- 21. Fran Lebowitz Views New York Through The Lens Of Its Past In Scorsese's "Pretend It's A Ci
- (TV)
- ... nicknames for New York City, America’s most iconic metropolis. Pretend It’s a City on Netflix toes the dangerous precipice of New York City’s most irritating cliches, but Lebowitz’s grounded, derisive ...
- Created on 04 February 2021
- 22. Dolly Parton Is Here To Save Us From Forever-Quarantine
- (Living)
- ... of research, the Moderna vaccine is now 94.5 percent effective against the Coronavirus, and vaccinations could begin for at-risk groups as soon as late December. According to the New York Times, Dolly ...
- Created on 19 November 2020
- 23. Here's How Georgia's Stacey Abrams Saved America: Exclusive BUST Intervi
- (Feminism)
- ... New York, my phone rang. It was Ms. Abrams. I told her we were about to take off, and she quickly said: “Listen to me, before we hang up, I just want to say that everything is going to be OK. You’ll see. ...
- Created on 05 November 2020
- 24. Could The War On Drugs Finally Be Coming To An End?
- (Living)
- ... Voters in Mississippi and South Dakota legalized medical marijuana. Arizona, Montana, New Jersey, and South Dakota legalized marijuana for recreational purposes. In Oregon, voters supported Measure 110, ...
- Created on 04 November 2020
- 25. The Lesbians Are Alright
- (Living)
- ... one another throughout the day. Sure, the economy is collapsing and many of us are on the daily brink of a mental health crisis, but these are not new ways of living. The majority of queer folks have battled ...
- Created on 08 October 2020
- 26. The Seattle Storm Dedicate Their WNBA Championship Victory To Black Women And Girls
- (Entertainment)
- ... forward Alysha Clark stepped up to complement their newly healed teammates. Stewart secured the MVP title with a unanimous vote. This electrifying championship run ended the shortened 22-game season ...
- Created on 07 October 2020
- 27. Donald And Melania Trump Test Positive For COVID-19
- (General)
- ... CNN reports that many White House officials knew that Hope Hicks, a senior counselor to the (impeached) president, had tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday morning but encouraged Trump to attend a ...
- Created on 02 October 2020
- 28. You Go Girl: Why Traveling to Atlantic City during COVID Felt Safer Than Staying Home
- (Living)
- ... all spent their humble honeymoons and was the setting for a seedy 1980 crime drama starring Susan Sarandon. But a recent visit to the shiny, new Hard Rock Hotel & Casino—a miraculous re-build over the ...
- Created on 28 September 2020
- 29. And The Winner Is... Naomi Osaka
- (Entertainment)
- ... Rice. This statement is not new to Osaka who has invested her three years of tennis fame into bringing awareness to injustices in the United States policing system. In July, she wrote an op-ed for Esquire ...
- Created on 14 September 2020
- 30. Brazil Announces Equal Pay For Women and Men Soccer Players
- (Living)
- In May, The U.S. women's soccer team filed to appeal to a district court decision that dismissed their calls for equal pay. So far, there have not been many updates. However, there was some big news ...
- Created on 10 September 2020
- 31. The 100th Anniversary of (Some) Women's Suffrage: Did YOUR state support women's right to vote? Check this state-by-state history of the fight for suffrage in Ameri
- (Feminism)
- ... Maine Like many states in New England, Maine was a hub of suffragist activism early on. Prominent suffrage leaders frequented the state to encourage the movement throughout the 1850s, including Lucy ...
- Created on 18 August 2020
- 32. Hey 19: The Wild True Story Of America's First Women-Led Terrorist Grou
- (General)
- ... Facility for Women in New Jersey. Now with the Brinks robbery, however, it was suddenly Buck, Clark, and Rosenberg—who escaped arrest but were identified in later witness testimony—who found themselves ...
- Created on 30 July 2020
- 33. Virginia Hair Discrimination Law Now In Effect, Leaves Only 44 States Left To Go
- (Living)
- In March, Virginia passed The CROWN Act and became the fourth state to do so. Other states that have passed the CROWN Act are California, New York, Colorado, New Jersey, and Washington. The CROWN Act ...
- Created on 07 July 2020
- 34. Women’s Roller Derby Has a Plan That Will Roll COVID’s Ass Over
- (Living)
- ... a biostatistician at the University of New Mexico, Nikki McCorristin (aka Trauma), an infection control nurse in Salt Lake City, and Bobbiejean Garcia (aka BG Smack) came together to develop what may be ...
- Created on 07 July 2020
- 35. New Jersey DOH Exempts Doulas From Hospital Delivery Support Person Limits During Coronavirus
- (Feminism)
- In the state of New Jersey, the Department of Health issued an executive directive that exempted doulas from the limits on support persons during a pregnant person’s hospital stay during the COVID-19 ...
- Created on 30 June 2020
- 36. Don’t Understand #DefundThePolice? Here Are 8 Online Activists and Resources That Might Help
- (Feminism)
- ... step into cultivating a community-based model for safety. This might sound radical to some, but Minneapolis is actually not the first city to do this. Seven years ago, Camden, New Jersey disbanded their ...
- Created on 12 June 2020
- 37. Gov. Cuomo Supports Bill Criminalizing False Reports Based On Race
- (Living)
- ... returned to her. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo requested a bill that makes false police reports based on race a hate crime to be passed as soon as possible. This comes almost as an immediate response ...
- Created on 09 June 2020
- 38. May Calamawy Talks Independence, Faith, And Representation In “Ramy”: BUST Interview
- (TV)
- Dena wasn’t like the other roles May Calamawy had seen for Arab women. When she auditioned for the role of Ramy’s sister in the eponymous Hulu series Ramy, she wasn’t playing a character that was ...
- Created on 28 May 2020
- 39. Week Of Women: Lady Gaga, Tracee Ellis Ross, and Dakota Johnson
- (Entertainment)
- We’re celebrating the start of the month with new books, new shows to stream, and—of course—new Gaga. Read on for what’s on BUST’s radar this week. MOVIES/TV In My Skin The latest UK hit to ...
- Created on 28 May 2020
- 40. The Horrifying Reality of Child Marriage and Why Only Three States in America Have Banned It
- (Feminism)
- ... license with court approval. Those between the ages of 16 and 18 could get a marriage license with parental consent. Only Delaware and New Jersey also ban child marriage. And only since 2018. Unchained ...
- Created on 18 May 2020
