- 1. 10 Fanstastic New Books by Women to Make Catching Up on that New Year's Resolution to "Read More" a Breeze! ...
- (Books)
- ... white? Artist, musician, activist, ceramicist, and writer Osa Atoe set out to upend the punk paradigm when she launched the Shotgun Seamstress ’zine in Portland, OR, in 2006, celebrating everything Black ...
- Created on 24 January 2023
- 2. From The BUST Archives: Buffy Sainte-Marie Discusses Her 2009 Album "Running For The Drum," Feminism, The 1960's, and Breastfeeding On "Sesame Street?" ...
- (Music)
- ... that will knock the socks off of fans and Buffy newbies alike. Dressed in a black top, black stovepipe jeans, pointy boots, a white jacket, and a beaded breastplate necklace (given to her by photog Annie ...
- Created on 10 October 2022
- 3. Get To The Other Side Of Loss With These 10 Biographies On Grief and The Human Experience
- (Books)
- ... one of the most power voices in the civil rights era. She helped organize Freedom Summer in 1964, a voter registration drive aimed at increasing the number of registered Black voters in the segregated ...
- Created on 29 September 2022
- 4. The So-Called "Climate Bill": What Does It Really Mean For Us & Where Does It Fall Short Of Our Expectations
- (Feminism)
- ... address social factors that impact pregnancy health, such as housing and transportation for expectant mothers. Maternal health continues to worsen nationwide, with Black women and birthing people suffering ...
- Created on 18 August 2022
- 5. The US Is a Dangerous Place to Give Birth—And Things Just Got More Deadly
- (Feminism)
- ... for these solutions means they aren’t accessible to everyone living in an abortion hostile state. For some, the total ban truly will be just that. Black Women Are At A Higher Risk For Maternal Death ...
- Created on 12 July 2022
- 6. "Thank You For Supporting The Arts," A Documentary on Portland Oregon Stripper Viva Las Vegas, Asks The Question, "Is Stripping an Art Form?" ...
- (Feminism)
- ... and dimly lit. The camera zooms in on Viva as she slips out of a red silk robe. The strum of a guitar picks up in the background as Viva playfully takes off her black and pink lace lingerie set and we ...
- Created on 19 January 2022
- 7. In Response to Alarming Facts About Black Women's Maternal Health, Doula's Twitter Thread With Advice for Black Expectant Moms Goes Vir
- (Sex)
- ... But for Black women, there is far more at stake. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, “Black women are three to four times more likely to experience a pregnancy-related death than ...
- Created on 17 December 2021
- 8. Climate Change is a Feminist Issue That Affects Women and Girls Around the World Way More Than Men. Here's Why That's a Problem, and Ways We Can Fix
- (Feminism)
- ... The intersection between gender and climate change is a global issue and affects women and urban areas too. In 2005, after hurricane Katrina, Black women were the most touched by the disaster. Jacqueline ...
- Created on 24 November 2021
- 9. United Nations Annual Climate Conference Recognizes Women As Trailblazers of Climate Action
- (Feminism)
- ... organizations like the Women Taking Action For a Healthier Planet (Wen) to Black Lives Matter protestors to Indigenous leaders from the Amazon. While many protestors denounced the conference as a lack ...
- Created on 11 November 2021
- 10. Mutual Aid To The Rescue: Check Out These Seven Pro-Choice Organizations Providing Resources in the Midst of Texas' Near-Total Abortion Ban
- (Feminism)
- ... resulted in the closure of over 20 low-income, rural clinics. This new bill disproportionately affected people of color, as 2020 saw nearly 30% of abortions in Texas performed on Black women. The organization ...
- Created on 09 September 2021
- 11. UPDATE: These Lady Motorcyclists Rule New Orleans, and Are Now the Faces of Rihanna's Latest Savage X Fenty Collection ...
- (Feminism)
- Rihanna’s latest Savage X Fenty collection is out, and the music mogul and recent billionaire has enlisted a group of fierce, curvy Black women to model the 100+ piece collection. The Caramel Curves ...
- Created on 05 August 2021
- 12. The Remarkable Story of Three Teenage Girls Who Seduced and Killed Traitors During WW II
- (Feminism)
- ... it black, and wore fake glasses made of window glass to disguise her identity. All three girls had to go into hiding. But for one of them, time just ran out. On March 21, 1945, Hannie was pulled over ...
- Created on 09 July 2021
- 13. Solange Knowles' Saint Heron Is Creating A Space For The Preservation Of Black Art
- (Entertainment)
- Beginning in 2013, singer-songwriter Solange Knowles founded Saint Heron as a means of amplifying Black music and culture in a world where, all too often, Black artistry goes unnoticed. Recently, the ...
- Created on 25 May 2021
- 14. BUST Pop Quiz: How Much Do You Know About The Late Iconic Actor Cicely Tyson?
- (Movies)
- ... this 1972 film, a performance that got her nominated for an Oscar and a Golden Globe. a. The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman b. Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All c. Diary of a Mad Black Woman ...
- Created on 21 May 2021
- 15. Assuage Any Leftover Mother's Day Feels With Shantrelle P. Lewis' New Documentary "In Our Mother's Garde
- (Movies)
- ... Gardens. Distributed by Ava DuVernay’s Array and now available to stream on Netflix, this film is a deep exploration of the matriarchal lineages of black and brown families. It’s a multigenerational interrogation ...
- Created on 07 May 2021
- 16. Boob Tube: Celebrating Five TV Moms We Love For Mother's Da
- (TV)
- ... all on their own. 1. Tracee Ellis Ross as Dr. Rainbow Johnson in Black-ish Dr. Johnson, who goes by Bow, is hell-bent on providing for her children more than her parents provided for her. As a successful ...
- Created on 07 May 2021
- 17. This Mother's Day, Honor Mamas Everywhere By Supporting The National Bail Ou
- (Feminism)
- Once again this year, the National Bail Out collective is raising funds to bail Black mamas out of jail in time for them to spend Mother’s Day with their families. Describing itself as “a Black-led ...
- Created on 07 May 2021
- 18. Two Women Were Charged With Murder After Delivering Stillborn Babies, Sparking Outrage Among Women's Rights Group
- (Feminism)
- 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 ...
- Created on 05 April 2021
- 19. Hair Art: The Morbid Trend That Dominated the Victorian Era
- (Living)
- ... been used in African-American and African-diasporic art to express the Black experience, as beautifully exemplified today by artist Laetitia KY. And the next time you bristle at the tangled clumps in your ...
- Created on 05 April 2021
- 20. Director Ekwa Msangi and Actor Jayme Lawson Tell An Intimate Immigration Story With "Farewell Amor": BUST Intervie
- (Movies)
- ... film alongside Robert Pattinson. The rich narrative, enhanced by intimate camerawork, drops the cliches of immigrant stories and shows the realities of a Black family in America learning to love one another ...
- Created on 08 December 2020
