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21.
Bachelor Nation: Guilty Pleasure Or Menace 2 Society? BUST's "Poptarts" Podcast Weighs
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(Poptarts)
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Since The Bachelor debuted in 2002 on ABC, the relationship reality show hosted by Chris Harrison has grown into a huge pop cultural phenomenon. The show is now responsible for tons of watch parties, ...
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Created on 17 April 2020
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22.
8 Feminist Rom-Coms to Watch Guilt-Free During Quarantine
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(Movies)
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Sometimes the Rom-Com industry is rife with sexism, racism, homophobia, etc. you name it! But, for many, it is a guilty pleasure filled with love-able cliches, cringe-y jokes and romantic moments. So, ...
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Created on 15 April 2020
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23.
Bring Spring Inside With This Flower-Pressed Cookie Recipe
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(Eat Me)
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When spring hits, my garden goes bananas. The herbs, the flowers, the colors! As a private chef and caterer, I’ve always loved incorporating the edible flowers I grow into my dishes, but one day I realized ...
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Created on 19 March 2020
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24.
“Judge Judy” is Ending After 25 Years. Let the Nostalgia Begin
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(TV)
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... but that she could not reveal anymore.
With Judge Judy ending, Twitter exploded with childhood nostalgia. Many were reminded of the days they spent home sick from school watching Judge Judy or late at ...
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Created on 04 March 2020
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25.
Assemble Your Crew: N.Y.C.’s Wildest New Ladies’ Night Is Brunch With A Side of Sausage
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(Living)
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The pairing of exotic dancers and breakfast food isn’t new. Known colloquially as “legs ‘n’ eggs,” traditional strip clubs like the infamous Foxy Lady in Providence, RI, have been offering up a morning ...
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Created on 20 February 2020
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26.
Here for The Right Reasons: Or, Why Are We Still Watching "The Bachelor"
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(TV)
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The event was fake. It was all media, all people who you invite to inflate your party when you can’t actually get any VIPs or A-listers to attend. There was a blue carpet, presumably for the number ...
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Created on 13 February 2020
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27.
Longtime Activist Jean Stallings On Her Experiences Fighting For Women — And Advice For Younger Generations
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(Feminism)
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Long-time social activist and feminist Jean Stallings first volunteered with the civil rights movement in the 1960s through Johnnie Tillmon’s National Welfare Rights Organization (NWRO). Since 2000, ...
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Created on 06 February 2020
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28.
Native Women's Equal Pay Day Raises Awareness About More Than Just Pay Inequit
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(Feminism)
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Women as a whole earn approximately 82 cents to every white man’s dollar. Black women are paid even less — about 67 percent of what white men are paid. But according to the National Women’s Law Center, ...
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Created on 23 September 2019
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29.
Instagram Is Taking Action Against Harmful Advertisements
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(Feminism)
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While technology has made it increasingly harder to go a day without consuming content that makes you feel not skinny enough, not pretty enough, and on and on and on, Instagram is addressing the role ...
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Created on 19 September 2019
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30.
BUST's 10 Best Bets For July And August 2019 ...
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(Entertainment)
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From our January/February 2019 issue, BUST's managing editor Emily Rems shares her pop culture picks:
1. The Lion King ‘Tis the season of re-boots, and The Lion King is now getting a photorealistic, ...
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Created on 01 July 2019
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31.
How Teen Movies Shaped Us — Possibly For The Worse
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(Movies)
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The year is 2004 and I am nine years old. George W. Bush is (still) president, Janet Jackson is the talk of the country over a notorious wardrobe malfunction, and Friends has everyone weeping over the ...
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Created on 27 June 2019
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32.
These Carpet Bags Were Essential For Any Victorian Lady's Trave
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(Living)
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Victorian ladies have a reputation for tight-laced respectability, but not all women of the era were content with home and hearth. Some ladies traveled the world, living their lives in far off lands ...
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Created on 12 June 2019
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33.
MTV’s Dating Show “Are You the One?” Will Feature a Sexually Fluid Cast
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(TV)
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The MTV dating show Are You the One? will feature a diverse cast when its new season premieres on June 26th. The premise of the show is that singles are secretly paired up via a matchmaking algorithim ...
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Created on 04 June 2019
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34.
These Early 20th-Century Cards Encouraged Women To Propose To Men—But Only On One Special Day
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(Feminism)
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Leaping for Love
Every four years, an extra day, February 29, is added to Western calendars in order to keep them roughly in synch with Earth’s transit around the Sun. And for centuries, these ...
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Created on 29 April 2019
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35.
Kit Harington's SNL Burlesque Skit Was Funny, But Real "Boylesque" Is Bett
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(Entertainment)
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If you watched this past weekend’s episode of Saturday Night Live, then you were lucky enough to see Kit Harington in red nipple tassels. If you didn’t, you should definitely watch it now. The skit ...
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Created on 08 April 2019
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36.
Corita Kent Was A Pop-Art Pioneer—And A Catholic Nun
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(Arts)
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Imagine a crowd of young women wearing vividly-colored clothing with flowers in their hair, converging under a sea of signs and banners with bright, colorful images and slogans inspired by supermarket ...
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Created on 11 March 2019
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37.
Stacey Abrams Is Giving The Democratic Response To The State Of The Union And We’re So Excited
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(Feminism)
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Stacey Abrams, 2018 Democratic Georgia gubernatorial candidate and all-around-badass, was invited to give the Democratic response to Trump’s State of the Union address, and she announced yesterday that ...
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Created on 30 January 2019
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38.
At 16, Cyntoia Brown Was Sentenced To Life In Prison For Killing The Man Who Bought Her For Sex. 15 Years Later, She'll Finally Be Set Free
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(Feminism)
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... for sex when she was just 16, CNN reports. On August 7th, 2019, Brown will be released to parole supervision, the governor’s office notified in a statement. “The decision comes after careful consideration ...
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Created on 07 January 2019
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39.
Rebel Wilson Faces Criticism After Saying She's "The First-Ever Plus-Sized Girl In A Rom-Com" (She's N
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(Movies)
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At the beginning of 2019, a new rom-com will be released. It's called Isn’t It Romantic, and it stars actress and comedian Rebel Wilson as the lead. You might recognize Wilson from some of her other ...
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Created on 05 November 2018
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40.
"Hey Ladies!" Is A Must-Read For Anyone Who's Ever Been A Bridesma
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(Books)
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Hey Ladies!: The Story of 8 Best Friends, 1 Year, And Way, Way Too Many Emails By Michelle Markowitz and Caroline Moss (Harry N. Abrams)
If you’ve ever been a bridesmaid or attended a baby shower, ...
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Created on 31 October 2018