- 1. 10 Amazing International Women Musicians You’ll Love Listening To on International Women’s Day
- (Music)
- ... World,” prove that not only is Vava an artist to watch, but also one that will be around for a long time. Sevdaliza Sevadaliza is an Iranian-Dutch singer-songwriter, who also happens to be a record ...
- Created on 08 March 2023
- 2. Lizzo Shared Her Shine with Powerful Activists During Her People's Choice Award Acceptance Speech: Meet All 17 of The
- (Entertainment)
- ... circumstances but as human beings. Yasmine Aker @iamyasi Yasmine is a singer, songwriter, and actress but on top of all that, she still manages to support Iranian women in their fight for freedom ...
- Created on 08 December 2022
- 3. Check out this Cool Vintage Iranian 70's Fashion Magazine from Before the Islamic Revolutio
- (Style)
- ... the brutal treatment. Ever since that day, both Iranian men and women have been protesting on the street against the strict guidelines regarding women's clothing under the Islamic Regime, and a conversation ...
- Created on 28 October 2022
- 4. As Iranian Protests For Women's Rights Continue, The Hair For Freedom Movement Has Just Begu
- (Feminism)
- A new era in Iranian history began five weeks ago with the tragic death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, a young Iranian woman who was arrested by the morality police for not wearing her hijab correctly. ...
- Created on 24 October 2022
- 5. Women's Rights are at the Center of Deadly Iranian Protests. It's About Ti
- (Feminism)
- For the first time since the 1979 Iranian Revolution and birth of the Islamic Republic, Persian women and men have taken to the streets to fight for justice for women. Combatting police brutality, an ...
- Created on 23 September 2022
- 6. 8 Excellent Books By Immigrant Authors To Read This National Immigrant Heritage Month
- (Books)
- ... the story of Niloo, a young Iranian girl whose family is split apart when she, her mother, and brother immigrate to the United States, leaving her father behind in Tehran. Following the impact of this ...
- Created on 14 June 2021
- 7. 10 Feminist Horror Flicks To Watch This Summer
- (Movies)
- ... nameless Iranian girl who seduces Saeed, a cruel drug dealer and pimp, into her apartment. However, Saeed doesn’t get what he expected because the girl grows fangs, bites his finger off, and drains all ...
- Created on 26 June 2020
- 8. 16 LGBTQ+ Movies Directed By Women Of Color To Watch This Pride Month
- (Movies)
- ... they would’ve even thought it could. 12. Circumstance (2011), directed by Maryam Keshavarz Circumstance tells the story of an Iranian teenager, Atafeh Hakimi (Nikohl Boosheri), as she discovers ...
- Created on 23 June 2020
- 9. Iranian Women Can Now Enter A Soccer Stadium For The First Time In Decades
- (Feminism)
- Iranian women will be able to officially enter a soccer stadium on Thursday for the first time in nearly 40 years to watch Iran's 2022 World Cup qualifier against Cambodia, a historic feat after FIFA ...
- Created on 09 October 2019
- 10. 16 Books By Women Coming Out In January 2019 That We Can't Wait To Rea
- (Books)
- ... unrest just before the Iranian Revolution, this historical novel follows an ensemble of characters working in an ancient orchard in Naishapur. How To Date Men When You Hate Men by Blythe Roberson (January ...
- Created on 03 January 2019
- 11. 6 Women Writers Of Color To Read This Halloween
- (Books)
- ... winner of a PEN/Hemingway Honor). Croatian/Iranian author Ottessa Moshfegh has proved a master at otherworldly narratives anchored by believable protagonists and buoyed by questions of body autonomy. ...
- Created on 30 October 2018
- 12. Trump Administration Opposes United Nations Breastfeeding Resolution: Link Roundup
- (Feminism)
- ... continue to fight for survivors. Read the full story at the Boston Globe. Iran Arrests Activist Over Instagram Dancing Video Iranian activist Maedeh Hojabri has been arrested after posting a video ...
- Created on 09 July 2018
- 13. Melania Trump's Jacket Says She "Really Doesn't Care" About Immigrant Children: Link Roun
- (Feminism)
- ... come out.” Read more at GQ. Female Soccer Fans in Iran Can Now Attend Male Sporting Events After 40 years, Iranian female sports fans can now attend World Cup viewing events after local news sources ...
- Created on 22 June 2018
- 14. Artist Sheida Soleimani Creates Petroleum Pin-Ups To Fetishize the World's Reliance On Oil: BUST Intervie
- (Arts)
- Sheida Soleimani’s understanding of the world has always been shaped by art and injustice. Both of the Iranian-American artist’s parents opposed the totalitarian Iranian government in the early '80s, ...
- Created on 29 March 2018
- 15. 11 Books By Women To Read This November
- (Books)
- ... career, she struggles to find a sense of self that bridges her success as a Westerner and her roots as an Iranian refugee. There are many threads woven through this novel: immigration, identity, familial ...
- Created on 14 November 2017
- 16. “The Bad Batch” Is A Disappointing Follow-Up To “A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night”: BUST Review
- (Movies)
- Ana Lily Amirpour’s debut film, A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night, was an “Iranian vampire spaghetti Western” that earned well-deserved critical acclaim and a devoted fanbase thanks to its memorable ...
- Created on 23 June 2017
- 17. 4 Notes From A Muslim Feminist
- (Feminism)
- ... Azad is a radical anti-capitalist, intersectional feminist, and body-positive activist fashion blog written and run by Hoda Katebi, a sarcastic (& angry) Muslim-Iranian writer, photographer, and activist ...
- Created on 27 March 2017
- 18. Over 100 Bomb Threats Have Been Sent To Jewish Community Centers In 2017 So Far
- (Living)
- ... assumed Kuchibhotla and Madasani were Iranian Muslims. According to the Washington Post, he told a bartender at an Applebees 70 miles away from the crime scene that 'he shot and killed two Iranian people ...
- Created on 02 March 2017
- 19. 11 Oscars Moments You Should Actually Care About
- (Movies)
- ... Also, HER SPEECH. 7. Asghar Farhadi misses the ceremony because of Trump’s Muslim ban Iranian director Asghar Farhadi won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film for his movie The Salesman, but could ...
- Created on 27 February 2017
- 20. Queer Latina Hero, America Chavez, Joins The Marvel Universe
- (Entertainment)
- Queer Latina hero America Chavez is the newest addition to the Marvel universe — and a much-needed one! In 2016, Marvel introduced us to Ayo and Aneka, two revolutionary queer black women who ...
- Created on 27 January 2017
