- 1. This Unapologetic Street Art Series Puts Queer POC Front and Center
- (Arts)
- In a place like the U.S., where the stories of queer people of color are continually erased, 30-year-old artist Johanna Toruño aims to center and celebrate them. Born in El Salvador, Toruño was displaced ...
- Created on 16 October 2020
- 2. Alarming Stats Reveal Increasing Murder Rates of Women and Girls in Guatemala During COVID
- (Feminism)
- ... groups like Amnesty International and the United Nations. Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador, which share borders, all rank in the top five globally for their rates of femicide. In Guatemala, crimes ...
- Created on 12 October 2020
- 3. A Feminist Report From The U.S.-Mexico Border
- (Feminism)
- ... hundreds of thousands of migrants who have fled their homes in the Northern Triangle of Central American countries—El Salvador, Honduras, and Guatemala—in search of refuge in the United States. I start ...
- Created on 12 December 2019
- 4. "When It Happens To You" Is A Powerful Play Of Love and Humor Through Tragedy ...
- (Arts)
- ... Redefining Redemption For Survivors Of Sexual Assault Rape Survivor From El Salvador Faces Retrial For Murder After Having A Miscarriage Rape Kits Aren’t Getting Tested, But Kamala Harris Has A Plan ...
- Created on 16 October 2019
- 5. A Moroccan Journalist's Prison Sentence For Premarital Sex And Having An Abortion Is Met With Protes
- (Feminism)
- A Moroccan journalist was sentenced to one year in prison last week after being found guilty for allegedly obtaining an abortion and having premarital sex, both of which are illegal in the North African ...
- Created on 07 October 2019
- 6. In Some Indian Villages, Not a Single Girl Was Born in Three Months
- (Feminism)
- ... Silver via Flickr Creative Commons More from BUST No Boys Have Been Born In This Polish Village For Over A Decade Rape Survivor from El Salvador Faces Retrial for Murder After Having a Miscarriage ...
- Created on 30 August 2019
- 7. The Glitter Revolution of Mexico is Fighting Gender-Based Violence
- (Feminism)
- The women of Mexico and a sky full of pink glitter are bringing the tensions around gender-based violence to the surface. The Mexico City protests, deemed the "Revolución Diamantina," or the Glitter ...
- Created on 28 August 2019
- 8. Rape Survivor from El Salvador Faces Retrial for Murder After Having a Miscarriage
- (Feminism)
- Evelyn Beatríz Hernández Cruz, a 21-year-old woman from El Salvador, had already served 33 months in jail on a charge of attempted murder after having a miscarriage in 2016. She was freed this past ...
- Created on 15 August 2019
- 9. Changing The Face Of The Border Crisis
- (Feminism)
- Media representations of the border have historically focused on men. Typically, they use coded language and racist rhetoric to criminalize young men, predominantly from Mexico, El Salvador, and ...
- Created on 03 July 2019
- 10. Investigation Into Racist Border Patrol Facebook Group Demonstrates How Disturbing Life In Detention Camps Really Is
- (General)
- ... not a coincidence that many migrants are coming from El Salvador, Honduras, and Guatemala, countries in which we meddled without remorse. Header photo: U.S Dept of Homeland Security More from BUST ...
- Created on 02 July 2019
- 11. 5 Inspiring Women Who Will Attend This Year's State Of The Union As Guest
- (Feminism)
- ... student and DACA recipient Estefany who, according to Senator Ed Markey on Twitter, came to the U.S. at nine years old to escape violence in El Salvador, and is currently studying International Relations ...
- Created on 05 February 2019
- 12. American Women Can Now Get A Safe Abortion By Mail
- (Feminism)
- ... women are advised to go to the hospital and claim a miscarriage. In countries with absolute anti-abortion laws such as El Salvador and Guatemala, this can save women from feticide convictions. Organizations ...
- Created on 23 October 2018
- 13. Alice Bag On Getting Older, Being Brash, And How Artists Can Fight Back Against Trump
- (Music)
- ... you eat? Oh, this is tough. I’ll choose some artists that have always fascinated me: Salvador Dali, Frida Kahlo, and Chavela Vargas because I think that would be a hell of a dinner party. There would ...
- Created on 12 July 2018
- 14. We Still Don't Know Where The Detained Migrant Girls Ar
- (Feminism)
- ... her. In the disturbing ProPublica recording of crying children, a 6-year-old Salvadoran girl begs for someone to call her aunt. But reporters and representatives are worried, with reason. As Florida ...
- Created on 21 June 2018
- 15. Dream Nails Fights For Reproductive Rights With Their New Single "Vagina Police": BUST Premier
- (Music)
- ... who have been campaigning tirelessly for decades for the abortion referendum we're finally having in May. It's also for the women of El Salvador, Malta, the Vatican, Chile, the Dominican Republic and Nicaragua ...
- Created on 13 February 2018
- 16. Roxane Gay Responds To Trump's "Shithole Countries" Comment With A Powerful Essay On Raci
- (Feminism)
- Last week, The Washington Post reported that, during a discussion about an immigration deal, Donald Trump referred to Haiti, El Salvador and some African nations as “shithole countries.” The comment ...
- Created on 16 January 2018
- 17. Meet The Badass Latina Artists Behind The New Latin Wave
- (Arts)
- ... growing up Latina in NYC, dealing with anxiety and slut-shaming. Her comics blur the lines between comedic and tragic nostalgia. Yeiry Guevara Yeiry Guevara is a Salvadoran/Texan writer, translator ...
- Created on 04 October 2017
- 18. Chile Is No Longer The Toughest Country To Get An Abortion In, Thanks To President Michelle Bachelet
- (Feminism)
- Until recently, Chile was one of the toughest countries in the world to get an abortion. Along with El Salvador, Malta, the Vatican, the Dominican Republic, and Nicaragua, Chile's laws stated that ...
- Created on 15 September 2017
- 19. 6 More Women-Hosted Podcasts To Listen To Right Now
- (Entertainment)
- ... between biker gangs in a restaurant parking lot; to Los Angeles to report on what it’s like to live on skid row; to El Salvador, the murder capital of the world, to find out just how dangerous living there ...
- Created on 07 June 2017
- 20. Fighting Trump's Agenda, One Text Message At A Time: BUST Intervie
- (Feminism)
- Each day we’re bombarded with increasingly absurd and distressing news, making 2017 feel more like a Salvador Dali painting than another year in history. As understandable as it is to feel hopeless ...
- Created on 10 February 2017
