Miniseries/Getty Images My father was born on a plantation in Mississippi, decades after the Emancipation Proclamation freed enslaved people, but in a time when the legacy of slavery still held strong. The real lesson that I carry, though, isn’t just about where he was born. It’s about his mother — my grandmother — a woman...
Mattel When you think of quintessential childhood toys, few brands have more clout than Barbie and Play-Doh. And now, Mattel and Hasbro, the makers of the childhood favorites, have come together to create an entire Play-Doh-Barbie line of toys. Not since Reese’s joined peanut butter and chocolate has our inner child been this delighted by...
Photographer, Basak Gurbuz Derman/Moment/Getty Images When I was in high school, my friend came up to me before class started and asked what I was wearing on my lips. “Uhhh, nothing,” I replied. She couldn’t believe my lips were naturally that color, and it was the first time I had ever really thought about it,...
TikTok Spend any amount of time watching kids play and it won’t be long before their game becomes a mirror for life. Their Barbies might start to sound an awful lot like you and your partner. Or maybe you notice your son’s dinosaurs are on a vacation to Disney World that seems pretty familiar. Because...