- 41. Birth Justice Pilot Program In San Francisco To Address Inequalities For Pregnant Black People and Pacific Islanders
- (Feminism)
- Under a new program announced Monday by Mayor Lauren Breed, 150 pregnant Pacific Islanders and Black people in San Francisco will be allocated $1,000 monthly throughout their pregnancies and for six ...
- Created on 16 September 2020
- 42. When Sexist Dress Codes Were Mandatory And Masks Were Not, These Students Fought Back
- (Living)
- ... set in the wrong place. Since long before the pandemic, dress codes have been highly politicized. In American school systems, most clothing regulations target women's bodies, shaming girls for showing ...
- Created on 02 September 2020
- 43. Why We Need Black Women's Breastfeeding Wee
- (Feminism)
- Breastfeeding is one of the best preventative natural medicines: it has the power to reduce the risk of respiratory infections, Type II diabetes, and asthma, and provides many other health benefits. ...
- Created on 27 August 2020
- 44. No, AOC’s Sanders Nomination Was Not A Jab At Biden, That’s Literally How National Conventions Work
- (General)
- Last night, the second of the three-night Democratic National Convention, delegates from all 50 states and seven territories participated in the nomination roll call, officially nominating former Vice ...
- Created on 19 August 2020
- 45. The 100th Anniversary of (Some) Women's Suffrage: Did YOUR state support women's right to vote? Check this state-by-state history of the fight for suffrage in Ameri
- (Feminism)
- ... movement, as is the case with many other New England states, grounds itself in the work of abolitionists. The Philadelphia Female Anti-Slavery Society, for example, held one of the earliest women's rights ...
- Created on 18 August 2020
- 46. It's Black Women's Equal Pay Day — What Does This Mean In The Age Of COVID-1
- (Feminism)
- ... make ends meet before COVID-19, the consequential economic impacts have made Black Women's Equal Pay Day more important than ever. “If we do nothing, [the pay gap] won’t close for another 40 years,” C. ...
- Created on 13 August 2020
- 47. How This Brooklyn Sign Painter is Keeping Activism and The Art of Hand Lettering Alive
- (Arts)
- ... to go out and work on their own? I mean at least in a commercial industry like that, it's from World War II, you know? Sign painting is super, super old. But yeah, in terms of women's liberation, that's such ...
- Created on 10 August 2020
- 48. Women’s Roller Derby Has a Plan That Will Roll COVID’s Ass Over
- (Living)
- While professional basketball, baseball, and college football have been botching attempts to re-open despite health experts’ advice, women’s roller derby has been putting together a master plan that ...
- Created on 07 July 2020
- 49. Why Getting Rid Of The Aunt Jemima Brand Isn't Enoug
- (Eat Me)
- Amidst the protests responding to the murder of George Floyd, a Black man killed by a white police officer in Minneapolis, corporations are reckoning with the racist histories and caricatures rooted ...
- Created on 22 June 2020
- 50. How To Virtually Celebrate Juneteenth This Year
- (Feminism)
- ... Black community. Header image via Pixabay / wynpnt More from BUST: Explore More Black Women's History While Staying Fit With GirlTrek 12 Books By Black Women Authors To Add To Your To-Read List ...
- Created on 19 June 2020
