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Saints and Sinners: The Madonna-Whore Complex in "Yes, God, Yes
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... coming at her from all directions.
The film offers a unique understanding of the Madonna-whore complex in the stage of life when a person is starting to understand their sexuality and in an ideological ...
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Created on 04 September 2020
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Charlize Theron Opens Up About How Women Are "Unfairly" Treated In The Action Genr
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... rarely got to explore that. There was this fear of putting a woman in places where they cannot shine. I do believe society still has us in the madonna-whore complex box. We can be really good hookers or ...
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Created on 30 July 2020
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Sarah Cooper’s Satirical Trump Impressions Are The Only Thing Keeping Me Sane Until Election Day
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... the 2020 timeline:
I am not excited to have lived long enough to see the moment Madonna became a Karen pic.twitter.com/jn22ZGiZf5
— Sarah Cooper (@sarahcpr) July 29, 2020
We take moments of relief ...
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Created on 29 July 2020
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Why Some Women Choose To Pay For Sex
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(Sex)
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... sexual services were either sluts or victims of male sex workers. These dichotomized approaches—not unlike the traditional Madonna/whore stereotypes—may be because we haven’t really seen much evidence ...
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Created on 17 April 2020
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Natalie Portman’s Cape and 9 Other Feminist Moments We Loved From The 92nd Academy Awards
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(Entertainment)
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... of “Cheek to Cheek,” Madonna’s “Vogue” and “The Thong Song.” It’s safe to say that we could have watched them go back and forth for the remainder of the evening.
7. Best Score winner Hildur Gudnadóttir’s ...
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Created on 10 February 2020
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What New Generations Can Learn From Elizabeth Wurtzel's Legac
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(Books)
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... book review called her “Sylvia Plath with the ego of Madonna.” The memoir detailed her relationship with her body, her mental health, her relationship to sex, and addiction. Her work was dark but brutally ...
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Created on 07 January 2020
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27.
Why Women Are Rejecting the Term "Anti-Aging
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(Living)
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... what you don’t.
Top photo via Pixabay / sabinevanerp
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Colleen Heidemann Proves That Fashion And Fun Don't End At 50
Madonna Perfectly Called Out Sexism And Ageism In Her Billboard ...
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Created on 22 November 2019
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28.
It's Fluevog Season — Celebrate With This New Boo
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(Style)
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... has never withered from his spiritual vision of fun, unique, and quality footwear. Artists and celebrities from Madonna and Alice Cooper to Lady Gaga and Beyoncé have all been loyal fans of the Fluevog ...
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Created on 15 November 2019
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The Woman Behind "Reviving Ophelia" Reflects On Teen Girls' Mental Health, Then & No
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(Feminism)
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... and celebrity references. For what it’s worth, I did plead my case that Madonna’s music and style were actually empowering and that rap music could be entertaining, but by and large, the themes the book ...
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Created on 24 September 2019
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30.
"Vox Lux" Doesn't Live Up To Its Ambitio
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(Movies)
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Vox Lux Written and Directed by Brady Corbet
Writer/director Brady Corbet brings us a new kind of faux-doc with this drama about a fictional pop star named Celeste—one name, like Madonna or Cher. ...
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Created on 07 December 2018
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31.
"The Periodic Table of Feminism" Sheds Light On Feminism's Forgotten Trailblaze
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(Books)
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... to see musicians like the Spice Girls and Beyoncé featured in the book, while Madonna is left out—yet she’s mentioned in bios about other women. Surely, Bate felt Madonna was influential enough to use ...
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Created on 07 November 2018
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32.
Watch L.A.-Based Band Miserable's Message To A "Loverbo
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(Music)
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... of 2014 drama Faults). Riley was so kind and easy to work with. He had never acted before the video but I found him to be a natural. We shot at Madonna Inn. I was obviously inspired by Dario Argento’s ...
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Created on 02 October 2018
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33.
Cher, On Love And Life Circa 2003: From The BUST Archives
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(Music)
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... held high, then all things are possible. Before Britney, J. Lo, and even Madonna, there was Cher. And, in all probability, after Britney, J. Lo, and even Madonna, there will be Cher. Take that, you bitches! ...
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Created on 23 August 2018
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34.
21 New Albums To Take You From Summer To Fall
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(Music)
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... certainly the hot-pink kineticism of “Immaterial” and sensitivity of “It’s Okay to Cry” have benefitted from SOPHIE’s recent experience producing for Charli XCX and Madonna. There are moments on Oil of ...
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Created on 16 August 2018
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35.
Gloria Steinem And Kathleen Hanna On Feminism, Riot Grrrl, And The Sexual Revolution: From The BUST Archives
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(Feminism)
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... sense.
At the same time that Cyndi Lauper was getting so popular, Madonna was getting really popular, too. How did you each feel about her?
GLORIA: What interested me about her was that, in the beginning, ...
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Created on 15 August 2018
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36.
How Well Do You Know BUST Magazine? Take The Quiz
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(Feminism)
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... on the cover of BUST? a. Gloria Steinem b. Madonna c. Missy Elliott d. Thurston Moore
By Emily Rems This article originally appeared in the June/July 2018 print edition of BUST Magazine. Subscribe today! ...
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Created on 19 June 2018
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37.
A Queer Catholic On The Met Gala And "Heavenly Bodies
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(Style)
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... a reference to the Weeping Madonna story/legend/folktale (depends on who you ask.) Of course, in between, you had edgy snoozers like Liza Koshy’s Wednesday Addams getup.
Our Lady of Sorrows, ...
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Created on 11 June 2018
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38.
How Living In Post-Jim Jones Guyana Without TV or Technology Shaped My Life
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(Living)
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... boxes, graffiti on subways, and MTV—awaited. Michael Jackson, Madonna, Prince, and Whitney in their many music videos? I wouldn’t have missed it for the world! Still, with all the noise of my urban life, ...
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Created on 17 May 2018
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39.
Natasha Lyonne On Fame, Love And Monogamy: From The BUST Archives
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(TV)
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... it’s weird that our standards for appropriate female behavior have kind of advanced in certain levels, but have regressed at other points. Like, Madonna having a child at 40 means that she’s out of her ...
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Created on 27 April 2018
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40.
8 Subversive Women Artists To Know
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(Arts)
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... the female search for identity in a world that either defines their bodies as a Madonna to be worshiped or a whore to be shamed. Openly feminist, her work explores what it is to be a woman in what is still ...
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Created on 29 March 2018