- 1. 5 Creators Fighting Diet Culture That Go Beyond Body Positivity
- (Living)
- ... a lot of white men in suits make quite the pretty penny off of the self-hatred we have been taught to hold on to. As a result, refusing to buy into the ideas diet culture teaches us is significant economically, ...
- Created on 26 January 2023
- 2. From The BUST Archives: Buffy Sainte-Marie Discusses Her 2009 Album "Running For The Drum," Feminism, The 1960's, and Breastfeeding On "Sesame Street?" ...
- (Music)
- ... I was kicked out of the U.S. [market] pretty early, when Lyndon Johnson came along, and recently, I found out that I was on Richard Nixon’s enemies list. B: Were you blacklisted by the government ...
- Created on 10 October 2022
- 3. Beth Ditto Talks Switch To Acting, and Latest Role In The Country Music Drama "Monarch." Plus, New Music From Gossip? ...
- (TV)
- ... machine, I love that thing. So, I have a pretty banging craft room and I spend a lot of time in there.” Ditto also confesses that one of her greatest pleasures in life is the decidedly unpunk pastime of ...
- Created on 12 September 2022
- 4. Before Nirvana And Soundgarden, A Young Black Performer Named Tina Bell Was Making Grunge Rock But You Have Probably Never Heard Of Her.
- (Music)
- ... on his shoulder from never being seen or recognized for who they were or their contributions to the scene.” “They were both pretty unstable at that point,” T.J. says of his family’s return to the U.S. ...
- Created on 10 August 2022
- 5. May Was National Masturbation Month. Here Are 10 Things I Learned From Self-Pleasuring (Almost) Everyday For 1 Month
- (Sex)
- ... I even stated my intention as “approaching the month with a playful curiousity”. Thirty-one days of touching myself for the sake of science, no problem. The rules or suggestions were pretty simple: She ...
- Created on 31 May 2022
- 6. What Women’s History Month Means To Me As A Young Black Woman in America... And It's Not What You Thin
- (Feminism)
- ... we must take action.” Though Women’s History Month started as an International Women’s Month holiday, the focus on intersectionality has been pretty recent. I remember as a junior in high school, during ...
- Created on 30 March 2022
- 7. Lizzo, Melanie Lynskey, Barbie Ferreira, And More Are Calling Out Body-Shamers
- (Entertainment)
- ... body. "She says, 'You are so pretty. You have a beautiful face and you have beautiful hair.' And I mean, I look like this, and my face is covered, but I'm like, 'Oh, thank you!' " Holliday said. "But she ...
- Created on 14 March 2022
- 8. The Sustainable Fashion Trends You Should Be Adding To Your Shopping Cart This Year
- (Style)
- ... to cost a pretty penny.” It has become no secret that sustainability matters to consumers. Offering a funky and fun shopping experience that makes us feel good about our purchases. But 2022’s sustainable ...
- Created on 12 January 2022
- 9. Hashing It Out: #MeToo Trailblazer Tarana Burke Opens Up About Her Message of Solidarity and Writing Her Remarkable New Memoir, Unbound
- (Feminism)
- ... definitely scary to be so open. I felt like I took my diary, wrapped it in a pretty cover and said, ‘Here y’all, read my business!’” Unbound is also decidedly not about moguls and movie stars. “I could ...
- Created on 14 September 2021
- 10. Say Their Name: "My Name is Pauli Murray" Directors Betsy West and Julie Cohen, Talk About the Amazing Life of the Civil Rights Activist, Lawyer, and Gender-Bending Episcopal Priest, and Their Impact on ...
- (Feminism)
- ... had many degrees and many accomplishments, and so we were able to document that in the film. It's pretty thrilling that a few years ago, Yale University named one of its colleges, Pauli Murray College. ...
- Created on 13 September 2021
- 11. St. Vincent, Tarana Burke, Courtney Stodden, Hailie Sahar, Women Who Get "Happy Endings", and more, in BUST's New Fall 2021 Issue, Out toda
- (Entertainment)
- ... LIFE Pasta that’s almost too pretty to eat; set boundaries like a champ; grow sprouts at home; and more. Eat Me Gluten-free sides for a tummy-friendly T-day. By Chef Rossi good to ...
- Created on 31 August 2021
- 12. Get to Know Maddie Dragsbaek As She Discusses Making a Short Film, Learning How To Be Patient With Yourself, Finding Your Medium, And More: BUST Interview
- (Entertainment)
- ... want your viewers to know/understand about you? This feels like a hard question because I feel pretty understood online, which is so rare. I feel so much of my younger life, I felt really misunderstood. ...
- Created on 15 April 2021
- 13. Does "The U.S. vs Billie Holiday" Give Holiday’s Legacy The Justice It Deserves?
- (Movies)
- ... questioning how much Lady Day’s voice actually rang through. Is the film just another pretty picture, or does it successfully give Holiday’s legacy the justice it deserves? This latest attempt at bringing ...
- Created on 04 March 2021
- 14. Meet the Next Generation of Superstar Activists: Exclusive BUST Interviews
- (Feminism)
- ... way of being that isn’t based on capitalism or patriarchy or white supremacy. It’s based on community.” Selena the Stripper (@prettyboygirl) A dynamic 28-year-old stripper, sex-worker advocate, ...
- Created on 15 February 2021
- 15. “Brag Better” Author Meredith Fineman Wants You To Advocate For Yourself: BUST Interview
- (Books)
- ... and not helpful. At the end of the day, I care that women feel good talking about themselves and their work because it is so complicated and it’s a deep act of vulnerability. It’s not always pretty to ...
- Created on 05 November 2020
- 16. The Feminist Guide to Sex Education You Didn’t Get in School
- (Sex)
- ... clits get hard [or] erect and penises get wet, i.e. pre-cum. I love that wetness is celebrated in this song, but wetness is not exclusive to female sexuality, either. I’m pretty into wet-ass penis — I’m ...
- Created on 24 September 2020
- 17. 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)
- ... pushing for “literacy tests” for voting. Recently, Kentucky almost passed the heartbeat bill and has lots of restrictions for abortions even though it used to be pretty progressive for abortions. Tennessee ...
- Created on 18 August 2020
- 18. The Band Formerly Known Lady Antebellum Is Suing A Black Singer For The Name Lady A (And We’re Tired of Performative Allyship)
- (Music)
- ... — Robby Starbuck (@robbystarbuck) July 8, 2020 Lady Antebellum making a superficial change to cloak their white supremacist roots in civility then suing a black woman to steal her property is pretty ...
- Created on 09 July 2020
- 19. You Should Know These 5 Queer Womxn Fighting for LGBTQ+ Rights Today
- (Feminism)
- ... The Message is Death.” He describes his piece as a love letter to black people and a prayer for black life. It pretty instantaneously became one of the most moving installation pieces I’ve experienced ...
- Created on 30 June 2020
- 20. Apparently Americans Were Much Happier 50 Years Ago
- (Living)
- ... Watergate Scandal was beginning, and America was smack dab in the middle of the Cold War. Funnily enough, when looking through a list of the big events that year, some of them seem pretty familiar. March ...
- Created on 22 June 2020
