Sarah Gladstone

Sarah Gladstone

Bio

Writer, reader, general fan of all forms of honest storytelling. Optimistic realist, packaged like a pessimist. Strong believer in real world magic, intersectionality, and exploring gender and stories of mixed race identity. Supporter of public libraries, breakfast for dinner, and denim-on-denim. 

Sarah Gladstone Articles

Glamour Magazine Names Lupita Nyong'o "Woman Of The Year," Beauty And Race Collide (Again)

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.”

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The Problem With Racial Fetishization

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

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Brave New World: Is the Dawn of the Digital Age Damaging Our Youth?

The internet is weird and gross and hilarious and helpful.

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Stars Behind The Scenes: the People Who Make the Oscars Happen

The success of the Oscars relies on the efforts of many key people.

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A Love Letter From Me To Men On The Street

Please stop referring to me as being “alone” when I am clearly walking in a group, simply because I am not attached to a man.

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NPR Says Unpopular High Schoolers are the Future Cool Kids

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

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90's Grrrl Power Lives on in the 21st Century

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.

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Listful Thinking: America the Bikeable —Top 9 Friendliest Bike Cities

It’s that lovely spring floral and festival season and we are officially in a perfect Goldie Locks type weather situation: not too hot, not too cold, but just the right climate for biking. So which towns have the best bikeability?

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It's 2014 and YOLO Is Still Bringing Us Down (In More Ways than the Mere Degradation of Language)

The Millennial Generation has been called every variation of lazy ingrate that the Baby Boomers and Generation X-ers could think of. And with YOLO as a point of reference, who could blame them?

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