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This Is What Moms Are Really Teaching Their Children When They Tell Them To Not See Race

Colorblindness doesn’t ask why there aren’t black kids living in the neighborhood. Colorblindness hands black girls blonde-haired Barbies.

You Can’t Consider Yourself To Be A ‘Real’ Grown-Up Until You’ve Done These 11 Sh*tty Things

That’s what being an adult means: knowing that no one’s going to do those invisible, annoying tasks unless you do them yourself.

This Is What You’re Really Teaching Your Daughter When You Call Her A Princess

I’ve also heard too many women refer to their daughters as princesses in person and online: “Oh, my princess won’t wear jeans,” one mom lamented. And then I saw the eye-searing portmanteau “twincesses,” and I nearly banged my head against the wall.

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