- 1. Fiona Apple Is Using Her Star Power For An Urgent Legal Cause—And She Wants Your Help
- (Feminism)
- ... also posted a YouTube video for the same group titled, Fiona Apple for Court Watch PG: Help Us Keep Court Access Virtual, hoping to mobilize fans to their telephones. Wearing an all-black get-up and ...
- Created on 18 March 2022
- 2. Feeling Spiritual? Get Self-Reflective With These 13 Tarot and Oracle Decks Designed By Women
- (Living)
- ... goddess energy waiting to be unleashed. Each card is adorned with the portrait of a different African goddess. Abrams’ deck is designed to reinforce the spiritual traditions that have elevated many Black ...
- Created on 15 October 2021
- 3. Kara Walker Helped Define An Entire Generation Of Black Creators—Now, Her Artwork Is On Full Display For The First Time
- (Arts)
- As controversial as she is celebrated, Kara Walker is a prolific artist who helped define an entire generation of Black creators. Now, her collected works on paper from 1992 through 2020 have been gathered ...
- Created on 26 May 2021
- 4. Ava DuVernay And Shonda Rhimes Among The First To Support NBC's Cancellation Of The Golden Globe Award
- (Entertainment)
- ... oppose the HFPA’s blatant disregard for diversity and inclusion. Color of Change President Rashad Robinson called out the small organization for having no Black members and for snubbing Black women screenwriters ...
- Created on 11 May 2021
- 5. 5 Righteous Reading Recommendations From Olaronke Akinmowo Of The Free Black Women's Librar
- (Books)
- Olaronke Akinmowo, an interdisciplinary artist based in N.Y.C., started The Free Black Women’s Library in 2015 to foster community by encouraging readers to take from and add to her growing collection ...
- Created on 11 May 2021
- 6. Marlene Van Niekerk’s "Agaat" Reminds Us Of The Ever-Evolving Postcolonial World We Live I
- (Books)
- ... appeared in the Winter 2021 print edition of BUST Magazine. Subscribe today! More from BUST Culture Critics Kimberly Drew And Jenna Wortham Commemorate This Moment In Time With Their New Book Black ...
- Created on 11 February 2021
- 7. Embodying the Whiplash of Black Womanhood With Kenya Hunt in Her Offbeat Book: Girl Gurl Grrrl
- (Books)
- Girl, gurl, grrrl. Three words that represent, according to Kenya Hunt, the “unique love language between Black women, regardless of age.” These terms of endearment acknowledge the shared experiences ...
- Created on 03 December 2020
- 8. Ijeoma Oluo Puts Patriarchy on Blast in Her New Book, "Mediocre
- (Books)
- ... Urbanski Photo: Courtesy of Ijeoma Oluo This article originally appeared in BUST's Winter 2021 print edition. Subscribe today! More from BUST 12 Books By Black Women Authors To Add To Your To-Read ...
- Created on 02 December 2020
- 9. Culture Critics Kimberly Drew and Jenna Wortham Commemorate This Moment in Time With Their New Book Black Futures
- (Books)
- Kimberly Drew (left) and Jenna Wortham Now more than ever, the world needs cultural projects that nourish the Black soul. Born out of this deep craving, author and art curator Kimberly Drew and her friend ...
- Created on 01 December 2020
- 10. Donald And Melania Trump Test Positive For COVID-19
- (General)
- ... of the flu in ICE detention centers but y’all praying for trump — giabuchi lastrassi (@jaboukie) October 2, 2020 In 100% seriousness, my prayers to all the Black and brown service people ...
- Created on 02 October 2020
- 11. The Long-Lasting Magic Of "The Craft
- (Movies)
- ... into the universe, they will get back times three. Rochelle, the only Black character in the film, also gets the least amount of screentime of the leads, and we know little about her backstory. The ...
- Created on 31 October 2019
- 12. How Victorian Ladies Celebrated Halloween
- (Living)
- In the Victorian era, Halloween parties were rife with games designed to help young ladies see into their marital futures. These games were generally played at co-ed Halloween celebrations. There were ...
- Created on 31 October 2018
- 13. BUST's Holiday Gift Guide For The Best Presents At Every Price Poin
- (Living)
- ... 40S (PINK) SOCKS, $12, 40SANDSHORTIES.COM. With an introduction by Bob Bland, co-chair of the Women’s March on Washington, and an afterword by civil rights activist Lynda Blackmon Lowery, this ...
- Created on 18 December 2017
- 14. Feminist Book Giveaway! These 8 Books Explain Where Feminism Is In 2017, And Where It's Going ...
- (Sponsored)
- ... social safety nets get cut and wages decline. Briggs brilliantly outlines how politicians’ racist accounts of reproduction — stories of Black “welfare queens” and Latina “breeding machines" — were the ...
- Created on 14 September 2017
- 15. Leslie Knope Has Written a Letter to America Following Trump's Electio
- (TV)
- ... recommends Planned Parenthood, NARAL, Million Hoodies, Black Lives Matter, and United Muslim Relief). The piece was written by a member of the Parks and Recreation writing staff. Parks and Recreation ...
- Created on 11 November 2016
- 16. 10 Books BUST Is Reading Right Now
- (Books)
- ... W. Smith Black Wave By Michelle Tea (The Feminist Press at CUNY) Rating: 4/5 Black Wave begins as a novel exploring the lives of queer women living in San Francisco in the ’90s. At the center ...
- Created on 25 July 2016
- 17. What An Anti-Feminist Student Taught Me About Feminism: BUST True Story
- (Feminism)
- ... of the keyboard as I typed my response: “Who are you talking about? Was an Irish woman living in the slums of NYC upperclass? Was a black woman in 1733 Georgia upperclass?” It went on and on — each sentence ...
- Created on 14 April 2016
- 18. Black Girls Code Helps Women Of Color Break Into The Tech World
- (General)
- To say women of color are underrepresented in science and tech fields is a gross understatement. Black women fill just three percent of computing jobs in the U.S. And according to a recent study, ...
- Created on 27 February 2015
- 19. 'Tis the Season: Get Involved and Give Back With Girl Power ...
- (Feminism)
- ... that by leading a team or mentoring a group of future scientists. Black Girls CODE: another great STEM-related program! Black Girls CODE is based in San Francisco but you can find their programs in ...
- Created on 15 December 2014
- 20. Google Donation Helps Black Girls Code
- (General)
- ... to bring black and latina girls into the tech world. Black Girls Code is an awesome organization that received a $190,000 donation from Google on Saturday to continue such efforts, according to the New ...
- Created on 08 September 2014
