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The Velvet Underground's John Cale Talks New Album "Mercy" and Teaching David Bowie the Viola: BUST Intervi
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(Music)
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... hold. “I am confident. I am worthy!”
A co-founding member of the ’60s avantgarde band the Velvet Underground, Cale is an icon—a musical demigod whose debut album with the Velvets is widely considered ...
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Created on 10 March 2023
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Jane Fonda just delivered 5.5 million signatures to the UN. Here’s why.
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(Feminism)
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... of activism is not limited to addressing climate change, however. In the 1960s and ‘70s, she became notorious for her impassioned opposition to the Vietnam War and support of the Black Panthers, leading ...
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Created on 21 February 2023
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'Abbott Elementary''s Sheryl Lee Ralph Makes History with Super Bowl Performance of "Lift Every Voice and Sing" ...
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(TV)
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... Voice and Sing” as an unofficial Black anthem in 1917. The song was used “as a rallying cry during the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 60s.”
The NFL has included “Lift Every Voice and Sing” before ...
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Created on 13 February 2023
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Before Roe, the "Jane Collective" Dared to Perform Abortions for Those Who Needed Them - Intervie
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(Feminism)
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When she was just 24, in 1969, Abby Pariser joined “Jane,” a group of women who provided reproductive health services in the Chicago area before Roe v. Wade was passed. They offered abortions on a sliding ...
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Created on 07 February 2023
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Discover Your Favorite New Music with BUST's Winter 2023 Playlist Including Margo Price, Nina Hagen, and More ...
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(Music)
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... classic rock sounds on her last album, 2020’s That’s How Rumors Get Started, but on Strays, she channels the psychedelia of the 1960s and ’70s, with a dash of outlaw country. The album kicks off with the ...
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Created on 06 February 2023
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Original Wednesday Actress, Lisa Loring, Dead at 64
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(TV)
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... original The Addams Family series includes a scene where Wednesday (Loring) teaches Lurch (Ted Cassidy), the family’s butler, how to perform the 1960s dance trend “The Drew.”
Thanks to Siouxsie ...
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Created on 30 January 2023
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Betsey Johnson on Nonconformity, Getting Through Hard Times, and Staying Creative
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(Style)
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... in Johnson’s designs, from the silver lamé looks she designed in the 1960s (“Edie Sedgwick was always such a big fan of them!”) to the frilly tulle dresses that any “Betsey girl” from the ‘90s and aughts ...
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Created on 17 January 2023
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Margo Price Faces Tough Topics on New Album, "Strays
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(Music)
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Margo Price toyed with classic rock sounds on her last album, 2020’s That’s How Rumors Get Started, but on Strays, she channels the psychedelia of the 1960s and ’70s, with a dash of outlaw country. ...
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Created on 12 January 2023
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Roll Call: Women's Skateboarding Librarian Natalie Porter Never Gets Boar
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(Living)
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... website and its accompanying Instagram account are educating skaters, feminists, and history buffs alike about the achievements of women and nonbinary skaters from the 1960s through today. And with over ...
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Created on 09 January 2023
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Nicole Rieder Explains How She Achieves Her Perfect, Plus-Size '60's Glam Look, and Shares Her 7 Most-Wanted Lis
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(Style)
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... minidresses, and those red cherry lips—she was absolutely everything to me as a teen in the ’90s.
What eras in history are your favorites for style?
The ’60s was such a unique decade—the fashions ...
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Created on 02 January 2023
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7 Self-Care Tips from Dolly Parton: How Our Favorite Backwoods Barbie Inspires Us to Bedazzle Our Lives
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(Entertainment)
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She’s been writing and performing musical masterpieces since the ‘60s, starred in some of our favorite flicks, been an outspoken advocate for gender and racial equality, and been equal parts authentic, ...
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Created on 15 December 2022
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5 Transgender Folks to Commemorate in Honor of Transgender Remembrance Day
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(Living)
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... face of the LGBTQ+ movement in New York City in the 1960s and ‘70s. Though she never described herself as transgender (the term wasn’t commonly used then), she preferred the pronouns she/her and defined ...
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Created on 22 November 2022
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The 9-Day Wonder Diet Scarf Was The ’50's Accessory Designed To Keep Women From Scarfing Too Much Dow
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(Style)
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... a mere three months after its first appearance.
By the mid-1960s, Bazaar had reprinted the diet five times.The silk scarf wasn’t the only Nine-Day Wonder Diet tie-in product. A 1942 fashion editorial ...
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Created on 31 October 2022
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Check out this Cool Vintage Iranian 70's Fashion Magazine from Before the Islamic Revolutio
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(Style)
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... complete the collection.
Zan-e Rooz No 181, 2 September, 1968
Zan-e Rooz is written in Persian, but the pictures offer a compelling insight into the lives of Iranian women in the 1960s and 70s. What ...
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Created on 28 October 2022
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Queer Period Pieces Like Abbi Jacobson's "A League Of Their Own" Are A Reminder That LGBTQ Rights Are Still Under Atta
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(TV)
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... 50s, and 60s government-led attacks on queer and transgender people destroyed lives. Stonewall for instance, was a literal riot with drag and trans legends like Stormé Delarverie and Marsha P. Johnson ...
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Created on 13 October 2022
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From The BUST Archives: Buffy Sainte-Marie Discusses Her 2009 Album "Running For The Drum," Feminism, The 1960's, and Breastfeeding On "Sesame Street?" ...
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(Music)
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... recognized songwriting credit, “Up Where We Belong,” which she penned for the 1982 film An Officer and a Gentleman. And despite her unwillingness to fit into the rigid girl-pop mold of the ’60s, she was ...
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Created on 10 October 2022
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October is ADHD Awareness Month. Meet 3 Inspiring Women Who Are Speaking Out And Combating Stigma Attached With The Disorder
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(Living)
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... plus the integrated sexism within American healthcare causes a lack of proper diagnoses. It wasn't until the 1960s that ADHD was officially recognized for being an adult diagnosis. It was assumed that young ...
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Created on 05 October 2022
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Natasha Lyonne and Maya Rudolph-produced Doc, "Sirens," Follows Lebanon's First Female Thrash-Metal Band: Revi
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(Movies)
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... longer the 1960s.” We see how Lebanon’s conservative regime keeps affecting young women’s lives, even when it comes from a place of love. As Lilas puts it, “Every time a woman wants to be something other ...
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Created on 30 September 2022
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Get To The Other Side Of Loss With These 10 Biographies On Grief and The Human Experience
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(Books)
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... the forced sterilization of Black women to decrease the Black population. The story of this 1960s pioneer is a master class in channeling grief into game-changing activism.
Mina Loy: Apology of Genius by ...
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Created on 29 September 2022
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1960s Chicago Abortion Activists "The Jane Collective" Inspires New Movie, "Call Jane" Starring Elizabeth Banks ...
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(Feminism)
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... women’s reproductive rights? Well, it turns out that women in Chicago in the late 1960s and early 70's faced the same dilemma, and they created a person (or rather, group) that you could call- the Jane ...
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Created on 20 September 2022