- 1. LISTEN: The Linda Lindas Drop New Single, "Growing Up," Off Upcoming LP, and Speak To BUST About The Origins of "Racist, Sexist Bo
- (Music)
- ... air, and if they’re scared, they’re not showing it. The Linda Lindas’ self-titled 2020 debut EP also picks apart their pandemic blues while conveying the confusion and bleakness of adolescence. They’re ...
- Created on 01 February 2022
- 2. 10 Must-Watch TV Shows To Get Your Cathartic Coming-Of-Age Fix Now That ‘PEN15’ Is Over
- (TV)
- ... process my adolescence, and make me feel so seen. They remind me of how far I have come, and how far I still have yet to go. No matter our age, we are hopefully always growing, learning, and trying to ...
- Created on 19 January 2022
- 3. PEN15 Is Back And Bringing The Best Of Y2K Cringe For Part Two of Season Two
- (TV)
- ... grade spare no one, and PEN15 perfectly captures all the identity crises, social pressures, and, of course, angst of adolescence. The first half of PEN15’s second season left Maya and Anna really going ...
- Created on 04 November 2021
- 4. In Her Memoir "The Big Hurt," Erika Schickel Looks At Her Self-Imposed Bad Girl Image Through A New Len
- (Books)
- ... past and present intertwined that Schickel approaches her own story, interweaving tales of her reckless adolescence with glimpses into her thorny hang ups throughout adulthood. Born in 1964 to two well-to-do ...
- Created on 18 October 2021
- 5. 8 Excellent Books By Immigrant Authors To Read This National Immigrant Heritage Month
- (Books)
- ... and funny, Zhang explores girlhood and growing up in an immigrant family through the collection’s young narrators as they navigate adolescence, and grapple with shifting definitions of home. More from ...
- Created on 14 June 2021
- 6. Lilly Dancyger Shines Light Into the Dark Corners of Her Family’s Past In Gut-Wrenching New Memoir, "Negative Space
- (Books)
- Growing up, Lilly Dancyger idolized her father, a sculptor in the 1980s East Village art scene. When he dies, the trauma of the loss reverberates through her adolescence, eventually causing her to spiral ...
- Created on 03 May 2021
- 7. Morgan Jerkins' Debut Novel, "Caul Baby," Is A Healing Work of Black Family Folklor
- (Books)
- Morgan Jerkins’ Caul Baby is an expansive, folklorish tale of two families—both headed by Black matriarchs—that intertwine for over 20 years. The Melancons are born with a “caul”—a special extra layer ...
- Created on 06 April 2021
- 8. Get To Know Krystalogy As She Opens Up About Joining An E-Sports Team, Content Creation, And Building An Online Community: BUST Interview
- (Entertainment)
- If you are unaware of the now-dominating platform Twitch, you may be missing out on some worthy content. From rap battles, gaming, cook-offs, and even advice panels, Twitch has everything that you could ...
- Created on 31 March 2021
- 9. Melissa Febos Examines Her Own Relationship With Consent Stemming From Adolescence in New Book "Girlhood
- (Books)
- ... to Febos as she examines adolescence through the lens of an adult who’s recouped and recovered. –Robyn Smith Girlhood By Melissa Febos (Bloomsbury) This article originally appeared in the Spring 2021 ...
- Created on 30 March 2021
- 10. Emma Seligman's "Shiva Baby" Is A Screenshot Of Prolonged Adolescence In The Information Age: BUST Intervi
- (Movies)
- ... stripped away, revealing a mercurial, aimless, and desperately uncertain adolescent. A child who is grasping for an adulthood that doesn’t seem within reach. On this theme of prolonged adolescence, Seligman ...
- Created on 25 February 2021
- 11. "Young Hearts" Explores First Love Honestly and Delicately ...
- (Movies)
- ... hung up, the autumn leaves still turning; viewers are as consumed by the relationship as Harper and Tilly are. As with every high school romance, friendships and the pain of adolescence get in the way ...
- Created on 12 February 2021
- 12. "Trinkets" Star Chloë Levine On Why She Loves Her Breakout Character: BUST Intervie
- (TV)
- ... will transport you back to your own adolescence. In the show’s second season, out now on Netflix, the best (and most painstakingly realistic) of these relationships is the romance between Elodie (Brianna ...
- Created on 28 August 2020
- 13. Week Of Women: Lady Gaga, Tracee Ellis Ross, and Dakota Johnson
- (Entertainment)
- ... move to a US streaming service is In My Skin, a Welsh coming-of-age dark comedy about a teenager navigating adolescence while looking after her mom and dad, who are living with mental illness and alcoholism. ...
- Created on 28 May 2020
- 14. Emily Arlook Talks All Things "Grown-ish" And The Importance Of Bi Rep: BUST Intervie
- (TV)
- ... true star on the rise. BUST spoke with Arlook via phone to discuss her breakout role as Nomi on the hit show, her upcoming film Big Time Adolescence, and the one genre she'll likely avoid. How crucial ...
- Created on 05 March 2020
- 15. It’s Time To Talk About Drake
- (Music)
- ... behavior with younger and younger women upsets me, because I am a fan. I grew up listening to his music. His discography plays throughout many memories of my adolescence. We expect better from our cultural ...
- Created on 16 December 2019
- 16. The Woman Behind "Reviving Ophelia" Reflects On Teen Girls' Mental Health, Then & No
- (Feminism)
- ... was working on her book, I was a high school student experiencing my own adolescence, with all its turmoil and ennui. I reviewed her early drafts and suggested changes to dialogue (for “teen accuracy”) ...
- Created on 24 September 2019
- 17. How Teen Movies Shaped Us — Possibly For The Worse
- (Movies)
- ... and themes affected my coming of age, and my idea of what and how adolescence was supposed to be. Let’s take it back to The Breakfast Club, which pains me because John Hughes is one of my favorites (albeit ...
- Created on 27 June 2019
- 18. Kidnapping Survivor Seeks Justice in New Feminist Crime Thriller
- (Sponsored)
- ... had previous brushes with crime in her adolescence. The case attracts the attention of the aforementioned Warren, a retired Boston detective. And soon, with help from Flora Dane—a confidential informant ...
- Created on 14 February 2019
- 19. There's Finally Going To Be An "Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret" Mo
- (Movies)
- ... of adolescence. She navigates living in an interfaith household with a Jewish father and a Christian mother and tries to find her place while exploring her connection to God. Margaret faces the transition ...
- Created on 22 October 2018
- 20. What My ’80s Childhood Taught Me About Rape Culture
- (Feminism)
- ... warped sexual standards that defined the era that marked his adolescence and young adulthood. His alleged sexual misconduct in high school and college is a reflection and byproduct of the decade, but it ...
- Created on 12 October 2018
