- 1. How Menopause Helped This Life Long People-Pleaser Boss Up, And Stop Giving A D*mn
- (Feminism)
- ... personality around the drive to be good in the hopes that it would propel me from the hands of my abusive parents. And I was far from alone. In fact, many people respond to childhood trauma in this ...
- Created on 12 October 2022
- 2. October is ADHD Awareness Month. Meet 3 Inspiring Women Who Are Speaking Out And Combating Stigma Attached With The Disorder
- (Living)
- ... as autism, ADHD, and dyslexia) as stated on Verywell Health, and women are more likely to be stuck in abusive relationships due to being trained to people please and adapt for those around us. In 2018, ...
- Created on 05 October 2022
- 3. Mental Health Awareness Month: 14 Celebrities That Are Vocal About Their Mental Health Struggles
- (Living)
- ... Photographed by Elisabeth Caren The Brooklyn 99 star has not shied away from getting real about how his abusive childhood, sexual assault, toxic masculinity and addiction to pornography have impacted ...
- Created on 24 May 2022
- 4. Comedian And Writer Greg Mania Unpacks His New Memoir, “Born To Be Public”: BUST Interview
- (Books)
- ... other side of the coin. There are things about mental health, self-harm, emotionally abusive relationships, it all comes as a part of the package. I want people to laugh, but I hope people can see a part ...
- Created on 28 August 2020
- 5. These 3 Autobiographies Are All Everyone Is Talking About
- (Books)
- ... Machado’s riveting memoir detailing her frightening, abusive relationship with another woman while in graduate school is told in fragments. Telling this story in pieces makes sense since traumatic memories ...
- Created on 06 April 2020
- 6. Leave Greta Thunberg Alone!
- (Feminism)
- Almost every day I scroll through my social media feeds I see another post about the teenage environmental activist, Greta Thunberg, “coming under fire” or “being slammed.” Whether it’s Donald Trump, ...
- Created on 18 December 2019
- 7. The Unbelievable True Story Of Mata Hari, The Original Femme Fatale
- (Living)
- ... Still a dick. Rudolph was jealous (despite constantly sleeping with anything that moved) and an all-around abusive drunk who regularly beat his wife. Despite these numerous issues, the couple had two ...
- Created on 19 April 2019
- 8. Women in Power Do Things Differently
- (Feminism)
- ... the ones denied jobs and drivers’ licenses and college degrees. Some days I cry as I read my local headlines—another woman murdered by her abusive husband. But on some days, especially when things are ...
- Created on 28 September 2018
- 9. How Painter Gwen John Started The "Single Women And Cats" Stereotyp
- (Arts)
- ... the profound childhood trauma she experienced at the hands of her abusive father. Tumultuous relationships and deep melancholy were recurring themes in Gwen John’s personal life. Romantic rejection was ...
- Created on 14 May 2018
- 10. "You Were Never Really Here's" Quality Performances Make It Hard To Look Aw
- (Movies)
- ... and an abusive childhood, as we learn from flashbacks. His latest assignment is to find a pre-teen named Nina (Ekaterina Samsonov), but in the process, he uncovers a gruesome political conspiracy that ...
- Created on 12 April 2018
- 11. Thoughts On Dating, Provoked by "The Bachelor
- (TV)
- ... ugliest parts. (The capitalization of marriage, all the lies Nicholas Sparks told us, how flowers die and franchises like Fifty Shades of Grey make emotionally abusive relationships seem ideal.) So much ...
- Created on 26 March 2018
- 12. My Stay In The Psych Ward Changed My Filipino-Based Views On Mental Illness
- (Feminism)
- ... coming. In the beginning of the year, my emotionally abusive boyfriend of seven months dumped me over text for another girl, adding that he had used me and was happy that he’d used me. The week after that, ...
- Created on 02 March 2018
- 13. Amy Poehler Tells The NRA To Stop Using Parks & Rec Gifs And F*ck Off: Link Roundup
- (Feminism)
- ... as evidence that he hadn’t abused other women, Streep had more to say. “Harvey Weinstein’s attorneys’ use of my (true) statement — that he was not sexually transgressive or physically abusive in our business ...
- Created on 22 February 2018
- 14. Paula Cole Returns To Her Jazz Roots: BUST Interview
- (Music)
- ... Top 40 [today]. [Lennon] also needed to change. He needed to shed the snakeskin that was The Beatles and [he] needed to heal. He needed to have relationships with women that weren’t abusive. He needed ...
- Created on 16 June 2017
- 15. Relationship Rape: My Body Belongs To Me
- (Feminism)
- ... might believe. In fact, before our relationship, I was pretty confident that if I ever dated a violent or abusive man, I’d leave him in a heartbeat. I didn’t. And now I understand why it’s not as easy ...
- Created on 02 January 2017
- 16. We Need To Talk About Casey Affleck's Sexual Assault Allegation
- (Feminism)
- ... Affleck allegedly grabbed her and tried to intimidate her into spending the night with him, and then sent her abusive text messages afterward, calling her "profane names," for refusing him. White also ...
- Created on 13 December 2016
- 17. BUST's Top 20 Books Of 201
- (Books)
- ... after a football injury made him lose a scholarship; and the shyly pious Aubrey, who escaped her abusive stepfather and neglectful mother. Nadia falls in love with Luke, gets pregnant, gets an abortion, ...
- Created on 09 December 2016
- 18. The Julie Ruin at Irving Plaza, Two Days After the Election
- (Music)
- ... eats peanut butter and you do too, it doesn’t mean you’ll be just like them.” She shared the story of deciding not to visit her abusive father in the hospital, telling her sister who pressured her to do ...
- Created on 01 December 2016
- 19. Consent Is More Than 'Yes' Or 'N
- (Feminism)
- ... man is aggressive with me. I’m shy. My triggers around men go back to an abusive childhood and, unless I’ve invited a man to be more aggressive in bed, I do not react well. I froze, pulled back when he ...
- Created on 07 November 2016
- 20. Verbal Abuse, Financial Abuse, And The Legal System
- (Living)
- Leaving my verbally abusive husband took years of building up strength. When I finally made up my mind, it took me six months to put my plan in place. With my lawyer hired, I took my ex to a public ...
- Created on 29 August 2016
