape culture and prevention. And while male rape is certainly not as common as violent sex acts against women, it’s certainly nothing to joke about.