- 1. Bilal Baig's "Sort Of" is Back and Queerer Than Ever for Season 2: BUST Intervi
- (TV)
- ... discomfort in seeing my face at the center of something,” Baig explains. “I know it’s meant a lot for queer and trans South Asian, specifically Muslim, people, but I don’t think our world is completely ...
- Created on 02 December 2022
- 2. Issa Rae and Jenny Slate Are Back With Brand New Projects: Our Top 10 Pop Culture Picks For Summer
- (Entertainment)
- ... isn’t a big payoff. 5. Ms. Marvel on Disney+ Coming to Disney+ June 8, Ms. Marvel is the first Pakistani-Muslim-American superhero to have her own comic book and series. The show stars Iman Vellani ...
- Created on 02 June 2022
- 3. "Even Though I'm A Muslim Woman, I Still Experience The Same Things You Do." Yuna, The Malaysian Singer Sounds-Off On Modesty In The World Of R
- (Music)
- If you haven’t heard of Malaysian singer-songwriter Yuna, you’re missing out on life. Since moving to America at 23, the Muslim singer has worked hard to carve out her own lane in the world of r&b ...
- Created on 18 May 2022
- 4. "The Sex Lives of African Women" Aims to Help African Women Decolonize Their Sexuality By Sharing Their Storie
- (Books)
- ... a more hopeful, sex-positive stance, centered around truth and healing. The book features stories of women like Nura, a Muslim woman from Kenya struggling to adjust to her polygamous marriage; Amina, ...
- Created on 11 March 2022
- 5. "Breaking Bread," a New Documentary on the 'A-Sham' Israeli Food Festival, Provides a Portrait of Joyous Coexisten
- (Eat Me)
- ... Dr. Nof Atamna-Ismaeel, a microbiologist and mother of three from a small Arab town in Northern Israel, was the first Arab-Muslim to win Israeli MasterChef at just 33 years old. Since winning, Atamna-Ismaeel ...
- Created on 25 January 2022
- 6. 10 Must-Watch TV Shows To Get Your Cathartic Coming-Of-Age Fix Now That ‘PEN15’ Is Over
- (TV)
- ... show, We Are Lady Parts. Creator Nida Manzoor (who previously directed episodes for Doctor Who and Enterprice), is the writer and director of this British sitcom about an all-female, all Muslim punk band ...
- Created on 19 January 2022
- 7. Holy shit, holy shit, holy f'in shit—"We are Lady Parts" is phenomena
- (TV)
- “We Are Lady Parts,” written and directed by Nida Manzoor, is a hilarious British TV show about an all-girl, Muslim punk band. It’s fronted and supported by a cast of sexy as hell people of color of ...
- Created on 15 June 2021
- 8. UPS Finally Lifts Ban On Natural and Protective Black Hairstyles
- (Living)
- ... and dreadlocks. In 2018, UPS settled a case for $4.9 million with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, which states that the company neglected to hire Muslims, Sikhs, Rastafarians, and others ...
- Created on 18 November 2020
- 9. YA Author Tahereh Mafi On Why Style Matters To Her: A BUST Interview
- (Style)
- ... your style? The choices I make as a visibly Muslim woman are never seen with nuance. It’s like a sledgehammer of stereotypes and misinformation. I can’t tell you how many women have said to me, “If you ...
- Created on 13 November 2020
- 10. Meet Some Of TIME100's Most Influential Women of 202
- (Feminism)
- TIME magazine released their annual list of 100 most influential people last night during a live televised event in collaboration with ABC. Of the 100 listed, 54 are women and seven of them grace TIME’s ...
- Created on 23 September 2020
- 11. "Proud Islamophobe" and Far-Right Conspiracy Theorist Laura Loomer Just Won A Republican Nomination In Florid
- (Feminism)
- ... with United West, an organization that the Southern Poverty Law Center deems actively anti-Muslim. An agitator and provocateur, Loomer has been banned from virtually every social media platform, including, ...
- Created on 19 August 2020
- 12. France Still Bans Burqas and Niqabs Despite New Compulsory Face Mask Mandate
- (Feminism)
- ... and other kinds of head and face coverings in 2011. The French government claimed that the ban was set in place because they believed full face coverings were a violation of women’s freedoms. Many Muslim ...
- Created on 18 May 2020
- 13. Celebrate National Poetry Month With These 5 Collections
- (Books)
- ... Halal If You Hear Me (Haymarket 2019), an anthology that celebrates Muslim writers who are also women, queer, gender nonconforming and/or trans. Ada Limón || The Carrying Ada Limón is the author ...
- Created on 07 April 2020
- 14. Nike Unveils New Modest Swimwear Line
- (Style)
- On Tuesday, Nike announced they will be releasing The Nike Victory Swim Collection-- a line of swimsuits catering to modest women, particularly those in the Muslim community. The line will include ...
- Created on 13 December 2019
- 15. Boris Johnson Offends Women of The World (Again)
- (Feminism)
- ... may have caught up to him. Let us not forget that he has called Muslim women “letterboxes”; used the phrase “watermelon smiles” in reference to Black people, and “tank-topped bumboys” to degrade gay ...
- Created on 04 December 2019
- 16. The Woman Behind "Reviving Ophelia" Reflects On Teen Girls' Mental Health, Then & No
- (Feminism)
- ... are struggling to meet basic needs. We have seen a sharp rise in anti-Semitic, anti-Muslim, anti-immigrant, and anti-refugee rhetoric, and an increase in race-based hate crimes. And, most significantly, ...
- Created on 24 September 2019
- 17. 5 Great New Books By Women To Curl Up with This Fall
- (Books)
- ... confining “angry Black woman” stereotype. Sheryl Ring discusses how misgendering is in fact an act of erasure. And Shaheen Pasha shares the layered complexity of being angry while Muslim American. These ...
- Created on 05 September 2019
- 18. Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib Are Holding Their Ground
- (General)
- ... Unfortunately, the trip consisting of the first and only Muslim women of Congress will not be happening. After Trump tweeted Thursday that it would show weakness for Israel to allow the Congresswoman to ...
- Created on 16 August 2019
- 19. Megan Rapinoe Basically Said F*ck The White House, And This Is How Trump Responded
- (Feminism)
- ... Chastain And Megan Rapinoe Talk Empowering Women On And Off The Field: BUST Interview How The U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team Is Celebrating—And Fighting For—All Of Us SCOTUS Rules In Favor Of Muslim ...
- Created on 26 June 2019
- 20. Joe Biden Opposes Hyde Amendment—After Supporting It For Forty Years
- (Feminism)
- ... position on abortion as a de fide doctrine. Life begins at conception. That’s the church’s judgement.” He continues, saying “I refuse to impose it on equally devout Christians and Muslims and Jews....I ...
- Created on 07 June 2019
