| Aug 2, 2023 | HP SubfeaturedWhen I was a little girl, my parents bought me a Barbie — a blonde, blue-eyed doll who I played with for years before I ever met a blond, blue-eyed person. My doll set the standard for beauty — one that was out of reach of a brown-skinned, dark-haired kid whose body...
| May 2, 2018 | Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyThe recent attack in Toronto by a man who identifies as an “incel” has called attention to the disturbing and flourishing online incel community. “Incel” stands for “involuntarily celibate.” These are straight men who, frustrated by their lack of romantic success,...
| Dec 7, 2016 | Rights / DemocracyFrom his campaign rhetoric to his transition appointments, our next president has placed himself squarely in a conservative movement calling itself the “alt-right.” That movement, the Los Angeles Times reports, “generally embraces and promotes white...
| Feb 24, 2016 | Rights / DemocracyI didn’t look up to Wonder Woman or Lara Croft as a child: I had women like Gloria Steinem. I was the type of girl who cut my dolls’ hair short, insisted girls could do anything boys could, and invented stories where brave female protagonists always outsmarted the bad...
| Jan 8, 2014 | Rights / DemocracyIf you visit the website of Nottoway Plantation, a resort hotel, you’ll see a photo of a half-dozen people dressed in antebellum finery. It’s a plug for Nottoway’s new mystery theater evening: The actors play members of the Randolph family who built...
