My life on Facebook is an airbrushed and Instagrammed image of my real life. But I also think I’d be a better mom if I stopped pretending.
School Volunteering and Parental Pressure: One Mom’s Unapologetic No
Learning to resist the unhealthy pressure to volunteer for every possible activity in a child’s school
Black Gay Men Are Still Invisible
Whenever I read about this mythical place in which a person’s sexuality is no longer taboo, in the wake of a handful of states allowing marriage equality, I often think to check the balance of my credit card. I would love to be …
What the Gay Rights Movement Should Learn from Martin Luther King, Jr.
In contrast to contemporary gay activists, King found a way to condemn evil without condemning the evildoer
The Impossibility of The Good Black Mother
From the pediatrician’s office to the streets I call my own, it is not the myth of the Good Mother, but that of the Bad Black Mother, that renders my motherhood at turns invisible and suspect
Sasheer Zamata’s Unreasonable Burden on SNL
I held my breath and hoped she was good enough while knowing, deep down, that for a woman in her position, there is no such thing as good enough
It Makes Economic Sense for a Woman to Have More Than One Husband
By pooling male resources, polyandry improves household incomes and combats child poverty
Dear How I Met Your Mother: ‘Asian’ Is Not a Costume
White cast members from popular sitcom portray Asians with stereotypical accents, Fu Manchu mustaches and wind-chime soundtrack
WATCH: World’s Top Bull Rider J.B. Mauney Explains Smart Bulls And Great Riders
All in his charming Southern drawl
We Need To Take Meditation More Seriously As Medicine
The case for treating meditation more like medicine
Smoking Guns: The Deafening Silence of the Assault Weapons Makers
Where is that public debate with the makers of hollow point bullets, high capacity magazines, and weapons designed to harm and kill human beings as quickly as possible?
A Woman’s (Only) Nation: What’s Missing from the Shriver Report
Maria Shriver’s new report tries to shine a light on the economic plight of women, but it virtually ignores one crucial factor — men
The Deceptively Intelligent Doodle
Stop underestimating a device that millions of people are deploying daily