- 1. 7 Best Biopics About Women to Watch When You Need to Feel Inspired (and 1 For When You Don't
- (Movies)
- ... Max. The United States vs Billie Holiday “Strange Fruit” singer Billie Holiday, played here by Andra Day, did not have a simple or straightforward path to stardom as a singer in the 1950s. Although ...
- Created on 30 November 2022
- 2. Queer Period Pieces Like Abbi Jacobson's "A League Of Their Own" Are A Reminder That LGBTQ Rights Are Still Under Atta
- (TV)
- ... 1950s, including the Mattachine Society–an early secret organization for LGBT activists. Police entrapment and prosecution under anti-sodomy laws through the 1970s left many queer people feeling hunted ...
- Created on 13 October 2022
- 3. Hillary Clinton's New Podcast "Gutsy" Profiles Women Who Inspire: Our Top 10 Pop Culture Picks For Fa
- (Living)
- 1. Don’t Worry Darling This psychological thriller directed by and featuring Olivia Wilde and starring Florence Pugh, Harry Styles, Nick Kroll, and Chris Pine, revolves around a 1950s housewife living ...
- Created on 07 September 2022
- 4. Joan Didion and Me: How the Writer's "Slouching Towards Bethlehem" Showed Me The Power of a Woman's Voice, in the Literary World and Bey
- (Feminism)
- ... heavy emotions, and as a teenage girl I didn’t have the words to express any of it. I grew up in a family of submissive women and dominant, opinionated men. The values of ‘1950s housewife’ had ...
- Created on 11 January 2022
- 5. Social Media Influencer Bretman Rock is the First Openly Gay Male Model to Take it All Off on the Cover of Playboy Magazine
- (Blog)
- ... founded in 1953 by Hugh Hefner, magazine publisher and glorified pimp, Playboy was considered a progressive pornographic publication, at that time, for defyed the 1950s anti-obscenity laws. Playboy’s first ...
- Created on 07 October 2021
- 6. The Last Starlet: An Interview with 1950's Bad Girl of the Silver Screen, Mamie Van Dore
- (Movies)
- ... Marilyn Monroe, and Jayne Mansfield the “Three M’s” in the 1950s. Hollywood’s “It” girls, they were considered the cream of the honey-haired crop. But while her peers would go on to die tragically in ...
- Created on 08 September 2021
- 7. Black Canary Spinoff in the Pipeline with Jurnee Smollett Reprising Role in the DC Films Sequel. Misha Green of Lovecraft Country Set to Write
- (Movies)
- ... created critically acclaimed, but short-lived HBO show Lovecraft Country. The sci-fi show set in the segregated,1950s American South, also featured Smollett as Letitia Lewis, who's on a journey in search ...
- Created on 23 August 2021
- 8. New Biography of Warhol Superstar, Nico, Explains It All: BUST Review
- (Books)
- ... a teen she grew into a great beauty which proved to be Christa’s ticket out. In the mid 1950s, after being discovered by an agent for a large German department store, Christa began runway modeling at the ...
- Created on 10 August 2021
- 9. A Fragmented Fisher- The Views That Feed Into the Memory of the Iconic Carrie Fisher
- (Movies)
- ... write something like Wishful Drinking. Via Star Wars press photos Fisher was born into the spotlight. Her parents, Eddie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds, were mega-stars in the 1950s and ‘60s. Before Eddie ...
- Created on 04 May 2021
- 10. 5 great female-focused French films to watch tout suite!
- (Movies)
- ... shaped the film movement of the 1950s and ‘60s. Cléo de 5 à 7 is among her most classic, and one of the finest of La Nouvelle Vague, while still often overlooked in comparison to Godard’s Breathless and ...
- Created on 08 February 2021
- 11. How Much Do You Know About Anna May Wong? Take the BUST Pop Quiz!
- (Entertainment)
- Even though she made over 50 films and was widely recognized as the first Chinese-American movie star, many cinephiles knew nothing about Anna May Wong before Ryan Murphy celebrated her accomplishments ...
- Created on 06 November 2020
- 12. Mary Kay Place Breathes Life Into "Diane
- (Movies)
- Diane is the sort of movie that Douglas Sirk would have directed in the 1950s—a “women’s picture,” so to speak, that centers on a female character and her trials and tribulations, often in a domestic ...
- Created on 09 May 2019
- 13. How Lucille Ball Smashed Her Way Through The Patriarchy
- (Entertainment)
- The world fell in love with her as Lucy Ricardo, a 1950s New York City housewife who got into numerous shenanigans, with her best friend while chasing stardom, trying to appear alongside her musician ...
- Created on 19 March 2019
- 14. 4 Black Women Who Changed The World
- (Feminism)
- ... their sexual advances. Her body was found dumped in a pond. Daisy’s father quickly fled town, fearing repercussions from the murder. Daisy was taken in by friends of her parents. By the mid-1950s, Daisy ...
- Created on 04 February 2019
- 15. Embrace '90s Nostalgia This Halloween With These TV Character Costumes
- (Style)
- ... at first glance. But back to the basics of Jane’s lewk. You will need: • Charcoal or black shorts 1950s Charcoal Pinup Shorts, GardenPartyPieces, $45, via Etsy • Black tights Black Lace Tights, ...
- Created on 15 October 2018
- 16. "The Bookshop" Has Promise, But Ultimately Falls Fla
- (Movies)
- ... follows Florence Green (Emily Mortimer), a widow in search of fulfillment during the late 1950s. After arriving in a Hardborough, England, a fictitious small seaside town, Florence sets out to open their ...
- Created on 14 September 2018
- 17. The Story Of Chavela Vargas, Barrier-Breaking Singer And Queer Icon
- (Music)
- Chavela (born Isabela Vargas Lizano) was a famous Costa Rican singer and was a huge influence on Latin American music from the 1950s to today. She was known for her soulful, intense, and gravelly voice; ...
- Created on 10 August 2018
- 18. Kathryn Bigelow, From "The Hurt Locker" To "Detroit": 52 Weeks Of Directo
- (Movies)
- ... clad in leather. The cinematography and stylized 1950s design is indicative of Bigelow’s artistic eye. She no longer paints, saying, “It isn’t something soothing and relaxing for me. I have to be passionately ...
- Created on 02 February 2017
- 19. Larisa Shepitko's Stunning Soviet-Era Films Will Have You Wondering Why You've Never Heard Her Na
- (Movies)
- ... Heat , which she made at 22, tells the story of a new farming community in Central Asia during the 1950s. Called a fusion of political drama and Western styles, it was shot in such barren landscapes and ...
- Created on 01 December 2016
- 20. ‘Hail, Caesar!’ Is Great, But Would Be Even Better If The Women Got To Talk More: Movie Review
- (Movies)
- The Coen Brothers are back with Hail, Caesar!, an homage to Old Hollywood. Set around a major Hollywood studio in the 1950s, the film has more plotlines than I can count on both hands, all centered ...
- Created on 05 February 2016
