- 1. 13 Women of Color-Owned and Operated Bookstores You Can Support Right Now
- (Books)
- ... to her motto todas las voces—all the voices. For us, by us. Not only is she a champion for her community, but she's also an advocate for decolonizing publishing. In an interview with Lithub, Spring expressed ...
- Created on 04 February 2022
- 2. Larissa Pham Lets Readers Known They're Not Alone With Her Memoir-Style Essays in "Pop Song: Adventures in Art and Intimac
- (Books)
- ... alone, either. Ultimately, she finds this feeling of connection through art. Using work by artists like Louise Bourgeois, Nan Goldin, and Yayoi Kusama as a prism, Pham shares her experiences with, and ...
- Created on 04 May 2021
- 3. Pop Legend Marianne Faithfull's COVID-19 Recovery Inspired Her New Spoken Word Album "She Walks In Beaut
- (Music)
- ... herself artistically with the brilliant 1979 album Broken English. After recovering from COVID-19 recently, Faithfull was inspired to record a spoken-word album of her favorite poems—“She Walks in Beauty” ...
- Created on 30 April 2021
- 4. "Bohemian Rhapsody" Star Lucy Boynton to Play '60s Icon Marianne Faithfull in New Biopi
- (Movies)
- ... role Faithfull played in ‘60s counterculture, and the ripple effect the decade created. “London in the ’60s is such a fascinating time to explore because it was right at the center of rock and roll,” she ...
- Created on 22 February 2021
- 5. 5 great female-focused French films to watch tout suite!
- (Movies)
- ... Truffaut’s The 400 Blows. “As long as I’m beautiful, I’m alive,” protagonist Cléo says at the beginning of Cléo de 5 à 7. The film follows Cléo for 90 minutes, from when she takes medical tests for a possible ...
- Created on 08 February 2021
- 6. Here’s How Community Members of Spokane, WA Are Responding to the Aftermath of the BLM Protests
- (Arts)
- ... residue. For the boarded-up entrance to a Nike store downtown, Spokane Arts funded local artists Susan Webber and Shelby Allison to design a mural. These two women, who had already worked together to ...
- Created on 15 June 2020
- 7. "Shrill" And The Journey to Fat Bitchdo
- (TV)
- ... the back door so his roommates won’t see her. Then there’s Annie’s boss, who refuses to let her write anything, but who she douses in compliments anyway. I could barely keep watching. Because even though ...
- Created on 27 March 2019
- 8. Pug Yeah: Pugs in History and Literature
- (Living)
- ... As illustrated in Jane Austen’s Mansfield Park, their presence in a novel tends to symbolize the very worst in upper-class indolence. Austen describes the character of Lady Bertram thusly: “She was ...
- Created on 26 March 2019
- 9. "Throwing Shade" Host Erin Gibson Is "Feminasty" In Her New Book: BUST Intervi
- (Books)
- In times like these, we need funny women more than ever. Luckily, we have Erin Gibson. An Emmy-nominated comedian and self-proclaimed "Southern loudmouth," she’s been hard at work turning dire political ...
- Created on 05 September 2018
- 10. Dancing With The Devil
- (Living)
- There we were…two lost souls in Mexico, both unknowingly searching for someone to feed each other’s soul. Well, at least that’s how it seemed, when, I, the soul-searching empath who thought she was ...
- Created on 11 July 2018
- 11. The Fascinating 1840 Case Of The Woman Hired To Be A Dog's Nursemai
- (Living)
- ... of Virginie, is described rather flatteringly as “an exceedingly pretty little bonne.” The defendant in the case, Virginie’s employer, a woman by the name of Madame Duchatenest, is cast in a somewhat harsher ...
- Created on 06 June 2018
- 12. The Oppressive Pink Ribbon
- (Feminism)
- ... ideals and lives before predetermined stereotypes of beauty and normality. Feminism taking back awareness feels like true survivorship. Published September 25, 2017 Top photo via Facebook/Save The ...
- Created on 25 September 2017
- 13. A Pregnant Model Rocked Her Baby Bump On The Runway At New York Fashion Week
- (Style)
- ... style was not necessarily intended, which may be the best part. When Lee attended her NYFW fitting, she noticed the dress did not quite fit, so she decided to un-snap the middle section and reveal her ...
- Created on 15 September 2017
- 14. Notes On Frump: A Style
- (Style)
- ... You don’t owe prettiness to anyone...Prettiness is not a rent you pay for occupying a space marked ‘female.’” It was the engine of Janet Malcolm’s 2013 profile of Eileen Fisher in which Malcolm declared ...
- Created on 17 August 2017
- 15. “The Bad Batch” Is A Disappointing Follow-Up To “A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night”: BUST Review
- (Movies)
- ... like a watermelon - released into a desert wasteland. Arlen sets out across the desert, in search of a mysterious place called Comfort. When, hours later and out of water, she comes across an abandoned ...
- Created on 23 June 2017
- 16. Solange On Intersectional Feminism And "A Seat At The Table": BUST Cover Stor
- (Feminism)
- ... traveler. At just 30 years old, she already represents a bold new synthesis of R&B, funk, soul, and hip-hop, expertly carrying the mantle of her creative forbearers while imagining whole new artistic worlds ...
- Created on 22 May 2017
- 17. Photographer Melissa Bunni Elian Explores 'Different Avenues Of Blackness': Lady Shooter
- (Arts)
- ... she brings to a photograph. “The daughter of Akai Gurley is held up for protesters to see. Gurley was shot in a dark hallway by an NYPD officer.” “Maurice Ashley, the first African-American International ...
- Created on 03 January 2017
- 18. On Disney's 'Moana' And Climate Chan
- (Movies)
- A girl from a small island embarks on a voyage to find a demi-god, defeat a volcano monster, and save the world. That girl’s name is Moana, and she is a Disney heroine for the planet. Moana stands out ...
- Created on 02 December 2016
- 19. This Model Is Fighting Stigma And Proving That Dark Complexions Are Goddamn Beautiful
- (Arts)
- ... of my skin tone,” she told The Huffington Post. “But this is something that is actually quite normal in Senegal. It’s not a nice feeling and I’ve had to learn to love myself more every day and tune out ...
- Created on 26 October 2016
- 20. 'When The Bough Breaks' Star Jaz Sinclair Isn't As Sweet As She Seems: BUST Intervi
- (Movies)
- ... and she’s kind of shy at the beginning and she’s just a human that wants to help other people just like most of us. How did you prepare for your role as a surrogate? I did a lot of research into surrogacy. ...
- Created on 09 September 2016
