- 1. Climate Change is a Feminist Issue That Affects Women and Girls Around the World Way More Than Men. Here's Why That's a Problem, and Ways We Can Fix
- (Feminism)
- ... The intersection between gender and climate change is a global issue and affects women and urban areas too. In 2005, after hurricane Katrina, Black women were the most touched by the disaster. Jacqueline ...
- Created on 24 November 2021
- 2. Doctors Marian Croak and Patricia Bath Are the First Black Women Inducted into The National Inventors Hall Of Fame, And Yeah, It's About Time
- (Feminism)
- ... by many charities today, first employing it to raise over $130,000 following Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and $43 million after the 2010 Haiti earthquake. Throughout her career, Croak has registered over ...
- Created on 30 September 2021
- 3. UPDATE: These Lady Motorcyclists Rule New Orleans, and Are Now the Faces of Rihanna's Latest Savage X Fenty Collection ...
- (Feminism)
- ... Hurricane Katrina scattered its membership, Carolyn “Caramel” Sterling, Smith, Beatty aka “Tru”, and Shalonda “Baby Girl” Lewis worked together to get the group up and running again. QUITE STRONG Now ...
- Created on 05 August 2021
- 4. 13 Queer and Trans YA Books That Actually Have Happy Endings
- (Entertainment)
- ... he returns to Neverland, everything has changed and he worries how he will fit in anymore. Ramona Blue by Julie Murphy is about a girl named Ramona whose life was changed by Hurricane Katrina forever. ...
- Created on 26 June 2020
- 5. Big Freedia Opens Up About Beyoncé, Bounce, Being Black in New Orleans, and Her Boo: BUST Interview
- (Music)
- ... the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina through the medium of “bounce” music. An electrifying performer with a booming hip-hop flow; a flamboyant wardrobe that blends slick menswear with ultra-glam feminine ...
- Created on 23 June 2020
- 6. President Trump Can Stop Pretending to Care About Puerto Ricans
- (Feminism)
- Researchers at The George Washington University have formally raised the death toll from Hurricane Maria to 2,975 from the initial estimate of 64. The Puerto Rican government has officially accepted this ...
- Created on 13 September 2018
- 7. 10 New Feminist-Friendly Books To Read This Spring
- (Books)
- ... – Erika W. Smith The Floating World: A Novel By C. Morgan Babst (Algonquin Books) C. Morgan Babst’s novel focuses on a New Orleans family of four, torn asunder by Hurricane Katrina and then reeled ...
- Created on 16 March 2018
- 8. Week Of Women, October 13-19
- (Entertainment)
- ... family before, during, and after Hurricane Katrina. Out Tuesday, October 17. Top photo: Jane the Virgin/CW More from BUST Week Of Women: October 6-12 Week Of Women: September 29-October 5 Week ...
- Created on 12 October 2017
- 9. Women Are Disproportionately Affected By Natural Disasters, And Here’s Why
- (Feminism)
- ... for social reasons, which leads to heightened vulnerability during times of crisis. Many of these problems are present during everyday life, but are exacerbated by hurricanes, earthquakes and tsunamis. ...
- Created on 29 September 2017
- 10. Hurricanes Used To Be Named Only After Women — Here's Why That Change
- (Feminism)
- Irma, Sandy, Katrina and Camille. It’s hard to say if we are talking about a new, all-female pop band or a list of some of the most well-known hurricanes, past and present. Sadly, I have to say it’s ...
- Created on 19 September 2017
- 11. 4 Reasons Republicans Need To Shut The Fuck Up About Benghazi
- (General)
- ... than the investigations of Pearl Harbor, the Kennedy Assassination, Iran-Contra, and Hurricane Katrina. SHUT THE FUCK UP, ALREADY. 2. Their adorable obsession with emails It is an obsession which, ...
- Created on 23 October 2015
- 12. Swoon Art Auction to Benefit Our School at Blair Grocery
- (Arts)
- The tenth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina is just around the corner, and many people have forgotten the devastation caused by the storm as well as the injustices it exposed in New Orleans. The residents ...
- Created on 14 July 2015
- 13. Rock You Like a (Lady) Hurricane
- (General)
- Female-named hurricanes have statistically inflicted higher death tolls than male-named hurricanes, and according to one researcher, the reason is clear. The research of Kiju Jung at the University ...
- Created on 03 June 2014
- 14. Dance Dance Revolution: One BILLION Women Rise Up Against Violence
- (Feminism)
- Eve Ensler is a total rock star. See? She’s best known for writing and starring in the groundbreaking play The Vagina Monologues—heck, even your grandparents have probably heard of it. Not being one ...
- Created on 26 September 2012
- 15. IFC Premiere and Q&A For Documentary 'I'm Carol Parke
- (Movies)
- ... journey to rebuild her home after Hurricane Katrina. Carolyn Parker was the last to leave her neighborhood during the mandatory evacuation and the first to return. It took Parker five years to remake her ...
- Created on 14 August 2012
- 16. LIVE from the NYPL: Jesmyn Ward
- (General)
- ... acclaimed novel, which deals with a family’s struggle with poverty and sacrifice in the days leading up to and the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, with NYPL Director of Public Programs Paul Holdengräber. ...
- Created on 25 April 2012
- 17. Mario Tama, Coming Back: New Orleans Resurgent
- (Arts)
- Though it seems to have been left in the dust, what with all the other natural disasters these days, the story of Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans is still unfolding. Few have captured the aftermath as ...
- Created on 01 July 2010
- 18. Ladies, Let's Get Lit
- (General)
- ... masses, as well as Kay Ryan, who is in her second year as poet laureate. Another lady you shouldn't miss is poet Patricia Smith, who chronicled the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in her book Blood Dazzler. ...
- Created on 18 September 2009
- 19. And On The Sixth Day, God Created the United States of America
- (General)
- ... taught to younger children. These 'experts' include a man who claims he is 'fighting a war for America's moral soul,' a man who says Hurricane Katrina was God's punishment for sexual promiscuity and a man ...
- Created on 23 July 2009
