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Michaela Coel’s first book, “Misfits: A Personal Manifesto,” is an emotional dive into her experiences of racism and sexism as a Black British woman.
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(Books)
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... to question myself.” By interrogating her own place within society, drawing from her past experiences both as a young Black girl in a predominantly white neighborhood, and as an award-winning actress ...
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Created on 15 September 2021
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Say Their Name: "My Name is Pauli Murray" Directors Betsy West and Julie Cohen, Talk About the Amazing Life of the Civil Rights Activist, Lawyer, and Gender-Bending Episcopal Priest, and Their Impact on ...
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(Feminism)
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... to what you could describe as a police riot. I mean, killing African American men in Detroit there, there was a protest from white Americans who were beating up African Americans and the police joined ...
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Created on 13 September 2021
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Skirting the Issue: Indigenous designer Agnes Woodward is raising awareness with her garments
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(Style)
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... just want them to know that life can be beautiful.”
Photo: Whirlwind Bull (Agnes Woodward); Official White House Photo by Lawrence Jackson (Deb Haaland)
This article originally appeared in BUST's Fall ...
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Created on 13 September 2021
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Mutual Aid To The Rescue: Check Out These Seven Pro-Choice Organizations Providing Resources in the Midst of Texas' Near-Total Abortion Ban
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(Feminism)
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Under the leadership of the Women's March Foundation, on October 2nd thousands of women across all 50 states, in major cities from Los Angeles to Washington D.C., will march alongside one another to ...
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Created on 09 September 2021
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Queen of the Desert: At Home Inside the Cute, Colorful Oasis of Artist Lorien Stern
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(Arts)
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Stern’s latest home project was retiling her kitchen and living room with a fun green and white design “inspired by old-fashioned mansions and Moroccan courtyards.”
A large painting by her ...
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Created on 12 August 2021
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You Betta Werk! Mj Rodriguez Makes Emmy History, Becomes First Trans-woman Nominated in Leading Actress Category
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(TV)
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Emmy nominations are in, and it’s history in the making. Mj Rodriguez, who portrays Blanca Rodriguez-Evangelista in the critically-acclaimed FX show Pose, became the first openly trans woman to be nominated ...
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Created on 13 July 2021
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The Remarkable Story of Three Teenage Girls Who Seduced and Killed Traitors During WW II
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(Feminism)
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... the film. Sitting in a rocking chair and looking much younger than her 89 years, Freddie, with her white curly hair, trendy lilac hairband, blue tinted glasses, and fashionably colorful clothes, smiled ...
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Created on 09 July 2021
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Loneliness Is As American As Apple Pie In Kristen Radtke's Graphic Novel "Seek You": BUST Revi
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(Books)
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Kristen Radtke is a narrator as unflinching and bold as readers should be before approaching this graphic novel. Seek You demonstrates how loneliness is an experience that’s both universal and achingly ...
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Created on 09 July 2021
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8 Excellent Books By Immigrant Authors To Read This National Immigrant Heritage Month
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(Books)
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June 2021 marks the eighth annual National Immigrant Heritage Month, a time to acknowledge and honor the contributions and achievements of immigrants in the United States. Despite the country's designation ...
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Created on 14 June 2021
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Uzo Aduba on Shirley Chisholm, Representation, and 'In Treatment' - BUST Intervie
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(TV)
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... Medfield, MA, a Boston suburb. When Aduba graduated from her majority-white high school, she asked that her family wear traditional Nigerian clothing to the ceremony. “That was something that was important ...
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Created on 10 June 2021
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Cultures That Embraced LGBTQIA+ Identity Before Colonization Messed Everything Up
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(Living)
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It turns out that many non-white and Indigenous cultures have historically been pretty progressive when it comes to sexual and social behaviors that strayed from the binary. In fact, many of these cultures ...
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Created on 10 June 2021
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Shannen Doherty Calls Out Hollywood’s Beauty Standards And The Lack of Representation for "Women Who Embraced their Face" In A Makeup-Free Selfi
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(Feminism)
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Former Beverly Hills, 90210 actress Shannen Doherty turned to social media to speak out about Hollywood’s strict beauty standards, and to share her thoughts on embracing her natural beauty.
She posted ...
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Created on 09 June 2021
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If you like hand lettering, chevron prints, or you're a #girlboss—You just might be "Cheug
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(Style)
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Chevron-patterned sundresses. Disney adults. Small white dogs. Excessive use of the crying-laughing emoji. Seasonal house decor. You know the aesthetic. It’s not basic bitch, it’s not millennial, it’s ...
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Created on 08 June 2021
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Victoria Moroles Discusses Her New Role In Hulu's "Plan B," Reflecting On Friendship, Sex Ed, And More: BUST Intervi
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(Movies)
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... was especially interesting watching these two leading characters of color support one another through similar, yet non-interchangeable experiences of navigating conservative, predominantly white spaces. ...
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Created on 04 June 2021
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Three Women Share Harrowing Stories About "That '70s Show" Actor Danny Masterson During Rape Tria
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(Feminism)
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... and didn’t exhibit any remorse. She says he would spit on her often and called her “white trash.” Over the course of the relationship, Christina claimed she would take the blame for the problems in their ...
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Created on 02 June 2021
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Designer Zandra Rhodes Has Been The U.K.’s Queen of Color for 50 Years: BUST Interview
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(Style)
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... by numerous celebs from Princess Diana to Diana Ross. Princess Anne wore Zandra Rhodes’ white lace fairytale gown for British Vogue in 1973; Paris Hilton matched her dog’s outfit to her pink Zandra Rhodes ...
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Created on 28 May 2021
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TV Writer Danielle Henderson Gets Personal With Her New Memoir, "The Ugly Cry": BUST Intervie
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(Books)
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... comedy. She revisits her curiosity and confusion while coming of age in the ’80s as a Black girl in a white neighborhood in upstate New York, and her recollections oscillate between the tragic (various ...
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Created on 26 May 2021
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Zakiya Dalila Harris' Slow-Burn Thriller "The Other Black Girl" Is An Indictment Of The Publishing Industry's Overwhelming Whiteness: BUST Revi
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(Books)
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... A public awareness of just how glaringly white the industry is. Former editorial assistant Zakiya Dalila Harris plunges readers directly into the publishing world with The Other Black Girl, a slow-burning ...
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Created on 26 May 2021
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Janet Mock Gave Hollywood The Long Overdue Read It Deserves At The "Pose" Season Three Premier
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(TV)
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... its talent the praise they deserve. While Pose has been somewhat well received by majority-white awards ceremonies like the Emmys, it seems nonsensical that, for a show largely centering the BIPOC trans ...
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Created on 07 May 2021
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A Fragmented Fisher- The Views That Feed Into the Memory of the Iconic Carrie Fisher
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(Movies)
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Remembering Carrie Fisher is often a hard task because, unlike most celebrities, she was a person. Her mental health and substance use struggles were tabloid fodder for years. After coming to terms ...
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Created on 04 May 2021
