- 1. “To Deny Your Inner Nerd Is To Deny Happiness." Actor Sam Richardson On Imposter Syndrome And His New Role In "Hocus Pocus 2
- (TV)
- ... bond over our mutual love of the ’80s cartoon Jem and break into its theme song. “To deny your inner nerd is to deny happiness,” he says. Richardson is warm, and he smiles like he means it. He can also ...
- Created on 22 August 2022
- 2. We’d Like to Get Down Under Aussie Singer/Songwriter Alex Cameron—aka Mr. Jemima Kirke
- (Music)
- ... his wife, actor Jemima Kirke. Now the personal thread continues, but Cameron’s knack for the controversial and his fixation on fictional characters hasn’t waned. “I think the way people respond to my music ...
- Created on 08 March 2022
- 3. A Few Good Women: Female Athletes to Keep an Eye Out For In The 2021 Tokyo Olympics
- (Entertainment)
- ... to offside rules pic.twitter.com/r7n3xeH1AD — ERIC JEM 🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊 (@mubazieric) July 24, 2021 With members like Alex Morgan and Megan Rapinoe, the US women’s soccer team has spent years at the forefront ...
- Created on 26 July 2021
- 4. Khadijah Robinson's 'The Nile List' Is the Easiest Way to Discover and Support Black-Owned Bran
- (Living)
- ... to create more security for oneself and one’s family.” Supporting Black entrepreneurship has been embedded in Robinson’s values since childhood. While every other family used Aunt Jemima’s syrup (whose ...
- Created on 07 May 2021
- 5. You Know The Manic Pixie Dream Girl. Meet Her Antithesis.
- (Entertainment)
- ... bohemian, and absolutely stunning, Jessa (Jemima Kirke) is easily the most interesting, and most chaotic, out of the four titular girls. She gives up easily, bounces from place to place, pees on the street, ...
- Created on 29 January 2021
- 6. Nick Cannon’s Comments Indicate A Bigger (And Much More Nuanced) Problem
- (Feminism)
- ... Jesus. Jemele Hill also wrote an article following the DeSean Jackson incident for The Atlantic where she stated that “DeSean Jackson’s Hitler moment—and mine—showed that Black Americans’ experience ...
- Created on 17 July 2020
- 7. Celebrating #BLACKOUTDAY2020 By Supporting Black-Owned Businesses
- (Living)
- Today is July 7, 2020 and it is #BlackoutDay2020. The campaign is organized by Blackout Coalition’s founder Calvin Martyr. What does this mean? Instead of supporting big businesses such as Amazon, opt ...
- Created on 07 July 2020
- 8. Mississippi Will Remove State Flag Bearing Confederate Symbol
- (Living)
- This past Sunday, the Mississippi state legislature voted to replace its state flag: the last in the U.S. to display the Confederate battle emblem. Now, the bill goes to Republican Governor Tate Reeves, ...
- Created on 29 June 2020
- 9. The Dixie Chicks Drop the "Dixie" (And A New Protest Song
- (Music)
- ... biracial black cartoon characters, and pancake mix giant Aunt Jemima will be retired due to its racist origins. The Chicks, formerly known as the Dixie Chicks, are the latest to make this kind of change. ...
- Created on 25 June 2020
- 10. Let's Stop Naming American Schools After Confederate
- (Living)
- ... who fought for slavery. It’s not even a fair fight. Header Image by Gratisography via Pexels More from BUST Why Getting Rid Of The Aunt Jemima Brand Isn't Enough “Black Parade” By Beyoncé Is The ...
- Created on 24 June 2020
- 11. Why Won't Men Wear Masks
- (Living)
- ... via Cottonbro / Pexel More from BUST Why Getting Rid Of The Aunt Jemima Brand Isn't Enough Quarantine Holds Different Hardships For Those With Eating Disorders How Pregnant Essential Workers Got ...
- Created on 23 June 2020
- 12. Why Getting Rid Of The Aunt Jemima Brand Isn't Enoug
- (Eat Me)
- ... in many of their brands and logos. Quaker Oats, the subsidiary company of Pepsico, announced on June 17 that they would be retiring their Aunt Jemima products after 131 years. Other companies soon followed ...
- Created on 22 June 2020
- 13. Meet “Far Sector’s” Sojourner Mullein, The First Black Female Green Lantern
- (Books)
- ... first black woman to wield the Lantern ring. She's brought to life by Hugo Award-winning author N.K. Jemisin, with artwork by Jamal Campbell, who also did the art for the comic Naomi. It is noteworthy ...
- Created on 27 March 2020
- 14. Here’s A Round-Up Of The 11 Best Elizabeth Warren Memes From Last Week’s Dem Debate
- (Entertainment)
- ... Warren is done. No need to mention her anymore. Elizabeth Warren: pic.twitter.com/edkUSRGV55 — Jake McClory (@JakeMcClory) February 20, 2020 3. This here GoT reference posted by Jemele Hill, which ...
- Created on 24 February 2020
- 15. How American Women Fell In Love With Halloween
- (Living)
- ... Jemima costume. Patterns for Halloween costumes were available by the 1920s. But not every mother had the skills or time to sew an outfit. Boxed ready-to-wear children’s costumes were available beginning ...
- Created on 31 October 2019
- 16. Octavia E. Butler's "Parable Of The Sower" Post-Apocalyptic Future Hits Too Close To Ho
- (Books)
- ... writings eventually become the basis for a religion called Earthseed: The Books of the Living. The new foreword in this edition by award-winning author N.K. Jemisin references the scary and uncanny parallels ...
- Created on 16 October 2019
- 17. A Woman Was Shot Five Times — Now, She's Indicted In Her Unborn Child's Dea
- (Feminism)
- ... is arguing that the other woman, Ebony Jemison, shot Marshae Jones in self-defense. Five times. But this isn’t just a logic problem meant for students in their first year of law school, and it certainly ...
- Created on 28 June 2019
- 18. A Voice of A Generation: My Complicated Relationship with "Girls
- (TV)
- I didn’t know what to make of Girls the first time I watched it. I remember the hype well. I remember where I was when I first even heard of it, in late 2011. A family vacation to New York merited ...
- Created on 13 June 2019
- 19. 5 Female Geniuses From History You Need To Know
- (Feminism)
- ... stucture of penicillin During all of this Dorothy pioneered new techniques to better capture the structures of even more complex biomolecules. Medicine owes one Dotty one hell of a debt! 3. MAE JEMISON ...
- Created on 15 March 2019
- 20. Week Of Women: February 8-14, 2019
- (Entertainment)
- ... and Tracy Morgan. Out Friday, February 8. Untogether IRL sisters Jemima and Lola Kirke star as two sisters, both dealing with relationship problems—Jemima plays Andrea, a recently-sober, formerly ...
- Created on 06 February 2019
