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"Petite Maman": A Little Girl, a Witchy House, and Why Grief Needs a Container—BUST Revie
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(Movies)
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... with Little White Lies. Petite Maman is about “intergenerational trauma and love,” she told Screen Daily, describing her script for the children’s movie My Life As A Courgette as a way to “[create] a safe ...
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Created on 22 April 2022
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Rachel Berry, Diane Nguyen, and Me: My Journey Through Feminist Television to Find Representation, Identity, and More
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(TV)
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... twenty-first century “golden age” centered around the archetype of the “problematic man.” Just as in real life, male television characters – such as Tony Soprano of The Sopranos, Walter White of Breaking ...
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Created on 25 February 2022
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For Centuries, Halloween Was a Day for Young Women to Predict Their Future Husbands: A Look At the Unlikely Romantic History of All Hallow's Eve ...
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(General)
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... The Book of Hallowe’en: “A very elaborate charm is tried in Newfoundland. As the clock strikes midnight, a girl puts the 26 letters of the alphabet, cut from paper, into a pure-white bowl which has been ...
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Created on 21 October 2021
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Social Media Influencer Bretman Rock is the First Openly Gay Male Model to Take it All Off on the Cover of Playboy Magazine
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(Blog)
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Social media icon Bretman Rock makes his debut as the first openly gay male featured on the cover of Playboy Magazine. The 23-year-old Filipino influencer has been producing beauty content online over ...
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Created on 07 October 2021
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How Sarah Baartman’s hips went from a symbol of exploitation to a source of empowerment for Black women
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(Feminism)
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... she was forced to sing and dance before crowds of white onlookers.
Often naked in these exhibitions, Baartman was sometimes suspended in a cage on stage while being poked, prodded and groped. Her body ...
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Created on 20 August 2021
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UPDATE: These Lady Motorcyclists Rule New Orleans, and Are Now the Faces of Rihanna's Latest Savage X Fenty Collection ...
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(Feminism)
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... it’s like this, but our communities are separated,” says Beatty of women’s motorcycle groups. “It’s tough for a girl already in this man’s world, but we’re also segregated between black and white. We try ...
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Created on 05 August 2021
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The New Victoria’s Secret Brand Ambassadors Are Gay, Trans, Plus-Size, BIPOC, And Pissing Off Conservatives
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(Feminism)
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... fantasy world of predominantly white, 6-foot-tall, size zero, Amazonian Greek goddesses. The brand showed off its idea of the "perfect woman" in its televised “Victoria’s Secret Angels Fashion Show." Now ...
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Created on 22 June 2021
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Solange Knowles' Saint Heron Is Creating A Space For The Preservation Of Black Art
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(Entertainment)
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... white gaze and inspire future generations of artists to create authentically. Visit the institution’s official website for more pertinent information on how to support the vision.
Photo: Nadya Wasylko ...
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Created on 25 May 2021
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Woman With A Plan: Actor/Writer/Director Natalie Morales Makes Media Made For US
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(TV)
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... her career shifting the pop culture landscape. First as an actor (Girls, Parks and Recreation, Santa Clarita Diet), often scooping up roles written for white women and, after penning a poignant 2017 essay ...
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Created on 21 May 2021
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Looking At The Groundbreaking "Eye to Eye: Portraits of Lesbians," Decades Later: BUST Intervie
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(Books)
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... to get off your chest this morning?
I didn't really get to tell you what I think is wrong with representation. In our media today, we're still disproportionately representing straight, white, affluent ...
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Created on 12 March 2021
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Meet the Next Generation of Superstar Activists: Exclusive BUST Interviews
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(Feminism)
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... way of being that isn’t based on capitalism or patriarchy or white supremacy. It’s based on community.”
Selena the Stripper (@prettyboygirl)
A dynamic 28-year-old stripper, sex-worker advocate, ...
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Created on 15 February 2021
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Controversial Medusa Statue Reimagines Her Myth and Reignites Conversations Around #MeToo
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(Arts)
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... white male artist. In all fairness, on Medusa’s behalf, Jerry Saltz is also a white male. “The criticism directed at Medusa comes as no surprise,” says Andersen, “whether or not intended, the style of ...
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Created on 14 October 2020
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This Sarah Paulson Dancing Trend on TikTok Cured My Anxiety, I Swear
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(Entertainment)
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... and very white apologist].
Anyway, Sarah Paulson has been making waves on the app most popular with Gen Z for a while now. Maybe it’s her phenomenal work on screen or maybe it’s her social justice allyship ...
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Created on 07 October 2020
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Real Clothes' Experimental Album, "Precaution," Is Perfect For Quarantine Blues and Escapism: BUST Intervie
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(Music)
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... accomplishments, and contributions go both unnoticed and is ongoing. And if it is celebrated, it is a palatable version that is only perceived through the white gaze. Fox says there is an idea of Blackness ...
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Created on 04 September 2020
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Malala Yousafzai Is Leading A Feminist Book Club And You Should Join
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(Books)
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... an issue in not just higher education, but education at large.
As an English major, much of what I study is catered to the white, male, heterosexual gaze, and I often have to look outside of my curriculum ...
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Created on 24 August 2020
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Megan Thee Stallion Reveals She Was Shot By Tory Lanez And The Response Reveals Rampant Misogynoir
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(Music)
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... of pain.” Because Megan Thee Stallion has been dehumanized, she becomes subject to pain, mocking, and ridicule within our white supremacist patriarchal culture.
On Twitter, Ericka Hart notes how people ...
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Created on 21 August 2020
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10 Feminist Horror Flicks To Watch This Summer
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(Movies)
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... and survival. Watch it on Netflix.
Header image: screenshot from YouTube
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"Arrested Development" Star Judy Greer Talks Tit Flashing, Feminist Horror Flicks, And "White Fragility" On ...
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Created on 26 June 2020
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Big Freedia Opens Up About Beyoncé, Bounce, Being Black in New Orleans, and Her Boo: BUST Interview
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(Music)
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... two white guys was jogging up the street while I was pulling stuff out of my trunk. Then one of them was like, ‘You’re Big Freedia!’ I was like, ‘Oh my God! How do you know who I am?’ At this time, I didn’t ...
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Created on 23 June 2020
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14 Black Women-Owned Beauty and Wellness Brands to Support Right Now (And Always)
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(Style)
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In case you hadn't heard, a ton of famous brands and companies are being exposed for sending millions of dollars to the GOP and Trump's re-election campaign, and your favorite beauty brands are no different. ...
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Created on 03 June 2020
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Meet Julie d'Aubigny: The French Gender-bending Opera Diva Your History Teacher Didn't Want You To Know Abo
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(Feminism)
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... her this way: “Mlle Maupin was not very tall, but she was very pretty: she had chestnut hair, almost fair and beautiful, and big blue eyes, an aquiline nose, a lovely mouth, very white skin, and a perfect ...
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Created on 29 April 2020