Sarah Gladstone

Hot vanilla. Sweet vanilla woman. Break me off a piece of that vanilla girl! Nope. Nobody says that.

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.

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

naptural hair pioneer. youtube inspiration.

Yesterday morning, I was shaken by the 6.0 magnitude earthquake that struck the Bay Area.

Losers rule, popular kids drool. In the long run at least.

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.

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.”

Women who want to wear their hair natural must choose: protect your curls or protect your country. Because apparently, you can’t have it both ways.