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How Comedian Jordan Firstman Became Social Media’s Main Man
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(Entertainment)
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... it is like, they want that gay best friend, and the other half is like, they want to fuck me,” he says. “I think I’ve confused them a little bit, which they like.” –Lisa Butterworth
Photographed by ...
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Created on 08 December 2020
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Lucille Bridges, Mother Of Civil Rights Movement Icon, Passes Away at 86
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(General)
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... refused to sell to Lucille, and Ruby’s grandparents were evicted from the farm where they had lived for 25 years. Despite it all, Lucille unwaveringly walked her daughter to class each day.
“Today ou ...
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Created on 12 November 2020
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How Much Do You Know About Anna May Wong? Take the BUST Pop Quiz!
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(Entertainment)
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... Asia
c. South America
d. Europe
The biggest disappointment in Anna May’s career was when MGM refused to consider her for the Chinese lead role in the film ________ because they ...
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Created on 06 November 2020
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Here's How Georgia's Stacey Abrams Saved America: Exclusive BUST Interview
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(Feminism)
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... by just 50,000 votes, she refused to concede, citing numerous election irregularities, which turned out to be true. In fact, in the years leading up to the election, Kemp had purged over half a million ...
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Created on 05 November 2020
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Exclusive Interview with Pioneering Educator Jane Elliott: Teaching and Understanding Race In 2020
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(Feminism)
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... of Black mothers who refused to give up and refused to believe the
nonsense that we’ve all been told all our lives.”
Although Elliott is most well-known for her trailblazing solidarity work in racial ...
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Created on 16 October 2020
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From Voter Intimidation To Climate Change To Birth Control: 5 Feminist Reasons To Denounce Amy Coney Barrett
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(Feminism)
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... ly answered the exact same questions asked of her.
Amy Coney Barrett refused to say that the Supreme Court decision that protects access to birth control was rightly decided. When past Republican ...
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Created on 16 October 2020
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5 Important Moments From This Year's Billboard Music Awards
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(Music)
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... n who you are, there’s power in your voice, so whether it’s through music, protest, or your right to vote, use your power, use your voice and refuse to be suppressed,” Lizzo said. She also wore a one-shou ...
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Created on 15 October 2020
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Pro-Democracy Protests in Thailand Spark Feminist Political Movement
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(Feminism)
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... of men attempting to silence Thai women, they refuse to stop fighting for their rights.
Image Credit: Aeva Karlsrud, BUST art intern.
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Women-Led Protests In Belarus Met With Violence ...
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Created on 07 October 2020
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Jenni Hensler Explores The Effects Of Abuse In a New Short Film Featuring Music By Chelsea Wolfe
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(Movies)
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... y and was ashamed and confused by this as a teen and young adult. I am no longer ashamed of this part of myself. I’m just seeing it more clearly now. This is something that is not often talked about a ...
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Created on 05 October 2020
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10.
Amy Coney Barrett Is A Threat To Civil Rights
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(Blog)
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... 2020
In what seems like a direct political move to heighten tensions, Barrett and Trump's other nominees refused to either deny or praise Brown vs. Board when asked.
According to the Independe ...
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Created on 30 September 2020
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The Feminist Guide to Sex Education You Didn’t Get in School
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(Sex)
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...
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Saints and Sinners: The Madonna-Whore Complex in "Yes, God, Yes"
Menstruators On Twitter Are Super Confused About This Period Product—As They Should Be
How Planned Parenthood Is Fill ...
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Created on 24 September 2020
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What’s So Funny? Pop Culture Still Doesn’t Know How To Handle Bulimia
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(Entertainment)
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... love interest. At the end of the scene, she randomly says, giggling, “I’m not bulimic, I’m a bulimist…I love bulimia!” I remember being confused as to what exactly this meant, and why it was funny.
Eight ...
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Created on 17 September 2020
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Is This Fake News?: The BUST Guide to Media Literacy
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(Living)
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... may not be tricked by a shallowfake that’s been digitally altered to make it appear as if House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is drunkenly slurring her words (a video that Facebook refused to delete, by the way), ...
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Created on 16 September 2020
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Michaela Coel's "I May Destroy You" Shatters Stereotypes — And Depicts Rape As It Really Is
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(TV)
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... together and make sense of it.
The viewer, like Arabella, is confused, unsure if the images she’s seeing are actually personal recollections or things she witnessed happening to someone else. In an ...
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Created on 11 September 2020
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This UK Tampax Ad Was Pulled From Ireland Airwaves For Being Too “Vulgar”
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(Feminism)
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... r (For A Ridiculous Reason)
Menstruators On Twitter Are Super Confused About This Period Product—As They Should Be ...
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Created on 02 September 2020
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Celebrating Women’s Equality Day: A Look Back At Where It Began
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(Feminism)
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... fact, the city of New York even refused Friedan when she asked for access to hold the protest, but NOW persisted anyway. Somewhere between 10,000 and 20,000 women engulfed both lanes of traffic on Fifth ...
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Created on 26 August 2020
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Malala Yousafzai Is Leading A Feminist Book Club And You Should Join
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(Books)
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... bit lost. In an interview with The Lily, she told Lena Felton that “I’m just as confused as anybody else as to what to do. It’s not been an easy time.”
She is, however, launching a project with the book ...
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Created on 24 August 2020
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Ida B. Wells To Be Honored In Art Installation At D.C. Union Station Next Week
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(Feminism)
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... began their train tour across the nation. BET notes, however, that the location of a train station is a rather fitting place to honor activist Ida B. Wells as well. In 1884, Wells famously refused to move ...
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Created on 21 August 2020
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No, AOC’s Sanders Nomination Was Not A Jab At Biden, That’s Literally How National Conventions Work
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(General)
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... any confusion about her nomination of Sen. Sanders. “If you were confused, no worries! Convention rules require roll call & nominations for every candidate that passes the delegate threshold. I was ask ...
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Created on 19 August 2020
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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 America
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(Feminism)
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... d by the governor until the speaker of the state house refused to sign it. The bill was then “lost.” In 1913, a women’s suffrage bill passed the legislature but was then given to the state’s male vote ...
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Created on 18 August 2020
