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New Biography of Warhol Superstar, Nico, Explains It All: BUST Review
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(Books)
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... work like Mark Lanegan (Screaming Trees), Dave Navarro (Jane’s Addiction), and Cosey Fanni Tutti (Throbbing Gristle).
The author states that Nico detested ideology but lived her life on her own terms ...
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Created on 10 August 2021
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“Reclaiming Amy”: Her Story of Stardom is More Complicated Than it Seems
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(TV)
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... while she was gripped by severe addiction and an eating disorder. The complexities of both her and her life down into the neat, simplistic moulds of musical legend and media casualty: a myth of equal parts ...
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Created on 05 August 2021
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Gia Woods Is The Queer Persian Pop Princess Of Our Playlist's Dreams! Her New Song "Enough Of You" Will Have You Dancing All Summer Long: BUST Intervi
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(Music)
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... can be addicted to a person, but it also goes in so many ways. Addiction is so strong and powerful. It can mean anything, and for me, my addiction could be towards a place, a person, or a thing. But I ...
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Created on 17 June 2021
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6 Iconic LGBTQ+ Comedians To Laugh With This Pride Month
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(Entertainment)
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... of addiction they have encountered throughout their life, beginning with an intense obsession with Bette Midler in middle school, and transitioning their all-consuming affections to stand-up, relationships, ...
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Created on 10 June 2021
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Boob Tube: Celebrating Five TV Moms We Love For Mother's Da
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(TV)
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... anesthesiologist with a social media addiction, her efforts are certainly comedy fodder for the audience. Her views are very liberal, giving her children the space they need to become whoever they want, ...
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Created on 07 May 2021
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Janet Mock Gave Hollywood The Long Overdue Read It Deserves At The "Pose" Season Three Premier
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(TV)
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... drug and alcohol addiction threatens to destroy entire chosen families, and the ballroom scene is rapidly devolving into cutthroat, money madness.
Although it’ll be interesting to see how everything ...
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Created on 07 May 2021
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A Fragmented Fisher- The Views That Feed Into the Memory of the Iconic Carrie Fisher
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(Movies)
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... for behind-the-scenes details from the films. What it provided was an unflinching journey into the life of Carrie Fisher. It tackled her marriage, addiction, and life after Star Wars. I finished the book ...
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Created on 04 May 2021
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Lilly Dancyger Shines Light Into the Dark Corners of Her Family’s Past In Gut-Wrenching New Memoir, "Negative Space
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(Books)
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... each interview she gains deeper insight into who he truly was: a brilliant artist held back by inner demons and drug addiction. Dancyger’s eye for detail and devoted pursuit of grim truths make this an ...
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Created on 03 May 2021
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Pop Legend Marianne Faithfull's COVID-19 Recovery Inspired Her New Spoken Word Album "She Walks In Beaut
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(Music)
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From a convent schoolgirl to a 1960s pop princess in the center of the swinging London scene, Marianne Faithfull is a bona fide legend who, after struggling with addiction and homelessness, reclaimed ...
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Created on 30 April 2021
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Demi Lovato Plans to Keep Her Recovery Private After Facing Backlash
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(Entertainment)
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... is between “her and her treatment team,” Buzzfeed reported.
Lovato bore her soul in her YouTube docuseries, Dancing with the Devil about her struggles with addiction and eating disorders. Her prominent ...
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Created on 22 April 2021
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Women’s Pain Matters: The Implicit Gender Bias in Healthcare
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(Living)
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... more likely to develop a substance abuse disorder — including dependence on prescription pills — even though both men and women are equally susceptible to addiction, according to a research report by the ...
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Created on 15 April 2021
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Traverse the Multigenerational Highs and Lows of Cuban-American Womanhood in Gabriela Garcia's "Of Women and Sal
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(Books)
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The novel Of Women and Salt starts with Carmen’s plea to her daughter Jeanette to live—to choose life over suffering and addiction. From there, readers explore generations of Cuban and Cuban-American ...
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Created on 13 April 2021
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Two Women Were Charged With Murder After Delivering Stillborn Babies, Sparking Outrage Among Women's Rights Group
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(Feminism)
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Two cases in which women were charged with murder after delivering stillborn babies in Kings County, California, have recently resurfaced and sparked outrage. Chelsea Becker and Adora Perez were each ...
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Created on 05 April 2021
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Lysol's Horrifying History Of Marketing Cleaning Products As Birth Contro
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(Living)
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... the mail. We know this because his diaries are now a matter of public record, and within their pages he confessed that his addiction to masturbation afflicted him with unbearable guilt. Yet, he burned ...
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Created on 25 March 2021
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Does "The U.S. vs Billie Holiday" Give Holiday’s Legacy The Justice It Deserves?
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(Movies)
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... the Federal Bureau of Narcotics, which sought to criminalize her for heroin addiction and exploit her tumultuous romantic relationships. This powerful framing breathes life back into Holiday’s legacy, ...
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Created on 04 March 2021
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Andra Day Reveals Why She Required Months of Forced Rest After Making The US vs. Billie Holiday: BUST Interview
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(Movies)
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... or a Black activist was enough to put you in the U.S. government’s crosshairs, Billie Holiday was both. Her addictions to cocaine and heroin made her an easy mark for the Federal Bureau of Narcotics (FBN), ...
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Created on 01 March 2021
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Nina Renata Aron Wants You To Know That It Gets Better: BUST Interview
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(Books)
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A lot has been written on the subject of addiction, but Nina Renata Aron’s unflinching memoir, Good Morning, Destroyer of Men’s Souls, tells a story often overlooked—the story of what it’s like to be ...
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Created on 25 February 2021
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Genya Ravan’s “I Who Have Nothing” Melds Gold, Gravel, And Guts
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(Music)
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... struggles with addiction—you'd be dead right. Just flip through the artist's gripping memoir, named Lollipop Lounge in homage to the place where her voice took root. You'll see a clearer portrait.
Is it ...
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Created on 05 February 2021
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Calling All Lady Stoners: On Shame, Gender, and Weed
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(Living)
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... grab an iced coffee and my favorite muffin, and walk along the East River.
My habit morphed into addiction once I lived alone. Soon I couldn’t get through a week without buying more. At the time, I had ...
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Created on 18 December 2020
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Marlee Grace Helps Us Return To Self-Care In “Getting to Center”
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(Books)
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... everything from codependency to survivors’ guilt to addiction.
Grace delves deeper into these themes in her new book, Getting to Center: Pathways to Finding Yourself Within the Great Unknown. While ...
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Created on 30 October 2020
