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21.
The C-Words Of Coachella: Capitalism, Consumerism, And Cults
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(Living)
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... place in Indio, California at the Empire Polo Club in the Coachella Valley. This year marks its twentieth anniversary (although the festival skipped one year, 2000 due to financial troubles) and its seventh ...
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Created on 10 April 2019
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22.
These Women Fought For Sex Workers' And Women's Rights In The 19th Centur
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(Sex)
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... Prostitution was the fourth largest occupation for working women* and it grew along with the boom of the British Empire.
This bombastic empire expansion led to thriving new trading routes and ...
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Created on 29 March 2019
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23.
Taraji P. Henson On Committing To Her Relationship, Ignoring Her Age, and "Seeing Her Money
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Taraji P. Henson became a household name playing Cookie Lyon on Empire. And with her lead role in the new big-screen biopic The Best of Enemies, her star is continuing to rise. Here, the outspoken actor ...
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Created on 24 March 2019
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24.
"The World According To Fannie Davis" Is A Stunning Tribut
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(Books)
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... now, the Numbers were illegal, which makes Fannie’s empire the kind of history lesson you don’t get in school. Davis breaks down the Numbers’ importance for Black communities, which benefited from the ...
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Created on 13 March 2019
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25.
Taraji P. Henson on Her Relationship, Finding Therapy, and #TimesUp: BUST Sneak Peek
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(Entertainment)
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It’s still cold in NY, but our March/April 2019 cover gal, Taraji P. Henson is HOT! Well before Empire and Hidden Figures, many of us have been fortune enough to have witnessed Taraji’s versatility ...
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Created on 25 February 2019
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26.
Jussie Smollett Attacked In Racist and Homophobic Hate Crime
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(General)
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... 2019
Top credit: Empire (FOX)
More from BUST
Anti-Semitic Hate Crimes Are Rising Drastically In The U.S.
Trump's Congressional Black Caucus Answer Shows He's Not, In Fact, 'The Least Racist Person' ...
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Created on 30 January 2019
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27.
"Gentlemen Prefers Blondes" Is A Feminist Buddy Comed
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(Movies)
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... Paris Hilton, laughing all the way to the bank with her one-zillion dollar empire while everyone speculates about her lack of intellect.
Many have noted that not one scene in the movie passes the Bechdel-Wallace ...
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Created on 24 January 2019
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28.
A Look At Ladies' Shawls In Classic 19th Century Literature
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(Style)
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... age.
Portrait of Olimpia Losiowa, 1818-1820
The lightweight Empire-style gowns of the Regency era provided little protection against the elements. As a result, shawls and wraps were a practical necessity. ...
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Created on 15 January 2019
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29.
Lucilla: The Ex-Empress Who Tried To Murder Her Brother
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(Living)
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... Empire's most powerful and influential women.
But then Lucius Verus died and, sans husband, Lucilla was stripped of her role as Empress.
Overnight, all Lucilla’s power and influence turned to ...
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Created on 14 January 2019
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30.
"The Future Is Female!" Celebrates Women Sci-Fi Writers Of The 1920s-1960
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(Books)
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... with Leigh Brackett—aforementioned writer of “All the Colors of the Rainbow—contributing to the first draft of The Empire Strikes Back, shortly before her death. Wilmar H. Shiras, whose contribution “In ...
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Created on 08 January 2019
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31.
FREE GIVEAWAY: Win All Three Books In "The Witchlands" Series By Susan Dennar
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(Sponsored)
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... warring empires, political machinations, and mercenaries who seek to use their magic for selfish gain.
Red Queen author Victoria Aveyard calls the series "so good it's intimidating," and Seven Realms ...
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Created on 31 October 2018
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32.
25 Top Feminist Pop-Culture
Moments From The Past 25 Years
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(Entertainment)
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... to world domination. Her empire grows to include Private Practice, Scandal, and How to Get Away with Murder, and she becomes known for casting people of color and airing storylines that tackle abortion, ...
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Created on 23 July 2018
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33.
The Aston v. Elliot Case Had Noblemen, Adulterers, And All Kinds Of Regency-Era Drama
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(General)
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... that Aston’s desire soon cooled and “his ordinary perceptions resumed their empire,” writing, “Then it was he saw his error; and subsequent circumstances, it is stated, convinced him that having entrusted ...
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Created on 10 July 2018
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34.
Long Before Festival Fashion Was A Thing, Victorian Women Wore Glitter In Their Hair
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(Style)
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... were brought back into fashion by the Empress Eugénie. Her unparalleled influence on women’s clothing and coiffures would continue until the end of the Second Empire—and of her reign—in 1871. To learn ...
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Created on 19 June 2018
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35.
The Rival Queens Of Sydney's Ganglan
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(Living)
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... it all, she was just a nice lady who happened to run a criminal empire. You guys…people actually bought this.
In fact, it wasn’t even difficult for Katie to become a beloved (if terrifying) criminal. ...
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Created on 01 June 2018
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36.
I Was Promised Queer “Star Wars” And I Got Queer “Star Wars”
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(Movies)
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... Jonathan Kasdan told the Huffington Post that Lando Calrissian—the swaggering, cape-sporting mayor of Cloud City from Empire Strikes Back turned rebel soldier in Return of the Jedi—is pansexual. Donald ...
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Created on 25 May 2018
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37.
Here's How Fashionable Women Dressed In The 1820
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(Style)
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... Empire styles of the early 19th century and the large sleeved, full-skirted styles of the mid-19th century.
1820 According to an 1820 edition of La Belle Assemblée, popular sleeves for evening dresses ...
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Created on 22 May 2018
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38.
What Did Jane Austen's and Charlotte Brontë's Obituaries Look Lik
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(Books)
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... Empire in the Greek War of Independence. The Morning Chronicle lauded his noble sacrifice in the final lines of his obituary:
“It is fortunate for the great when they can escape from themselves into ...
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Created on 08 May 2018
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39.
How "Star Wars" Is About Toxic Masculinit
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(Entertainment)
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... in the safety of their children. The world in which Luke and Leia grow up not under the shadow of the Empire, but with the best babysitter of all time: Anakin’s padawan Ahsoka Tano. The world in which ...
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Created on 19 April 2018
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40.
Week Of Women: March 30-April 5, 2018
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(Entertainment)
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... Out Friday, March 30 on Netflix.
Empire Are you watching Empire’s fourth season? It came back last week after a winter hiatus, and its eleventh episode, “Without Apology,” will see Cookie taking ...
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Created on 29 March 2018
