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10 Famous Bisexual Women from The Past to Know Now For BiVisibility
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(Feminism)
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... in the 1920s through the 1970s. She was the first African American to star in her own television show and the first African American woman to be nominated for a Primetime Emmy. In the 1920s, Waters lived ...
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Created on 05 October 2020
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The Kardashians And Their False Promises
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(Feminism)
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... in food signaled poor morality. Others think it began much later with a “scientist” in the 1920s who came up with multiple diets—one included a “pep breakfast” drink of two raw eggs and orange juice—and ...
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Created on 14 August 2020
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How These Women Cartoonists Shaped the Flapper Image in the Roaring ’20s
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(Arts)
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... locks in favor of short, slinky dresses, crisp bobs, and bold cosmetics in the 1920s, they introduced the world to the modern woman. These middle- and upper-class young ladies, newly armed with the right ...
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Created on 10 August 2020
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Week Of Women: The Go-Go's, Cable Girls, The Baby-Sitter's Club
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(Entertainment)
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... thanks to Netflix. Catch all episodes of the nostalgic reboot on July 3.
Cable Girls
This feminist drama, which follows four women working at a telephone company in 1920s Madrid, is returning for ...
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Created on 02 July 2020
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Disney’s Problematic Splash Mountain Ride Will Be Replaced By A New "Princess and the Frog" Theme, Finally
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(Entertainment)
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... pic.twitter.com/oiHsl5pxt3
— Jorge Amador (@justmydumblife) June 25, 2020
The Princess and the Frog, which came out in 2009, takes place in the 1920s and follows the story of a young Black girl named ...
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Created on 26 June 2020
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Kotex New Ads To Depict Period Blood As It Really Is: Red
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(Feminism)
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... idea that a woman’s period is “nothing to hide” is somewhat of a new one.
Since the beginning of feminine hygiene ads, the 1920s, period products were branded as “discreet” or represented as blue, not ...
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Created on 18 February 2020
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Vintage Seller Melissa Blue Makes Her Own Fashion Rules
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(Style)
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Melissa Blue Vintage Seller and Musician Los Angeles, CA
Tell me about this outfit.
I’m wearing a late-1920s jumpsuit—those are pants! I got it at Avalon Vintage in L.A. It has a really dramatic ...
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Created on 13 January 2020
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How American Women Fell In Love With Halloween
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(Living)
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... Jemima costume.
Patterns for Halloween costumes were available by the 1920s. But not every mother had the skills or time to sew an outfit. Boxed ready-to-wear children’s costumes were available beginning ...
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Created on 31 October 2019
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A Brief History Of Flappers, Some Of The Original Rule-Breakers
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(Style)
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... kisses when she likes, and she is none the worse for it.”
Learn more about Willebrandt, Imogene Remus, and the 1920s in “The Ghosts of Eden Park,” available for preorder now.
This article originall ...
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Created on 24 July 2019
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This Gender-Neutral Line Is Challenging The Swimsuit Binary
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(Style)
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... and identities.” The design, which offers comfort and coverage, is inspired by swimsuits, leotards, and wrestling uniforms from the 1920s and ’30s, and is reversible, so you get two colors for the price ...
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Created on 06 June 2019
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Why Female Bootleggers Ruled During The Prohibition
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(General)
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... them when a person’s footprints suddenly turned into a cow’s…which I guess was a totally normal occurrence in the 1920s and early ’30s, along with cattle going for lone forest jaunts…
I don't know...I ...
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Created on 31 May 2019
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“The Hustle” Composer Anne Dudley On Her Creative Process And Storytelling Through Music: BUST Interview
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(Movies)
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... electronic keyboards and that was that. Then, I did a TV series which was based around 1920s jazz, and then I did American History X, which is very serious classical choral stuff. I do genuinely like to ...
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Created on 31 May 2019
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This Female Computer Scientist Brought Us The Viral Black Hole Photograph
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(Feminism)
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... of Katie Bouman's Facebook
More from BUST
"The Future Is Female!" Celebrates Women Sci-Fi Writers Of The 1920s-1960s
Donna Strickland Is The First Woman In 55 Years To Win A Nobel Prize In Physi ...
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Created on 11 April 2019
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Week of Women: April 5-11, 2019
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(Entertainment)
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... Haley Lu Richardson, The Chaperone follows a teen girl with big dreams of dancing in the 1920s. Out April 5.
Chilling Adventures of Sabrina
The second official installment of Sabrina, following ...
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Created on 04 April 2019
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Scientific Study Finds That Women’s Brains Age More Slowly Than Men’s
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(Feminism)
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... i Writers Of The 1920s-1960s
More Women Are Speaking Out About Extreme Morning Sickness—And Doctors Are Finally Realizing It's Not All In Their Heads
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Created on 05 February 2019
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4 Black Women Who Changed The World
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(Feminism)
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... nism could not be described more perfectly. An activist with an anarchist fun streak, when heckled during a speech "Are you a lesbian?" she shot back, "Are you my alternative?"
Raised in 1920s Missou ...
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Created on 04 February 2019
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Mother Jones Was A Hell-Raising Trailblazer In The Fight For Workers' Rights
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(Feminism)
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... this fight! Don’t surrender!”
Active from the 1890s through the 1920s, Mother Jones worked tirelessly to persuade coal miners, brewery bottle washers, textile mill hands, and other laborers to fight ...
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Created on 30 January 2019
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11 Books By Women To Read Right Now
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(Books)
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... s for 50 years starting in the 1920s. But Longworth balances her disdain for him (he was also a raging racist) with pity derived from the severe germaphobia that made him a recluse later in life. “He w ...
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Created on 10 January 2019
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"The Future Is Female!" Celebrates Women Sci-Fi Writers Of The 1920s-1960s ...
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(Books)
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... To Ursula K. Le Guin were written, between the 1920s and 1960s—sci-fi was the outlet for writers and fans alike. It was way to look beyond the present’s limitations and envision a much greater (or grimmer!) ...
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Created on 08 January 2019
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The Best Historical Fiction To Curl Up With This Winter
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(Books)
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... l known for writing Regency period love stories and 1920s-set detective novels, published in the 1930s through the early 1950s. We’re focusing on the Regency romance side of things, so prepare yourself f ...
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Created on 14 December 2018
