- 1. How These Women Cartoonists Shaped the Flapper Image in the Roaring ’20s
- (Arts)
- During the roaring ’20s, cartoons featuring flappers were all the rage. And some of the best were actually drawn by the era’s most talented women WHEN FLAPPERS TOSSED their corsets and shore their ...
- Created on 10 August 2020
- 2. Meet Julie d'Aubigny: The French Gender-bending Opera Diva Your History Teacher Didn't Want You To Know Abo
- (Feminism)
- IT’S NOT EVERY day you discover a 17th-century, cross-dressing, duelling, bisexual opera singer. But it happens every few weeks on social media. Someone will post, “Wow! Has anybody heard of Julie d’Aubigny? ...
- Created on 29 April 2020
- 3. This Mother-Daughter Suffragist Duo Almost Got Left Out The Movement's Memor
- (Feminism)
- ... More from BUST How The Once Enslaved "Stagecoach Mary" Became The Gun-Toting First Black Woman Mail Carrier A Brief History Of Flappers, Some Of The Original Rule-Breakers How New Orleans' "Baby ...
- Created on 11 September 2019
- 4. Twitter Drags Thoreau, Whose Mom Brought Him Sandwiches to Walden Pond
- (Entertainment)
- Noted author, transcendentalist, and now exposed literary sadboi Henry David Thoreau was recently called out for his less-than-honest portrayal of his time at Walden Pond. In a Twitter thread, writer ...
- Created on 29 August 2019
- 5. How The Once Enslaved "Stagecoach Mary" Became The Gun-Toting First Black Woman Mail Carrie
- (Feminism)
- ... print edition of BUST Magazine. Subscribe today! More from BUST Meet Mary Fields, the First Black Woman to be Employed by the US Postal Service and a True Badass A Brief History Of Flappers, ...
- Created on 19 August 2019
- 6. A Brief History Of Flappers, Some Of The Original Rule-Breakers
- (Style)
- ... the average American salary in 1925 was $1236 per year. Of course, it wasn’t long before people began policing flappers’ style. The YMCA distributed this pamphlet, comparing “proper” and “improper” ...
- Created on 24 July 2019
- 7. Girdles May Have Been Uncomfortable, But They Sure Beat Corsets
- (Style)
- ... spokesperson Robin Morgan told reporters, “they’re uncomfortable.” But girdles made of rubberized elastic promised freedom to an earlier generation of flappers, especially when compared to the heavily ...
- Created on 31 January 2019
- 8. Summer 2020
- (Magazine)
- ... cell led by women—and they had a blast. By Rachel Leibrocks Paper Dolls When flappers took over the funnies in the 1920s, it was women cartoonists doing the drawing. By Miss Rosen Rumor ...
- Created on 01 February 2017
- 9. The Legacy Of Clara Bow, America's First Sex Symbo
- (Movies)
- One hundred and eleven years ago, Clara Bow was born into violent poverty in Brooklyn, New York. She would go on to become America’s most loved — and most controversial — sex symbol of the silent film ...
- Created on 18 August 2016
- 10. What Voluptuous Vixens Need To Know Before Buying Vintage Lingerie
- (Style)
- ... Maidenform is probably one of the best known of the brands listed, as it is still a top brand today, boasting an illustrious 94 year history. They decided that instead of designing for the flappers and ...
- Created on 23 June 2016
- 11. This Gang of Grannies Is Graffitiing Portugal
- (Arts)
- ... Urbana." Photos via Facebook/Lata 65 More from BUST This Shouldn’t Happen Until I'm 60, Or, The Chronicle Of Young Person With An Old Body: BUST True Story Flappers: ...
- Created on 04 March 2016
- 12. The Shifters Were The 1920s Girl Gang Robbing Shopgirls of their Stockings
- (Living)
- Sensational tales of drinking, smoking, and otherwise misbehaving young women were all over the newspapers in 1922, but the story that appeared in The New York Times on March 23rd still had the power ...
- Created on 25 February 2016
- 13. Shop Fabulous Flapper Fashion Inspired By 'Miss Fisher's Murder Mysterie
- (Style)
- It’s not a crime to steal the styles from Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries is the most feminist detective series on TV, thanks to its badass protagonist, Phryne Fisher. ...
- Created on 08 October 2015
- 14. Flappers: Were They the Riot Grrrls of Their Time?
- (General)
- ... independence and fearlessness that has nothing whatever to do with a new fashion in hair arrangement,” reported a 1922 New York Times article about the “emancipated army” of flappers. The term “flapper” ...
- Created on 16 June 2014
- 15. The Most Beautiful, Terrifying Collages You Will Ever See
- (Arts)
- In many ways, photography has always been about voyeurism, about examining a subject with or without their consent. The internet magnifies our desire to peer into each other’s windows, and photographers ...
- Created on 20 November 2013
- 16. The Movie Star Eaten By Her Dog (Or Was She?)
- (Movies)
- "She was a winner, Who became a doggie’s dinner…” — Nick Lowe Would a dog-loving movie star leave her pooch to starve? Memorialized in Kenneth Anger’s Hollywood Babylon and in the eponymous ...
- Created on 31 October 2013
- 17. Flappers: Were They the Original Riot Grrrls?
- (Feminism)
- The girls of the 1920s who called themselves “flappers” weren’t just about bobbed hair and short skirts. Instead, they were more like female revolutionaries who changed the world for women—forever. ...
- Created on 19 June 2013
- 18. 6 Easy Steps for Throwing a Flapper Garden Party this Weekend!
- (General)
- ... LIKE A FLAPPER Flappers had their own slanguage, and here are a few we included in the story: Blow - wild party Gimlet - a chronic bore Frog's Eyebrows - nice, fine Let's Blouse - let's go Meringue ...
- Created on 24 May 2013
- 19. Artist of the Week: Dreamy, Steamy Dilek Baykara
- (Arts)
- ... culture references tossed in. Some look like they belong in the childrens’ books of your dreams: flappers in feathers, celestial moonscapes, Bowie in the sky with diamonds. Check out these Gatsby-esque ...
- Created on 09 May 2013
- 20. Ever Wonder How "Dames on the Giggle Water" (That's Flappers!) Used to Tal
- (Feminism)
- Flappers knew how to get dolled up and keep it copacetic in the 20s, and today we love them just as much as they would have wanted us to. Besides partying and staying in style, these ladies created a ...
- Created on 19 June 2012
