- 1. In Spite of Fragile Reproductive Rights, Incredible College Students are Installing Emergency Contraception Vending Machines on Campuses
- (Feminism)
- ... an emergency contraception vending machine in 2012. Boston University was also one of the earlier schools to have the machines installed, and NBC reports that it has dispensed more than one thousand pills ...
- Created on 03 February 2023
- 2. 5 Transgender Folks to Commemorate in Honor of Transgender Remembrance Day
- (Living)
- ... delt af LiNKS ILS (@links_ils) 1. Rita Hester Rita Hester was a black transgender woman who was murdered in her apartment in Boston in 1998, where she was brutally stabbed over 20 times. The ...
- Created on 22 November 2022
- 3. SCOTUS Overturns Roe v. Wade; Here's Where to Protest Tonight and Tomorro
- (Feminism)
- ... pm East steps of the Capital, 227 Capital Ave SW Austin 5:00 pm US Courthouse Plaza 501 West 5th Boston 5:00 pm Park Street T Stop 6:00 pm Copley Square Chicago 5:00 pm Federal Plaza 219 ...
- Created on 24 June 2022
- 4. From Cabaret Shows to Premium Cable, Performer and MC Murray Hill is Everywhere—and That’s Just The Way He Likes It
- (Entertainment)
- ... as the character. Coincidently, it was always male characters. I started young.” Things began to improve in the early 1990s when Hill moved to Boston for art school, where he was exposed to the photography ...
- Created on 16 June 2022
- 5. The Secret History of Women and Mushrooms: A Centuries-Old Tale of Empowerment, Enlightenment, Education, and Magic
- (Eat Me)
- ... the woods in the greater Boston area, teaching them about the abundance of wild edible mushrooms and the joys of immersing oneself in nature’s greatest treasure hunt. “You have to go outside, take a hike, ...
- Created on 28 April 2022
- 6. Annie Murphy On The Importance of Imperfect Female Characters, Life After Alexis, And Her Top-Secret Role On Season 2 of Russian Doll
- (Entertainment)
- ... her fingers crossed that she’ll be able to explore a bit of Boston with her Kevin family before the show wraps. “We get one more kick at the can in Boston, and hopefully I can spend some time with the ...
- Created on 14 April 2022
- 7. Child Marriage in America: How Courtney Stodden and Other Girls Are Being Forced To Marry Their Rapists
- (Feminism)
- ... rarely anything they can legally do to intervene. Fraidy Reiss (center) at the 2017 Boston Chain-In (Susan Landmann) Since child marriage laws aren’t federally enforced, Reiss and her team lobby state ...
- Created on 12 November 2021
- 8. Washington Post Reporter Felicia Sonmez is Suing the Paper for Gender Discrimination
- (Feminism)
- ... former executive editor Marty Baron (most well-known to the general public for his leadership on the Boston Globe’s investigation of the Catholic Church’s sex abuse against children). When asked last month ...
- Created on 03 August 2021
- 9. Uzo Aduba on Shirley Chisholm, Representation, and 'In Treatment' - BUST Intervie
- (TV)
- ... in sports, academics, and the arts. She earned a track scholarship to Boston University where she studied classical music and was on her way to a career in opera when she realized she was enjoying the ...
- Created on 10 June 2021
- 10. CEO and Poet Kanchan Singh Illustrates The Ugly Truth Behind Healing From Trauma In Her Newest Book "Dear Me, I Love You": BUST Interview ...
- (Books)
- ... Boston and New York, since I could really see the benefit of that. With poetry, I want to pursue being an artist and doing spoken word performances, books, and such. That’s where I see the next five years ...
- Created on 20 May 2021
- 11. Multi-Hyphenate Ayo Edebiri Is Definitely Having a Moment: BUST Interview
- (Entertainment)
- ... immediately called up my friend and told him,” says the native Bostonian who now splits her time between New York and Los Angeles. “And he said, ‘I know you. You’re always normalizing things and you’re ...
- Created on 27 April 2021
- 12. How One Woman Changed The Video Game World Forever
- (Entertainment)
- ... were competing for talent with other companies headquartered in sexier locations like San Francisco and Boston. Sierra, located in the small town of Oakhurst, wasn’t as attractive to young tech stars. ...
- Created on 09 October 2020
- 13. Celebrating Women’s Equality Day: A Look Back At Where It Began
- (Feminism)
- ... of women’s rights in American history. In New York, Washington D.C., Boston, and across the nation at large, 50,000 women of all ages picketed with signs that read slogans like “Don’t Iron While The Strike ...
- Created on 26 August 2020
- 14. The 100th Anniversary of (Some) Women's Suffrage: Did YOUR state support women's right to vote? Check this state-by-state history of the fight for suffrage in Ameri
- (Feminism)
- ... and Lucy Stone; and Boston hosted the first American Equal Rights Association meeting, which sought equal rights and suffrage for both Black Americans and women (which later split into two rival national ...
- Created on 18 August 2020
- 15. How These Women Cartoonists Shaped the Flapper Image in the Roaring ’20s
- (Arts)
- ... pluck, and willingness to openly confront the passé mores of patriarchal society. In a similar vein, Edith Stevens—the only woman cartoonist at the Boston Post— got her start when she entered the paper’s ...
- Created on 10 August 2020
- 16. Washington's Football Team Is (FINALLY) Changing Its Name and Log
- (Entertainment)
- ... slurs as their team names? While there are other groups of people that are team names and mascots like the Boston Celtics, New York Yankees, Notre Dame Fighting Irish, and Minnesota Vikings, they are ...
- Created on 13 July 2020
- 17. A Massachusetts City Now Legally Recognizes Polyamorous Couples
- (Feminism)
- ... good reason. So, I pulled it out, went through quickly making whatever word changes necessary to make it not gendered or limited to two people.” According to NBC Boston, the safety restrictions imposed ...
- Created on 07 July 2020
- 18. How To Virtually Celebrate Juneteenth This Year
- (Feminism)
- ... Americans. The production will have music, dance, and spoken word. Juneteeth #AllyBoston will be held at 7 pm by AfrimericanOne. The event will focus on the Boston area and have culture along with discussions ...
- Created on 19 June 2020
- 19. A Double Standard as Old as Time: A Brief History Of Rioting
- (General)
- ... 1. The Boston Massacre, March 1770: People in Boston got pissed about the British imposing taxes on them without their consent. This led to the American Revolution. 2. The Boston Tea Party, 1773: A ...
- Created on 04 June 2020
- 20. Here Are The Women Winners Of The 2020 Pulitzer Prizes
- (Books)
- ... number of photographs of the political turmoil taking place in Haiti featured in the Associated Press. 10. Erin Clark for Feature Photography Photographer for the Boston Globe, Erin Clark, was a finalist ...
- Created on 06 May 2020
