- 1. The Sexy, Feminist History of Fishnet Tights
- (Style)
- ... of skin they showed by wearing multicolored fishnets under miniskirts. CBS Television, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons The 1970s and ‘80s introduced fishnet tights and tops as an essential ...
- Created on 14 February 2023
- 2. Natasha Lyonne and Drew Barrymore Want to Star in a Cagney and Lacey Reboot. Hollywood, are You Listening?
- (TV)
- ... of genius to reboot Cagney & Lacey, the classic woman-led police procedural drama from the ‘80s. With squeals of excitement (ours included) the two were giddy at the idea. Lyonne shared that she’s actually ...
- Created on 31 January 2023
- 3. Original Wednesday Actress, Lisa Loring, Dead at 64
- (TV)
- ... appeared in the genre movies Savage Harbor and Blood Frenzy later on in the 1980s, and under the name “Maxine Factor,” worked as a makeup artist on adult films. Lisa Loring is survived by her two daughters, ...
- Created on 30 January 2023
- 4. 6 Cancelled Shows That Left Us Shook
- (TV)
- ... Brie stars in this three-season show which told the story of an undiscovered actress in 1980s Los Angeles who joins a bedazzled women's wrestling group. Working alongside other Hollywood misfits, they make ...
- Created on 04 January 2023
- 5. All-Black on the Silver Screen: 11 Goth Girls in TV and Film That Led Us to The Present-Day Wednesday
- (TV)
- ... is Halloween” vibe to a beloved character. Goth is a music-based subculture derived from punk rock that became big in the ‘80s thanks to artists like Siouxsie and the Banshees, The Cure, and Joy Division, ...
- Created on 03 January 2023
- 6. “Barbie” Teaser Delivers A Glimpse at Greta Gerwig’s Highly Anticipated Film—Finally!
- (Movies)
- We all remember where we were when the paparazzi photos of Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling rollerblading in matching neon ‘80s workout gear made their rounds on the internet. It was our first “behind-the-scenes” ...
- Created on 19 December 2022
- 7. 7 Self-Care Tips from Dolly Parton: How Our Favorite Backwoods Barbie Inspires Us to Bedazzle Our Lives
- (Entertainment)
- ... East Virginia.” They’ve been joked about in pop culture since the ‘80s, the funniest being the ones that came from the Queen herself. In a tweet from 2010, she quipped, “I was the first woman to burn my ...
- Created on 15 December 2022
- 8. I’ve Watched "Wednesday" Three Times and There Will Be Mor
- (TV)
- ... the dance came from watching videos of goths dancing in clubs in the 80s. Again, love. Thanks to Siouxsie Sioux, Bob Fosse’s Rich Man’s Frug, Lisa Loring, Lene Lovich, Denis Lavant, and archival footage ...
- Created on 01 December 2022
- 9. “To Deny Your Inner Nerd Is To Deny Happiness." Actor Sam Richardson On Imposter Syndrome And His New Role In "Hocus Pocus 2
- (TV)
- ... bond over our mutual love of the ’80s cartoon Jem and break into its theme song. “To deny your inner nerd is to deny happiness,” he says. Richardson is warm, and he smiles like he means it. He can also ...
- Created on 22 August 2022
- 10. Amanda Bynes is Free From Her Nearly 9 Year Conservatorship and We Couldn’t Be Happier For Her—Here Are The Facts
- (Entertainment)
- She's free! On Tuesday, actor Amanda Bynes was released from her almost 9 year conservatorship. Huzzah! Here is everything you need to know: For Those Who Don't Know: Who is Amanda Bynes? Amanda ...
- Created on 23 March 2022
- 11. Rock Icon Melissa Etheridge Predicts The Future Of Queer Culture And Much, Much More On BUST’s “Poptarts” Podcast
- (Poptarts)
- ... when she first got started in the late ‘80s, but in 1993, everything changed when she released her breakthrough fourth album, Yes I Am. It spent 138 weeks on the Billboard charts thanks to the monster ...
- Created on 09 December 2021
- 12. 10 Simple D.I.Y Halloween Costumes for those Last Minute-ers
- (DIY)
- ... Sandiego costume. Created in the mid-1980s, Carmen Sandiego from Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? is the leader of the Villain’s International League of Evil (V.I.L.E.) Named after the Portuguese-Brazilian ...
- Created on 29 October 2021
- 13. Free Your Mind: New Non-Fiction From B-Movie Queen Elvira, Mistress of Darkness, and Believing, a Cultural Analysis on Gender-Violence from Anita Hill
- (Books)
- ... was met with exactly the type of backlash you can imagine for a bawdy goth princess during the satanic panic of the ’80s. Through it all, Peterson maintains the dry sense of humor beloved by viewers since ...
- Created on 09 September 2021
- 14. TV Writer Danielle Henderson Gets Personal With Her New Memoir, "The Ugly Cry": BUST Intervie
- (Books)
- ... comedy. She revisits her curiosity and confusion while coming of age in the ’80s as a Black girl in a white neighborhood in upstate New York, and her recollections oscillate between the tragic (various ...
- Created on 26 May 2021
- 15. Janet Mock Gave Hollywood The Long Overdue Read It Deserves At The "Pose" Season Three Premier
- (TV)
- ... when it was announced two months prior that the production would unfortunately be coming to an end after just three seasons. Originally set in the 1980s amid the backdrop of New York City’s underground ...
- Created on 07 May 2021
- 16. Rollerskating is Back! Here 's How to Get Started, From Skate Queen Lola Sta
- (Living)
- ... of my childhood home just outside of Detroit, MI, playing dress up in my grandmother’s fringed flapper dress. I would roller skate alone for hours, ’80s jams blasting out of my pink boom box from the Sears ...
- Created on 05 May 2021
- 17. “Punky Brewster” Star Soleil Moon Frye Talks Bonding With Her TV Bestie, Making Her Doc “Kid 90,” And Finding Her "Inner Balls” On BUST’s “Poptarts” Podcast
- (Poptarts)
- Soleil Moon Frye first became a star at eight years old in the hit sitcom, Punky Brewster. That show, about a tiny, street-smart girl abandoned by her mother and fostered by an elderly man, ran from ...
- Created on 29 April 2021
- 18. HBO's New Documentary "TINA" Mishandles Tina Turner's Farewell To Life In The Public
- (Movies)
- ... premiere act in her day. The five-part documentary powerfully underscores Turner’s struggle to break free of her Ike & Tina past and rise to even greater stardom as a solo artist in the 80s. In doing ...
- Created on 30 March 2021
- 19. Looking At The Groundbreaking "Eye to Eye: Portraits of Lesbians," Decades Later: BUST Intervie
- (Books)
- ... photography. And I traveled all over the country with it for many, many years. In that slideshow, which went from the, the 1890s, to the 1980s, there was a very popular segment that I called the look, ...
- Created on 12 March 2021
- 20. Mayim Bialik Rejects Spanx, Embraces Feminism, And Reflects On A Past That Includes Woody Allen On BUST's "Poptarts" Podca
- (Poptarts)
- Mayim Bialik is a multi talented actor, producer, director, educator, neuroscientist, and author who got her start in classic 80s TV series including “Beauty and the Beast” and “Facts of Life” before ...
- Created on 14 January 2021
