- 1. Burger King’s Ironic, Misogynistic Tweet, and Why it Should Actually Matter To You
- (Feminism)
- ... that the UK timezone just got first. They can decide against tweeting it from the US account but they couldn't pull the New York Times ad fast enough🤷♂️ pic.twitter.com/i4EvOCdFDF — Thomas ‘TomSka’ Ridgewell ...
- Created on 09 March 2021
- 2. What’s So Funny? Pop Culture Still Doesn’t Know How To Handle Bulimia
- (Entertainment)
- ... genetic as well as environmental factors. Often linked with OCD, depression, and anxiety disorder, those with bulimia are 7.5 times more likely to die through suicide than the general population. And yet, ...
- Created on 17 September 2020
- 3. Comedian And Writer Greg Mania Unpacks His New Memoir, “Born To Be Public”: BUST Interview
- (Books)
- ... I had that window in my early childhood. I hope we can expand that window more in the future, so it’s no longer a window but our reality. I was reading about your OCD and your chronic body pain, which ...
- Created on 28 August 2020
- 4. Why I Spend Three Hours a Day Looking in The Mirror
- (Living)
- My eyes are two completely different shapes. One lid is hooded, the other is not. One eyebrow is significantly lower than the other. I know this because I spend approximately three hours of each day ...
- Created on 14 April 2020
- 5. The Woman Behind "Reviving Ophelia" Reflects On Teen Girls' Mental Health, Then & No
- (Feminism)
- ... Our Lives). Interviews with activist girls appear as a new section in our revised edition of Reviving. “I have friends with debilitating problems like cutting and OCD. It’s frustrating because I ...
- Created on 24 September 2019
- 6. My Depression Owes You An Apology (And So Do I)
- (Living)
- ... around, a draw bag of depression and functioning addiction and an eating disorder that switched places with my OCD and anxiety. This is how mental illness becomes a festering wound: a specific shame that ...
- Created on 04 June 2019
- 7. More Women Are Speaking Out About Extreme Morning Sickness—And Doctors Are Finally Realizing It's Not All In Their Head
- (Living)
- According to the National Organization for Rare Diseases (NORD), morning sickness plagues up to 90% of pregnancies. Nausea and vomiting because of pregnancy are often written off as an expected side ...
- Created on 11 December 2018
- 8. It Took Me 23 Years To Get Diagnosed With ADHD. It Takes Many Women Even Longer.
- (Feminism)
- ... that part. Photo: www.amenclinics.com / Flickr Creative Commons More from BUST Why ADHD Is A Feminist Issue And What Happens When It's Overlooked What The Media Gets Wrong About OCD "Eternity Girl" ...
- Created on 04 December 2018
- 9. "Nickel And Dimed" Author Barbara Ehrenreich On The State Of The Fight For A Living Wag
- (Books)
- ... I'm just not suited for lab work. I'm not OCD enough. The obvious bridge for me was to get involved with the politics of healthcare, specifically in healthcare for the poor. I joined a little sort of radical ...
- Created on 16 October 2018
- 10. Shannon Purser Takes The Lead With "Sierra Burgess Is A Loser": BUST Intervie
- (Movies)
- ... to approve my body. Thanks.”); LGBTQ representation (she came out as bisexual on Twitter in 2017); and mental health (she wrote an essay for Teen Vogue about experiencing OCD, depression, and suicidal ...
- Created on 05 September 2018
- 11. What The Media Gets Wrong About OCD
- (Living)
- Every few months I say I'm going to write it. My big OCD opus. I say it's going to be an article or a film or a novel—a few times I've started writing a screenplay or a short story exploring the mad world ...
- Created on 16 August 2018
- 12. BUST Readers Share Their Memories For Our 25th Anniversary
- (Living)
- ... OCD and depression. That year, my mom found BUST’s Summer 2004 issue with Jena Malone on the cover and brought it to me because she thought I’d like it. I did! I ended up subscribing, and I read every ...
- Created on 25 July 2018
- 13. How Prozac Helped Me Step Back From The OCD Ledge
- (Living)
- ... really ended. When I think back, I’ve had OCD tendencies for as long as I can remember. When I was a child, I would save scraps of paper and plastic around the house in fear that bad men may come to ...
- Created on 09 March 2018
- 14. The 'Powerpuff Girls' Reboot Is Perfect For Budding Feminists As Well As Nostalgic Adult
- (TV)
- ... one of the episodes that focused on Blossom's potential Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. As someone who has lived with OCD all my life, it's refreshing to see the often misunderstood illness presented to ...
- Created on 10 April 2017
- 15. Where Is Mara Wilson Now? BUST Interview
- (Books)
- ... well as more serious topics like the death of her mother and Mara’s diagnosis with OCD. So, where is Mara now? Well, everywhere. She’s super active on Twitter, where she has over 300,000 followers ...
- Created on 14 September 2016
- 16. Why Stephen Fry's Comments About Sexual Abuse And Mental Health Are Harmful To Survivor
- (Feminism)
- ... to make it out of bed to begin another day, praying that this day won’t be as bad as the last. I’m completely and utterly housebound due to the severity of my various disorders, a cruel cocktail of OCD, ...
- Created on 21 April 2016
- 17. Jessica Williams On Beyoncé, Feminism, And Dealing With Haters: BUST Interview
- (TV)
- ... of anxiety has come up in several of the interviews I’ve read with her. “Oh yeah,” she replies. “I have anxiety and OCD [Obsessive Compulsive Disorder]. I go to therapy twice a week.” Therapy, she says, ...
- Created on 12 February 2016
- 18. 7 Grown-Up Coloring Books That Will Keep You Busy This Winter
- (Books)
- ... indulge your OCD tendencies by penciling in a complex pattern, or simply zone out for a bit with a meditative marker sesh, there are now tons of coloring books out there designed for adults to enjoy. Dawn ...
- Created on 30 November 2015
- 19. Rapper Remy Ma: Fresh Out of Prison and Ready to Take Back Her Throne
- (Music)
- ... “and there’s a lot more respect if your husband is doing that as opposed to your boyfriend.” The two are now living together for the first time—a challenge for Remy, who has OCD. And she’s also reunited ...
- Created on 25 December 2014
- 20. Speed Sisters Race From the Middle East to International Screens
- (Movies)
- The stereotype of women and driving in the Middle East is that the two do not mix (aren’t allowed to in the case of Saudi Arabia). But there’s a group of women overcoming this stereotype by doing ...
- Created on 09 October 2013
