- 1. A Judy Blume Documentary, Queer Werewolves, and Trans Sex Worker Stories at Sundance Film Festival 2023 - BUST Reviews
- (Movies)
- ... colorful collages, and supplemented with a series of interviews with industry professionals, family members, and celebritiy fans like Samantha Bee, Lena Dunham, and Molly Ringwald, directors Davina Pardo ...
- Created on 26 January 2023
- 2. Sharp Stick: Lena Dunham's Dive Into Sex, Lovability, & The Space In Betwee
- (Movies)
- Writer and director Lena Dunham’s latest project, Sharp Stick, is a reflection on sexuality and the desire to feel seen. The film follows Sarah Jo (Kristine Froseth), a 26-year-old caregiver for children ...
- Created on 22 August 2022
- 3. #FREEMEG and The Long History of Women Fighting Record Labels
- (Music)
- ... rocky seven-year relationship. On social media, Tinashe expressed concerns that the label focused more on her labelmate ZAYN and delayed her sophomore album Joyride. She also explained to Lena Dunham the ...
- Created on 02 March 2020
- 4. What New Generations Can Learn From Elizabeth Wurtzel's Legac
- (Books)
- ... the over-sharer before the world knew what that meant. She was a Lena Dunham before we could define what that meant (controversial, messy, and often a contradiction). And, as Wurtzel said herself in a ...
- Created on 07 January 2020
- 5. The Sexist Way STIs Are Discussed — And Diagnosed
- (Sex)
- ... If there are examples of characters faced with the realities of contracting other STIs/STDs, it is almost always thrown away as a joke or a one-off plotline. For example, the time Lena Dunham’s alter-ego ...
- Created on 01 November 2019
- 6. Fat Roles and Fat Rolls: What the Ursula Casting Tells Us About Roles for Fat Women and Femmes
- (Movies)
- You may have heard that Disney has cast Melissa McCarthy as Ursula in the upcoming Little Mermaid live action movie. If your timeline is anything like mine (full of fat people who are especially protective ...
- Created on 02 August 2019
- 7. A Voice of A Generation: My Complicated Relationship with "Girls
- (TV)
- ... Lena Dunham herself, her behavior through the years has tested the limits of what other lefty millennials like myself usually chalk up to being a “problematic fave” to being just plain problematic. Responding ...
- Created on 13 June 2019
- 8. "The Bisexual" Confronts Bisexual Stereotypes At The Cost Of Characterizatio
- (TV)
- ... “The bisexual writer,” “the bisexual Lena Dunham,” “the bisexual playwright.” After having this phrase become so closely intertwined with her artistic identity, Akhavan realized that she wanted to spend ...
- Created on 18 January 2019
- 9. Is Lena Dunham Really The Best Person To Write A Syrian Refugee Story?
- (Movies)
- Lena Dunham has established herself through writing that satirizes a specific sort of individual: self-absorbed, young, white. Her resume includes Tiny Furniture (recent white college graduate), Girls ...
- Created on 30 October 2018
- 10. BUST's 10 Best Bets For October And November 201
- (Entertainment)
- ... to her explosion as a solo act in the ’80s to her status today as a truly revered music pioneer. Camping on HBO Anne Marie Fox/HBO Producing partners Lena Dunham and Jenni Konner are back at HBO with ...
- Created on 01 October 2018
- 11. Lena Waithe and Luis Fonsi Lead the #LoveTravels Launch Event
- (Feminism)
- ... crowd: finely-dressed youths profoundly hungry for progress. Many also came out to see the program’s keynote speakers: actor/writer Lena Waithe and singer/activist Luis Fonsi. Earlier in the night, BUST ...
- Created on 27 September 2018
- 12. Revolve Releases, Then Pulls Lena Dunham-Designed "Being Fat Is Not Beautiful" Sweatshir
- (Feminism)
- In the latest misguided attempt at subversive clothing, Revolve released—and then removed—a capsule collection of sweatshirts designed by LPA and Lena Dunham in a collaboration. The sweatshirts were ...
- Created on 13 September 2018
- 13. 25 Top Feminist Pop-Culture Moments From The Past 25 Years
- (Entertainment)
- ... March 3, 2012: Members of the Russian punk band Pussy Riot are arrested for staging a performance protest in a Moscow cathedral. April 15, 2012: Girls premieres on HBO. Created by and starring Lena ...
- Created on 23 July 2018
- 14. These 3 New Books Give Us An Inside Look At Women In Showbiz
- (Books)
- ... of thoughtful essays, this hefty volume is also a juicy read for those who love the many ways female comics use their art to question the patriarchy. Wanda Sykes, Ellen DeGeneres, Lena Dunham, and Lily ...
- Created on 20 June 2018
- 15. Nicole Arbour's "Women's Edit" Of "This Is America" Is Classic, Cringeworthy White Femi
- (Feminism)
- ... of color. We as a society see this happen by neglecting to discuss the ways in which the words of a white woman can be disruptive to women of color. For instance, there was Lena Dunham’s defense of her ...
- Created on 12 June 2018
- 16. Laurie Simmons Lets You Escape The Real World In “My Art” : BUST Review
- (Movies)
- ... attempts to climb a tree), and Meryl, played by Simmon’s daughter Lena Dunham, who provides the young successful perspective that Ellie needs to jumpstart her personal revolution. The most refreshing ...
- Created on 03 January 2018
- 17. Lena Dunham Defends Alleged Rapist And Zinzi Clemmons Shuts Her Down
- (Feminism)
- Lena Dunham, a writer and actress who has built her career preaching feminism and empowerment, has released a public apology after an equally public endorsement of a Girls writer and executive producer ...
- Created on 20 November 2017
- 18. "It Happened In LA" Director Michelle Morgan Talks Writing So-Called Unlikable Women: BUST Intervie
- (Movies)
- ... their inspiration with so many recent revelations about men we once admired, but I had to ask. Morgan cited Lena Dunham’s Tiny Furniture as one source of inspiration, but lamented the lack of women who ...
- Created on 13 November 2017
- 19. Sia Tweets Her Nudes Before Sleazy Paps Can Sell Them
- (Feminism)
- ... Her Rejected Songs On The Excellent 'This Is Acting' Jennifer Lawrence Adds Her Voice To The Tsunami Of Disturbing Stories Of Hollywood Harassment So Lena Dunham Did An Interpretive Dance To Sia's "Chandelier" ...
- Created on 07 November 2017
- 20. Gina Rodriguez Of "Jane The Virgin" On Her Boyfriend, Her Feminism, And Her Plan To Make TV More Inclusiv
- (Feminism)
- ... ever had. But I got destroyed, I got hate, I got people telling me they were going to kill me because I was going to throw off the election. It sucked.” It was Lena Dunham, ultimately, who gave Rodriguez ...
- Created on 22 September 2017
