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

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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The Racial Undertones of Calling Women "Vanilla" and "Chocolate"

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

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Not Angry, Just Fed Up: Laverne Cox On the Angry Black Woman Stereotype

Being an "Angry Black Woman" is a catch-22: the more you fight the label, the more people want to stamp you with an ABW crimson mark

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New York Implements 'Good to Go" Campaign, Coffee Will Never Be the Same

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...

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The Racist Truth Behind the Ice Cream Truck Jingle

The ice cream truck may be tainted forever.

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Lupita Nyong'o Is Lancôme's Newest Ambassador and No, It's Not Because She's Black 

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

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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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Oh Shit! How Frozen Poop Pills Could Save Your Life

Sure, poop capsules sound gross—but they could represent a significant medical industry breakthrough.

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Why We Think We're Better at Things Than We Actually Are

Welcome to the self-deluded world of illusory superiority.

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