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Hair Art: The Morbid Trend That Dominated the Victorian Era
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(Living)
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Disembodied hair triggers an almost subconscious reflex of disgust in humans. While natural when attached to a scalp, an errant strand floating in a bowl of tomato soup or a damp wad clogging up a shower ...
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Created on 05 April 2021
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Lysol's Horrifying History Of Marketing Cleaning Products As Birth Contro
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(Living)
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... even a knight of Napoleon Bonaparte’s Legion d’Honneur, the highest French order of merit. Yet, for all her groundbreaking credentials in the 1930s, there seems to be no record of Fabre or her contributions ...
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Created on 25 March 2021
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"Wandavision" Is About Love, Family, And Grief. It's Also About Powerful Wome
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(TV)
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... Vision (see The Avengers: Infinity War) and her twin brother, Pietro (see The Avengers: Age of Ultron.) In order to cope, she created the reality she ached for through the hex. We witness her journey through ...
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Created on 17 March 2021
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Emma Seligman's "Shiva Baby" Is A Screenshot Of Prolonged Adolescence In The Information Age: BUST Intervi
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(Movies)
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Has there ever been a more commonly visited scene in cinema than that of a funeral? The standing-over-the-casket, femme-fatale-in-a-black-netted-veil, umbrellas-shielding-the-protagonist-from-convenient-rain, ...
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Created on 25 February 2021
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Female-Led Indie Movies Dominated Releases This Past Year: Here Are Ten You Should Watch (Without Going To The Theater)
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(Movies)
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It’s no secret that the film industry took a major hit in the past year—cinema culture especially so. I spent the past year primarily enjoying older movies, and not really paying attention to new releases ...
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Created on 16 February 2021
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Sincerity Amidst The Chaos: Valerie Mahaffey and Danielle Macdonald On Playing Absurd Characters In The New Film, "French Exit
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(Entertainment)
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... for every scene, even ones they weren’t in and they shot the apartment scenes in order, a practice that is extremely uncommon in filmmaking. Macdonald and Mahaffey said this added a sense of relaxation ...
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Created on 16 February 2021
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5 Up-And-Coming Women Musicians You Should Know
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(Music)
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... Texarkana, a small town near the Texas/Arkansas border. And she got into music at a young age. “I started making YouTube videos in high school and people fucking ragged on me,” she says. “[But] I started ...
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Created on 28 January 2021
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Biden Re-Entered The United States Into The Paris Climate Agreement On His First Day Of Office, What Next?
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(Living)
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... priorities once taking office have been answered: Biden signed 17 executive orders already.
Really, Biden’s directives primarily target undoing decisions made by the Trump administration. While Biden ...
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Created on 21 January 2021
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Calling All Aesthetes: 10 Activist Artists Who Should Be At The Top Of Your Instagram Feed
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(Arts)
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While social media is primarily used as a tool for keeping updated on the lives of friends, acquaintances, and your favorite celebrities, it can also be an impressive device for keeping yourself updated ...
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Created on 05 January 2021
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Find Perfect Presents For Everyone On Your List And Help Indie Businesses Survive With These Picks From BUST Craftacular’s Holiday Gift Guide!
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(General)
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... first order.
STITCH’D FACTORY stitchdfactory.com From classic styles to innovative creations to patterns to DIY kits, Stitch’D Factory has you covered this season! Whether you want to wear it, make ...
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Created on 09 November 2020
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5 New Mysteries By Women That Will Spook You This Halloween Season
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(Books)
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... between the two women, forcing her to confront her own history in order to bring the case to a close. Fast-paced, clever, and taut, And Now She’s Gone is a gripping crime novel about one complicated woman’s ...
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Created on 23 October 2020
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Exclusive Interview with Pioneering Educator Jane Elliott: Teaching and Understanding Race In 2020
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(Feminism)
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When Jane Elliott walked into her classroom in 1968, she introduced an exercise about racism that is still repeated all over the world. We caught up with the ground-breaking educator to discuss teaching ...
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Created on 16 October 2020
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Celebrated Historian Bettany Hughes Helps Us Face The Future More Fearlessly On BUST's "Poptarts" Podca
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(Poptarts)
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Professor Bettany Hughes is a historian, author, and broadcaster who was awarded an OBE (Order of the British Empire) for her services to history, which makes her the first Dame to ever appear on BUST’s ...
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Created on 08 October 2020
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Canadian Judge Challenges Justice System in Case of Indigenous Women Charged with Drunk Driving
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(Feminism)
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... mental heath support, and addiction treatment; and extensive orders of solitary confinement throughout the Ontario prison system. Ninety percent of the inmates in Kenora were Indigenous, as of 2017.
The ...
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Created on 06 October 2020
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Designer Aurora James Calls On Major Retailers to Make 15 Percent Pledge to Black Businesses
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(Style)
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... to this pledge, it could immediately drive much needed support to Black farmers. Banks will be forced to take them seriously because they will be walking in with major purchase orders from Whole Foods… ...
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Created on 01 September 2020
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16.
Making Sense Of The #FreeBritney Movement
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(Entertainment)
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Britney Spears has been in the public eye since she broke onto the music scene in the ’90s. Since then, Spears has become a staple of popular culture. If you pay attention to what people say about the ...
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Created on 28 August 2020
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Health Is Wealth: Black Plant Based Chefs Bring Community Healing Through Afro-Vegan Food
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(Eat Me)
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... and people of color it's important to heal thyself in order to heal the community. It is my goal to heal my community. Me wanting people to see it takes healing in myself and moving through the double consciousness ...
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Created on 28 August 2020
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This "129 Ways To Get A Husband" Guide from 1958 Is A Feminist's Nightmar
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(Feminism)
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Onto “How To Look Good To Him.” One quick and easy tip: get a sunburn. Men like women who are bright red and peeling at the edges; it’s just sexy. Another easy tip to look good to him is ordering your ...
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Created on 26 August 2020
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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
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(Feminism)
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... won in one fell swoop. Instead, it was a battle that was fought state by state, much like our current election process. In order for the amendment to pass, at least 36 states had to ratify it. Was your ...
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Created on 18 August 2020
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Aja Volkman Of TWO Teaches Us How to "Pull The Knife Out": BUST Premier
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(Music)
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... those are the things that are truly the most destructive things. So honoring the path that you have to go through in order to get to a higher state of mind is important, because the second is shame yoursel ...
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Created on 10 August 2020