- 1. Set Your Spooktober Off Right With These Queer And Women-Centered Virtual Literary Events
- (Books)
- ... Bluestockings Feminist Book Club! October 4th, 2:30-4:30 P.M. Bluestockings is an independent bookstore, café, and activist resource center, located in the Lower East Side of Manhattan. Their Feminist ...
- Created on 16 September 2020
- 2. Let Them Sit On Cake: Professional Cake Sitter Lindsay Dye On Art, Camming, And The Decriminalization of Sex Work
- (Arts)
- ... pleasure of catching one of Dye’s performances on September 25 at Bluestockings Bookstore. In a way, the effect and experience of watching cake-sitting begins in the anticipation, excitement, and confusion. ...
- Created on 06 December 2019
- 3. Japan's First Feminist Magazine Was A 1910s Phenomeno
- (Feminism)
- ... for a female audience—in Japan, in 1911, it was daring for a woman to put her name in print on anything besides a pretty poem. The magazine’s name, Seit?, translated to “Bluestockings,” a nod to an unorthodox ...
- Created on 02 March 2018
- 4. Our February/March 2018 Issue With Krysten Ritter Is On Newsstands Now!
- (Entertainment)
- ... will help you combat intolerance at home while still keeping your sanity. By Jennifer L. Pozner Bluestockings Blues Japan’s first feminist magazine was founded in 1911, and it was so cool it was almost ...
- Created on 30 January 2018
- 5. This Is What Victorian Ladies Smelled Like
- (Style)
- ... BUST This 18th Century Tax Proposal Targeted 27-Year-Old 'Spinsters' And Their Cats On The Appeal Of Wartime Romance Novels, From Regency To WWII Bluestockings And Beauty: 19th Century Advice For ...
- Created on 01 March 2017
- 6. Never Bring A Dog Into A Drawing Room, And More Victorian Pet Etiquette
- (Living)
- “Favorite dogs are never welcome visitors in a drawing-room.” — Martine’s Hand-Book of Etiquette, 1866. In the Victorian era, etiquette books offered very specific advice on how to conduct oneself ...
- Created on 21 February 2017
- 7. This 18th Century Tax Proposal Targeted 27-Year-Old 'Spinsters' And Their Cat
- (Feminism)
- "As the supply alluded to is to be levied upon all old maids, beyond a certain age, and intitled to certain yearly or other income; I make no doubt but both Houses of Parliament will speedily manifest ...
- Created on 14 February 2017
- 8. This Is What Valentine's Day Cards Looked Like In The 19th Centur
- (Living)
- ... with permission. Top photo: Valentine's Day Card, 1864 via Victoria & Albert Museum More from BUST Bluestockings And Beauty: 19th Century Advice For Educated Women Why Are Miniature Portraits Everywhere ...
- Created on 01 February 2017
- 9. A Podcast for People Who Are Bad With Money
- (Feminism)
- ... either.” Top photo via iTunes More from BUST The Single Mom Hustle Bluestockings and Beauty: 19th Century Advice for Educated Women The Tragedy Of Victorian Seamstress Mary Walkley's Untimely ...
- Created on 27 January 2017
- 10. Bluestockings And Beauty: 19th Century Advice For Educated Women
- (Style)
- ... Unlike the clever, witty bluestockings that populated the fashionable salons of the 18th and early 19th centuries, the Victorian bluestocking was considered to be, as one 1876 publication puts it, “a ...
- Created on 24 January 2017
- 11. 13 of Our Favorite Feminist Bookstores in the U.S.
- (Books)
- ... percent need in your life. Head to one of these gems near you, kick back, relax, and enjoy a good book (or 20). 1. Bluestockings – New York, NY Located in the Lower East Side, Bluestockings is one ...
- Created on 25 July 2016
- 12. The BUST Travel Guide To Downtown N.Y.C.
- (Living)
- ... a primo destination for sexy librarians and insatiable readers. Continue your book streak at Bluestockings (172 Allen St.). This volunteer-run collective not only carries books on feminism, social justice, ...
- Created on 10 June 2016
- 13. The Real Betty Dumped Archie, Regrets Nothing
- (Arts)
- The real Betty Cooper just stood up, and her name is actually Betty Tokar Jankovich. At 94 years old, she’s the star of “Archie’s Betty,” a new documentary chronicling the journey of one obsessive ...
- Created on 06 October 2015
- 14. Grace Lee Boggs, American Revolutionary And Feminist, Dies At 100
- (Feminism)
- “Leave her on the hillside to die, she’s only a girl,” the waiters at her father’s restaurant would taunt anytime she cried as a child. Civil rights activist and feminist Grace Lee Boggs recalled these ...
- Created on 06 October 2015
- 15. Why We Need To Get Women Cycling
- (Living)
- ... Facebook Read more on BUST.com: Here’s A Genius Way To Bike In A Skirt Without Flashing The World Help Bluestockings Bookstore Thrive For Five More Years Here Is Your Fall Jacket Weather Playlist ...
- Created on 02 October 2015
- 16. 'A Manual For Cleaning Women' By Lucia Berlin: Book Revie
- (Books)
- ... spellbinding voice. Read more on BUST.com: Help Bluestockings Bookstore Thrive For Five More Years 5 Reasons To Love Elena Ferrante's Neapolitan Novels With All Your Feminist Heart 5 Vital Travel Tips ...
- Created on 30 September 2015
- 17. Help Bluestockings Bookstore Thrive For Five More Years
- (Feminism)
- Bluestockings Bookstore and Activist Center is a 16-year-old radical feminist haven on the Lower East Side with on a mission to empower people to challenge oppression by distributing feminist literature ...
- Created on 24 September 2015
- 18. Feb/Mar 2018
- (Magazine)
- ... will help you combat intolerance at home while still keeping your sanity. By Jennifer L. Pozner Bluestockings Blues Japan’s first feminist magazine was founded in 1911, and it was so cool it was almost ...
- Created on 27 July 2015
- 19. Sandra Bland's Suspicious Jail Cell Death Seems Hard to Believ
- (General)
- ... According to the Facebook page of Bluestockings, an NYC bookstore and activist center, there will be a demonstration in Bland’s honor on July 17 at Columbus Circle at 5:30 p.m. This demonstration will ...
- Created on 16 July 2015
- 20. The Way the Lights Went Out: A Hurricane Sandy Zine Benefit
- (Arts)
- There are many people out there who still have not recovered from the tremendous chaos that was brought to the East Coast by Hurricane Sandy. To lend a hand, two of New York’s favorite zinesters—Kate ...
- Created on 08 January 2013
