In order to be accepted and celebrated by mainstream audiences, Asian-American men run the double-edged risk of being perceived as “too Asian” and also feeling like an imposter of their own race.
Unfounded and dangerous claims by anti-vaccine activists include: vaccines contain toxic amounts of mercury (disproven), vaccines are untested and unregulated (false), and vaccines are somehow associated with autism (100% fantasy).
Both fat-shaming internet trolls and those who shame them for their intolerance are falling for the same unhealthy message that body types are objects to be evaluated. If our culture embraced body neutrality, both behaviors would become irrelevant.
As Margaret Atwood said, “‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ has actually become a meme in US politics. You’ll find it turning up on Twitter. Somebody has to tell the Republicans ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ is not a blueprint.”
Jada Pinkett Smith discussed polyamory, throuples, and threesomes with her mother and daughter on her talk show. The least we can do this Pride Month is consider polyamory a sexual orientation in the LGBTQIA community.
Sephora’s diversity training is a token exercise in good publicity and damage control, but it’s a reminder that most retail beauty stores, from Sephora to Mac and Ulta Beauty, seem to share a commonality of racial profiling.