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10 Must-Watch TV Shows To Get Your Cathartic Coming-Of-Age Fix Now That ‘PEN15’ Is Over
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(TV)
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... understand ourselves and the world around us– it makes me wonder if we ever really stop coming-of-age. With that, here are 10 shows that serve up incredible, beautifully awkward, teenage-angsty, super ...
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Created on 19 January 2022
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United Nations Annual Climate Conference Recognizes Women As Trailblazers of Climate Action
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(Feminism)
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... the 17-year-old being sexually assaulted was circulated online. Despite these obstacles, nothing can stop these women from fighting for climate action, online and in the streets.
Throughout the Cop26 ...
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Created on 11 November 2021
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Pro-Democracy Protests in Thailand Spark Feminist Political Movement
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(Feminism)
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... from the group read, “The right to safe abortion is a woman’s right, is a reproductive right, is a human right. Stop controlling women’s freedom, stop terrorizing citizens, and dissolve parliament if you ...
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Created on 07 October 2020
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How a Pin Helped Mid-Century Women Slow Down Speeding Suitors
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(Feminism)
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... with “STOP” popped out; pull the other, and a green one marked “GO” appeared.
The pin was modeled after the Acme traffic regulator, an early form of stoplight that used red and green lights along with ...
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Created on 06 October 2020
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Allies, Take Notes: Jane Fonda’s History of Activism From Civil Rights to Today
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(Feminism)
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... to discuss coming together to put a stop to racial oppression in the United States and around the world.
Occupy Alcatraz and Retaking Fort Lawton
Around the same time Fonda was standing in solidarity ...
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Created on 03 June 2020
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Boris Johnson Offends Women of The World (Again)
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(Feminism)
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... in politics. We need to stop voting in people like these two pantomime haired egomaniacs. Like, yesterday. Leaders and high-key figures can set the tone for the rest of the population. Meaning that if ...
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Created on 04 December 2019
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Kyoto Bans “Geisha Selfies” Because Tourists Don’t Know How To Behave Themselves
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(Feminism)
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... the refined and peaceful atmosphere that initially attracts people to Kyoto. A new project being run through early December, aims to stop the problem where it started, via smartphone. Tourists will be ...
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Created on 05 November 2019
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While We Mourn, Let's Remember Where The Democratic Candidates Stand On Gun Contro
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(General)
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Beto has a plan for gun safety: ✅End the online and gun show loopholes ✅Support federal research on gun violence ✅Pass universal background check legislation ✅Stop selling weapons of war into our communities ...
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Created on 05 August 2019
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3 Underrated Suffragettes Who Forged Their Own Paths
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(Feminism)
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... point, we all know that Kitty refused to give up.
In 1921, Kitty and Margaret Sanger set up America’s first birth control clinic. The police never stopped trying to close it.
Kitty continued campaigning ...
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Created on 10 May 2019
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Morocco Officially Bans Sexual Harassment And Assault
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(Feminism)
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... will not stop here.”
Top photo via Flickr Creative Commons / CucombreLibre
More from BUST
A New French Law Criminalizes Street Harassment
A Personal History Of Sexual Harassment
Men Who Catcall ...
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Created on 12 September 2018
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Stanford Rapist Brock Turner Loses Appeal To Reverse Sex Offender Status
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(Feminism)
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... lost the appeal, Vox reports.
The court rejected Turner's appeal on the basis that the sexual offender did indeed intend to rape the woman he assaulted, had he not been stopped by passing bicyclists. ...
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Created on 09 August 2018
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A New French Law Criminalizes Street Harassment
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(Feminism)
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... hit me in the middle of the street in the middle of a day, in front of dozens of witnesses. Unacceptable. Stop the street bullying,” she wrote (translated from French) on Twitter.
The bill is a significant ...
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Created on 07 August 2018
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Jamie Foxx Accused Of Hitting A Woman In The Face With His Penis, Which His Lawyers Insist Does Not Count As Sexual Assault: Link Roundup
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(Feminism)
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... taking photos/videos aimed up people’s skirts was blocked by conservative MP Christopher Chope. Find out more about the bill and the woman who spearheaded it from the BBC.
"Families Belong Together" Protests ...
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Created on 15 June 2018
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Ireland Prepares For Historic Vote On Abortion
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(Feminism)
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... city two days before the vote, passing cars honked their support, and people waved from buses and bicycles. People rushing to work stopped to ask for a Yes badge, or to say, “Don’t worry, you have my vote!” ...
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Created on 24 May 2018
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Viola Davis and Lupita Nyong'o Are Co-Starring In A Movie About Women Warriors: Link Roundu
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(Living)
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... more at Vulture.
Tammy Duckworth: Having A Baby Shouldn’t Stop Me From Voting In The Senate
Tammy Duckworth, the first person to ever give birth as a sitting senator, has a problem: the Senate’s current ...
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Created on 02 March 2018
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How To Talk About Racism, Sexism And Bigotry With Your Friends And Family
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(Feminism)
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... really a compliment? When your college buddy ruins a reunion by ranting about how Trump “tells it like it is” and insists that banning Muslim immigrants and reviving Stop & Frisk would “keep us safer,” ...
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Created on 28 February 2018
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In The Early 1900s, Ladies Stabbed Harassers With Hatpins
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(Style)
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... became so enraged that I didn’t know what to do,” Blaker said. “I ran that hatpin into him with all the force I possessed.” The man screamed and exited the coach at the next stop. By 1910, politicians ...
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Created on 19 January 2018
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Why Just Wearing Black To The Golden Globes Isn't Enoug
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(Style)
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... the October 22nd Coalition to Stop Police Brutality, Repression and The Criminalization of a Generationto Stop Police Brutality, Repression and The Criminalization of a Generation. And in recent protests ...
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Created on 20 December 2017
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Amber Tamblyn Will Speak Out About Fighting Patriarchal Narratives And Trump At The BUST Craftacular
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(Feminism)
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Actor and writer Amber Tamblyn, a longtime poetry columnist for BUST, will be leading a panel called "Fighting Partiarchal Narratives During the Trump Era" on Sunday, December 10th, at 2pm, at the ...
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Created on 01 December 2017
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Why "Good Boys" Need To Stop Getting Away With All The Bad Things They D
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(Feminism)
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... as we were playing in the schoolyard. We had the same flat chests they had at the time, but their shouting, those words, and the way they said them made us uncomfortable — and we stopped playing. A few ...
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Created on 13 November 2017
