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Supernatural Sculptor Lauren Fensterstock Takes Us Inside Her Monochrome Fantasy World on BUST’s “Poptarts” Podcast
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(Poptarts)
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Lauren Fensterstock is a sculptor and installation artist whose sparkling, intricate creations look like secret treasures stolen from a gothic witches’ cathedral or like the charred remains of a ...
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Created on 27 August 2021
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UPDATE: This Jingle Dress Museum Exhibit Explores The History Of The Native Garment While Bringing Attention To The Missing And Murdered Indigenous Women Movement
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(Arts)
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Historic art forms and stories are on full display at the Turtle Bay Exploration Park. A new addition to the museum is an exhibit on the Jingle Dress, a traditional Native garment typically worn during ...
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Created on 10 June 2021
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Kara Walker Helped Define An Entire Generation Of Black Creators—Now, Her Artwork Is On Full Display For The First Time
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(Arts)
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... a humble art form. “I searched for a form that had a historical effect and found the Victorian romance with all its detachment and cleanliness, a form which—flat as it is—also appears as if it were impossible ...
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Created on 26 May 2021
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Rollerskating is Back! And Skate Queen Lola Star is Here to Share All Her Tips to Get You Started
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(Living)
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... Rhode Island in 1866, and started marketing skating as a wholesome activity Victorian-era men and women could do together. The fad reached a peak in the 1940s during WWII when it served as an escape from ...
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Created on 05 May 2021
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The Impossible Task of Keeping Up With The Kardashians' "Perfect" Beauty and Body Standard
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(Living)
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... harmful and unrealistic beauty standards” (via People).
Unrealistic beauty standards are nothing new: from the corsets of the Victorian era to the pancake powder, pin-curls, and beauty manuals of the ...
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Created on 13 April 2021
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Hair Art: The Morbid Trend That Dominated the Victorian Era
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(Living)
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... so the trend became a popular parlor craft among middle-class white women of the Victorian era. According to Artsy, strands of hair were braided into bracelets, molded into loops to create floral patterns, ...
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Created on 05 April 2021
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11 Winter Cottagecore Must-Haves That Are a Breath of Fresh Air
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(Style)
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... $119, modcloth.com 7. Trees Design Arm Warmers, $30, fleecycloud.etsy.com 8. Floriography: An Illustrated Guide to the Victorian Language of Flowers, $19.99, barnesandnoble.com 9. Moulin Roty ...
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Created on 17 December 2020
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This U.K. Artist Turns Found Objects Into Haute Art: BUST Interview
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(Arts)
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... too, turning flower petals, dried leaves, and tiny feathers into gowns, collars, and incredibly elegant sleeves. She’s particularly inspired by the Victorians’ love of nature, and specifically, Pteridomania, ...
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Created on 30 October 2020
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How One Woman Changed The Video Game World Forever
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(Entertainment)
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... VICTORIAN HOUSE. STONE STEPS LEAD UP TO A WIDE PORCH.
————— ENTER COMMAND?
Two simple sentences and a cursor, blinking like a heartbeat, awaiting your command. To most, it might read like the beginning ...
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Created on 09 October 2020
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Writer Rachel Syme Has A Perfume For Every Situation, Mood, Or Style — Here Are Just A Few
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(Style)
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... Beauty and Wellness Brands to Support Right Now (And Always)
You'll Go Nuts Over These Pretty Pistachio-Colored Products
Long Before Festival Fashion Was A Thing, Victorian Women Wore Glitter In Their ...
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Created on 17 September 2020
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10 Feminist Horror Flicks To Watch This Summer
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(Movies)
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... on this list. Its style recalls 1960s pulp fiction novels and pays tribute to the Technicolor thrillers of the 1970s. Elaine, a beautiful young witch who fittingly lives in a Victorian-style home in Northern ...
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Created on 26 June 2020
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What Florence Nightingale Can Still Teach Us 200 Years After
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(Feminism)
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... the idea. They were a wealthy Victorian family, so Florence was to marry well. Thankfully, her aspirations extended beyond that and she became a nurse. After working for some time in London, she was put ...
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Created on 12 May 2020
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Why Some Women Choose To Pay For Sex
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(Sex)
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In Australia, where sex work is (mostly) legal, women are paying to get laid and loving it
For a sex researcher like me, Australia is a great place to conduct studies because sex work here is mostly ...
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Created on 17 April 2020
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Author Rachel Vorona Cote On "Muchness," Femininity, And Her New Book: BUST Intervie
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(Books)
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When I read Too Much: How Victorian Constraints Still Bind Women Today, I knew I had to interview Rachel Vorona Cote. Cote outlines the book with personal anecdotes from throughout her life and analyzes ...
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Created on 27 February 2020
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Decriminalizing Sex Work is Dividing America's Largest Feminist Group, NO
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(Sex)
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An issue regarding decriminalizing sex work has divided members of the National Organization for Women. Toni Van Pelt, the president of NOW, reignited the long-debated issue after testifying in front ...
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Created on 11 February 2020
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4 Must-See Films About Women From Sundance That Are Sure To Make An Impact
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(Movies)
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Attending the Sundance Film Festival is a great way to check out what’s going to be relevant for the coming year. This trip I watched twelve films in four days. Sounds like a lot, but with 118 feature ...
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Created on 04 February 2020
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"Gretel and Hansel" Star Sophia Lillis Talks Hollywood, Feminism, And Playing Kickass Characters: BUST Interview ...
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(Movies)
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... and a new, interesting industry.
Top photo via Patrick Redmond / Orion Pictures
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“The Turning” is a Let Down in ’90s Grunge Retelling of Victorian Classic
The Long-Lasting Magic ...
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Created on 29 January 2020
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“The Turning” is a Let Down in ’90s Grunge Retelling of Victorian Classic
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(Movies)
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THE TURNING Directed by Floria Sigismondi Out January 24
In her latest film, The Turning, Italian-Canadian director Floria Sigismondi retells the deeply haunting 100-year-old short story by Henry ...
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Created on 23 January 2020
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This Nude Model Raised $1M for Australian Fire Relief, But Not Before IG Deleted Her Account
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(Feminism)
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The last thing one might expect to hear in connection with the devastating wildfires wreaking havoc across the Australian continent is sex work. But such is the way of the wild wild web, this week’s ...
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Created on 08 January 2020
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20.
How To Channel Jo March's Look This Winte
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(Style)
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... edition of BUST Magazine. Subscribe today!
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Ashley Jayne Meyers On Her '60s-Meets-Victorian Style
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Created on 20 December 2019
