- 1. Check out this Cool Vintage Iranian 70's Fashion Magazine from Before the Islamic Revolutio
- (Style)
- ... many women cut off their hair or unveiled it publicly to show their support for Amini and the movement against the Islamic dress codes. Zan-e Rooz No 302, 19 January, 1970 What may be surprising to ...
- Created on 28 October 2022
- 2. "Stealthing"—Removing a Condom Without Consent—Could Soon Be Illegal In Californi
- (Sex)
- ... of a condom without verbal consent illegal, it doesn’t change criminal codes, only civil codes. Garcia’s interest in addressing nonconsensual condom removal stems from a 2017 article by attorney Alexandra ...
- Created on 24 September 2021
- 3. Amy Poehler’s "Moxie" Is the BUSTiest Film of the Season—or Possibly Eve
- (Movies)
- ... dress codes like the one depicted in the movie? I didn’t really experience that, but so many members of the cast had. Everything that we deal with in the film, whether it be young women feeling like their ...
- Created on 03 March 2021
- 4. When Sexist Dress Codes Were Mandatory And Masks Were Not, These Students Fought Back
- (Living)
- Ava Rheeve and Julia Going, two seniors at Wisconsin’s Cedarburg High School, protested — and won — after the school announced that masks would be optional, yet the dress code would persist. For Rheeve ...
- Created on 02 September 2020
- 5. Victory For #KuToo: Japan Airlines Says Goodbye To Mandatory High Heels and Skirts For Flight Attendants
- (Feminism)
- Japan Airlines just became the first major corporation to get rid of the age-old dress code that mandates women wear high-heeled shoes and skirts to work. The new dress code, which will go into effect ...
- Created on 27 March 2020
- 6. Japanese Women Protest After Being Told Not to Wear Glasses At Work To Avoid Looking "Cold" and "Unfeminin
- (Feminism)
- Japanese women on social media are demanding their right to wear glasses at work after a Japanese television show recently exposed companies in different sectors that impose a “glasses ban” on its female ...
- Created on 08 November 2019
- 7. Kyoto Bans “Geisha Selfies” Because Tourists Don’t Know How To Behave Themselves
- (Feminism)
- ... More from BUST Female Medical Students In Japan Surpass Their Male Counterparts In Exam Rates To Hell With High Heels: Japanese Women Are Kickin' Outdated Dress Codes 12 Women And Non-Binary ...
- Created on 05 November 2019
- 8. Female Medical Students In Japan Surpass Their Male Counterparts In Exam Rates
- (Feminism)
- ... in powerful positions. Top photo: Unsplash via Mimi Thian More from BUST It’s Equal Pay Day—But Not For All To Hell With High Heels: Japanese Women Are Kickin' Outdated Dress Codes 12 Women And ...
- Created on 19 June 2019
- 9. To Hell With High Heels: Japanese Women Are Kickin' Outdated Dress Codes
- (Feminism)
- ... a ban on such dress code requirements, Reuters reports. The petition, known under the hashtag #KuToo (a blend of #MeToo and the Japanese words for shoe—“kutsu,” and pain—“kutsuu”) was submitted to Japan’s ...
- Created on 07 June 2019
- 10. Dumpster Diving 101: What To Know Before You Go
- (Living)
- ... perishables in boxes next to the dumpster. But dress as though it’s a possibility. Wear comfortable shoes that you’re not afraid to get dirty, and carry hand sanitizer and/or baby wipes—sometimes a store’s ...
- Created on 13 February 2019
- 11. Sex Work Activists Are Rallying Behind This First-Time Brooklyn Politician—And Here’s Why That Matters
- (Feminism)
- ... and creating a network of optional social services to address workers’ needs, such as housing, childcare, syringe access, and job training if they wish to leave sex work. Salazar also plans to repeal the ...
- Created on 22 August 2018
- 12. This Student Was Told Her Shorts Were Too Short—So She Presented Her Thesis In Her Underwear
- (Feminism)
- ... presentation and onto my body.” According to Chai, several students backed her up, but one student told her she had “a moral obligation to dress more conservatively,” at which point she left the classroom. ...
- Created on 16 May 2018
- 13. Maxine Waters Tells Trump, “Just Get Out”: Link Roundup
- (Feminism)
- ... were “all women are sluts” and the sentiment that women deserve to be raped. School Dress Codes Harm Black Girls The Most Jezebel reports that black girls are 17.8 times more likely than white girls ...
- Created on 25 April 2018
- 14. Just Livin Baby Is A Motivational Speaker for The Instagram Age
- (Feminism)
- We can't get enough of social-media superstar Amber Wagner. “Bitch, if you ain’t having a good day, sit there and ask yourself why. Is your shit that bad that you can’t have you a good day, bitch?” ...
- Created on 23 April 2018
- 15. Essence Beauté Strives For Change With The Women's Drive: NYC Tou
- (Living)
- Here's why you need to be in Harlem, NYC, this week: to give back to the community and receive a free BUST magazine issue, obviously! The “Women’s Drive: NYC Tour, an initiative dedicated to providing ...
- Created on 23 April 2018
- 16. In Other Wholesome News, Homeless Girl Scout Troop Sells Thousands of Cookies In First Ever Sale
- (Feminism)
- If you have lost faith in the world, this will restore it. Last year, New York’s first Girl Scout troop made up of girls from homeless shelters was formed. Troop 6000 was started in Queens, but now ...
- Created on 18 April 2018
- 17. Lauryn Hill Is Going On Tour For The 20th Anniversary Of "Miseducation": Link Roundu
- (Music)
- Lauryn Hill Is Going On Tour To celebrate the 20th anniversary of her Grammy-winning, debut solo album The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, Lauryn Hill is going on tour. Variety reports that she’s starting ...
- Created on 18 April 2018
- 18. This Unlikely Animal Friendship Went "Viral" In The 19th Centur
- (Living)
- In the early 19th century, at the Earl of Lucan’s residence at Laleham, there was a very singular cat. She belonged to Lord Lucan’s bailiff, Mr. Smith, and had the “constant habit” of curling up on ...
- Created on 17 April 2018
- 19. Florida Students Are "Bracotting" Against Sexist Dress Code
- (Feminism)
- ... choice not to wear a bra, are technically against the district’s dress code, though Braden River has a reputataion for its strictly-enforced dress code. “Knowing that she was dress-coded for not wearing ...
- Created on 17 April 2018
- 20. Japan's First Feminist Magazine Was A 1910s Phenomeno
- (Feminism)
- ... thought about, experienced, and stored in my subconscious had emerged and taken shape in those words,” she later explained. The resulting piece became known as the first public address on Japanese women’s ...
- Created on 02 March 2018
