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Indigenous Rights Org Illuminative Puts on an All-Native (All-Fabulous) Drag Show You Need to See
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(Feminism)
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... over the last few years, with more Indigenous queens putting their identities into their performances. “I wanted visibility for Native people, so I chose the name Landa Lakes. It’s a tongue-in-cheek joke ...
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Created on 09 December 2022
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Lizzo Shared Her Shine with Powerful Activists During Her People's Choice Award Acceptance Speech: Meet All 17 of The
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(Entertainment)
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... activist, and co-founder of Mujeres de Maiz, Felicia is dedicated to creating a platform for women and Indigenous empowerment. As an artist Felicia believes art holds a lot of power which is why she often ...
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Created on 08 December 2022
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From The BUST Archives: Buffy Sainte-Marie Discusses Her 2009 Album "Running For The Drum," Feminism, The 1960's, and Breastfeeding On "Sesame Street?" ...
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(Music)
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... travel. Something that made me different from the other singers of the time was that I’d use my airplane tickets to get me to indigenous areas and then I’d hang out. So if I had a concert in Sydney, Australia, ...
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Created on 10 October 2022
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Women Have Been Aiding And Abetting Abortion For Centuries. So How And When Did The Witchcraft Narrative Begin?
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(Feminism)
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... crimes.”
With the advent of enslavement of indigenous people by Europeans in the 16th century, birth further became a process of reproducing a captive workforce as property, and abortion, previously ...
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Created on 19 September 2022
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6 Strategies We Can Take From Latin American Abortion Rights Activists During Our Fight for Reproductive Justice
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(Feminism)
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... of abuse. They provide STI screenings, and offer contraceptive services and treatment. The organization expands help to rural and indigenous places like rural Oaxaca by providing community sex education, ...
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Created on 06 July 2022
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This Virtual Film Series Featuring 9 Films On The History of Reproductive Rights In The US, Is Free All Month
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(Feminism)
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... choice, native and indigenous voices, voices of Afghan women, anti-racist education and activism and transnational feminism.
The nine films about abortion are currently available for free and range from ...
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Created on 12 May 2022
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What Women’s History Month Means To Me As A Young Black Woman in America... And It's Not What You Thin
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(Feminism)
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... brown women, disabled women, indigenous women, and trans women.
In the past, the exclusive nature of those women’s movements which are frequently emphasized during Women’s History Month (suffrage, the ...
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Created on 30 March 2022
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In Honor of Native-American Heritage Month Here Are 5 Indigenous Women History Makers You Should Have Learned About in Social Studies Class
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(Feminism)
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... a daily women’s history podcast from Wonder Media Network, and for the month of November we're helping BUST highlight indigenous women from around the globe, with a particular focus on Native American women ...
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Created on 15 November 2021
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United Nations Annual Climate Conference Recognizes Women As Trailblazers of Climate Action
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(Feminism)
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... organizations like the Women Taking Action For a Healthier Planet (Wen) to Black Lives Matter protestors to Indigenous leaders from the Amazon. While many protestors denounced the conference as a lack ...
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Created on 11 November 2021
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You’re Invited: Celebrate "Project Runway's" Nina Garcia & Help Women Rise Against Violence at Womankind’s Virtual Gal
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(Sponsored)
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... seen with immigrant women or poorer communities. The sole focus on choice did not take into account historical injustices perpetrated against women of color, from the forced sterilization of Indigenous ...
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Created on 14 October 2021
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Cultures That Embraced LGBTQIA+ Identity Before Colonization Messed Everything Up
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(Living)
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It turns out that many non-white and Indigenous cultures have historically been pretty progressive when it comes to sexual and social behaviors that strayed from the binary. In fact, many of these cultures ...
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Created on 10 June 2021
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Two Women Were Charged With Murder After Delivering Stillborn Babies, Sparking Outrage Among Women's Rights Group
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(Feminism)
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Two cases in which women were charged with murder after delivering stillborn babies in Kings County, California, have recently resurfaced and sparked outrage. Chelsea Becker and Adora Perez were each ...
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Created on 05 April 2021
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Divide and Dissovle's "Gas Lit" Seeks To Pulverize White Supremacy ...
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(Music)
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“We would like to observe a radical shift in the current paradigm of complacency in regards to oppressive power dynamics, genocide, racism, white supremacy, and colonization,” states Melbourne-based Indigenous ...
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Created on 22 January 2021
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Deb Haaland Might Become The First-Ever Native Cabinet Member
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(General)
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... would make history as the first-ever Native Cabinet member.
Haaland, who was recently reappointed to New Mexico’s 1st Congressional District, has made large strides to preserve land and protect Indigenous ...
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Created on 19 November 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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Lucille Bridges, the mother of one of the most recognizable and influential civil rights leaders, passed away yesterday. Because human life is fleeting, we tend to think of great injustices in this ...
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Created on 12 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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... Wilson Illustrated by Laura Freeman
This article originally appeared in the Fall 2020 print edition of BUST Magazine. Subscribe today!
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How Indigenous Women Inspired The Feminist Movement ...
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Created on 16 October 2020
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Death of indigenous woman who live-streamed abuse by med staff as she lay dying reignites fight for "No More Stolen Sisters
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(Feminism)
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Content warning: The following story contains discussion of violence against Indigenous women.
Joyce Echaquan was a 37-year old Atikamekw woman of the Manawan community in Quebec. She was a mother ...
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Created on 09 October 2020
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Canadian Judge Challenges Justice System in Case of Indigenous Women Charged with Drunk Driving
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(Feminism)
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In the case of six Indigenous women from the Pikangikum First Nation in Canada who pleaded guilty to impaired driving offences, Ontario Court Justice David Gibson is calling to challenge the minimum ...
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Created on 06 October 2020
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Meet Some Of TIME100's Most Influential Women of 202
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(Feminism)
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... for Indigenous peoples across South America. In her documentary-style TIME video she said, “The world needs to listen to the voices of Amazonian women because we as women are the ones who go out to defend ...
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Created on 23 September 2020
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Mexican-American Sister Trio Tiarra Girls Talk New Cover Single "Can't Stop The World," Heritage, The Pandemic, and Proudest Moments: BUST Intervi
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(Music)
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Austin, Texas' very own sister trio, Tiarra Girls, debuts their newest single “Can’t Stop The World,'' a cover song by none other than The Go-Go's. Working together as a band for a decade, these sisters ...
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Created on 22 September 2020