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BUST Pop Quiz: How Much Do You Know About The Late Iconic Actor Cicely Tyson?
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(Movies)
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... noteworthy? Then take the quiz!
Cicely was born on December 19, 1924, in ________.
a. Harlem, New York b. Bridgetown, Barbados c. Detroit, MI d. San Juan, Puerto Rico
Cicely’s breakout role was in ...
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Created on 21 May 2021
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#SaveTheUSPS And Mail Your Feminist Friends Stationery From These 10 Women-Owned Shops
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(Living)
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... on Fox Business Network back in August.
With the removal of about 671 sorting machines scattered across 49 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico and Trump recently appointing Louis DeJoy ...
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Created on 18 August 2020
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3.
TV Writer Priscila Garcia-Jacquier Calls For White Latinx to Unpack Their Privilege: BUST Interview
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(Entertainment)
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... Latinidad, is erases Afro/Indigenous people in historical, political, and media representation.
"Latinidad is an academic term that failed because it erases race. For those of us who are Black Puerto ...
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Created on 28 July 2020
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4.
Cultural Icon Walter Mercado Stars (No Pun Intended) In Netflix’s New Documentary
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(Movies)
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... which would eventually fuel his performance and allure. All of this led up to a starcrossed fated day where he landed a job as a televised astrologer for a popular Puerto Rican network.
Nothing like ...
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Created on 14 July 2020
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5.
Artist Zilia Sánchez’s “Soy Isla (I Am An Island)” Retrospective Comes Ashore
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(Arts)
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... me was dated 1990. How had I not encountered Zilia Sánchez before?
At age 93, Sánchez, who currently lives and works in San Juan, Puerto Rico, has been making abstract art for decades. Long overlooked, ...
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Created on 13 March 2020
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200 British Feminists Condemn Anti-Trans Rhetoric And I Am So Here For It
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(Feminism)
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... due to outlets misidentifying victims by not using their preferred pronouns.
In the most recent case this year, Alexa Negrón Luciano – also known as Neulisa Luciano Ruiz— from Puerto Rico was tragically ...
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Created on 05 March 2020
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7.
Ani Cordero Is Mad As Hell — So She Made "El Machete
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(Music)
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ANI CORDERO El Machete (Panapén Records)
Ani Cordero is mad as hell and this album is her way of coping. The Puerto Rican activist and artist’s latest was inspired by a dream in which she battled ...
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Created on 06 February 2020
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Jaquira Díaz On "Ordinary Girls," Home, And Telling Her Story: BUST Intervie
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(Books)
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... begins in Puerto Rico and ends in Miami, with a few other stops in between. For much of your childhood, you also shuttled back and forth between living with your mother, your father, and your grandmother. ...
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Created on 03 January 2020
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Week Of Women: October 25-31, 2019
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(Entertainment)
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... and hope, Díaz’s coming-of-age memoir follows her childhood growing up in Puerto Rico with a mentally ill parent. Out October 29.
Top photo via YouTube / FKA Twigs
More from BUST
Week Of Women: October ...
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Created on 24 October 2019
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10.
Rules and Regulations
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(Info)
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... and the District of Columbia who are at least 18 years old as of the date of entry. Residents of Puerto Rico, the United States Territories and Possessions, and elsewhere are ineligible. Employees of Quarto ...
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Created on 23 October 2019
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Puerto Rican Artist iLe Is Making Music For The Revolution: BUST Premiere
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(Music)
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In the last month, the world witnessed how music, unity, and protest can take down a corrupt and sexist governor, and among the artists leading the revolution is Puerto Rican artist iLe.
iLe, like ...
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Created on 19 September 2019
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12.
Capable Is Our First Name: One Woman's Story Of Traveling Alon
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(Feminism)
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Spring convocation of undergrad came and went in a dizzy haze. Flurries of champagne silk and moving boxes seemed to swirl around me in a blur. I remember walking to receive my diploma in a kind ...
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Created on 09 August 2019
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13.
The NYPD Officer Who Put Eric Garner In A Fatal Chokehold Will Not Be Indicted
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(General)
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... punish Pantaleo. His decision will be released after the police administrative judge issues her verdict.
Top image courtesty of ABC News
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Protestors In Puerto Rico Call For Governor’s ...
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Created on 17 July 2019
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Protestors In Puerto Rico Call For Governor’s Resignation After Misogynistic Texts Leaked
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(General)
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Over the weekend, Puerto Rico’s Center for Investigative Journalism leaked almost 900 pages of messages that reveal Governor Ricardo Rosselló exchanging misogynistic comments and slurs with members ...
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Created on 16 July 2019
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15.
4 Key Moments From She the People's Presidential Foru
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(Feminism)
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... which “would authorize emergency funding to empower every state to use voter-verified paper ballots that produce an auditable paper trail ahead of the 2018 elections.” When asked if Puerto Rico should ...
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Created on 25 April 2019
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16.
All Retrogrades Are Not The Same—5 Astrologers Explain Why Pluto Retrograde Might Be The Energy We Need
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(Living)
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... of their users, the net neutrality debate came full circle from a previous ruling in 2015, the citizens of Puerto Rico struggled to get food and electrical power from government owned companies after Hurricane ...
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Created on 23 April 2019
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17.
Why Do I Have To Choose Between Hispanic And White, When I'm Both
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(Feminism)
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... I am half-Puerto Rican, half-German. And I don’t completely feel one or the other.
Nowadays, in Fort Wayne, Indiana, we have a growing population from Central and South American countries to add some ...
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Created on 17 January 2019
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18.
"Blackbird" Is A Magical Drama Centered On Latinx Sisters In L.A
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(Books)
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... from BUST
Supergirl Gets A New Origin Story In "Supergirl: Being Super": BUST Interview
Joëlle Jones Is The First Woman To Both Write And Draw Catwoman
Rosario Dawson Works For Puerto Rican Hurricane ...
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Created on 03 October 2018
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19.
Lena Waithe and Luis Fonsi Lead the #LoveTravels Launch Event
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(Feminism)
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... “change makers”:
Isabel Rullán, Co-Founder of ConPRmetidos, a non-profit established to create a more sustainable Puerto Rico.
Nadya Okamoto, Founder of PERIOD, a “menstrual movement” to both provide ...
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Created on 27 September 2018
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20.
Get Out And Slay The Vote
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(Living)
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... Muz
Dirty Martini
Lover
Header image courtey of VoteRunLead
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Don't Miss The 16th Annual New York Burlesque Festival
Princess Nokia Slays Again With Her Activism For Puerto Rico ...
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Created on 25 September 2018
