- 41. Two New Essay Collections, "Sometimes I Trip On How Happy We Could Be" and "On Freedom," Examine American Culture and If Freedom Truly Exis
- (Books)
- As we step into fall, we can't think of anything better than cosy up at home with a good book with a cup of hot chocolate. Need some recommendations on what to read? Check out our reviews below on books ...
- Created on 08 October 2021
- 42. Trailblazing Filipina American Rock Band Fanny, Gets Their Due in Documentary, "Fanny: The Right to Rock" ...
- (Music)
- Directed and produced by Bobbi Jo Hart Fanny was one of the first all-women rock bands to release an LP on a major record label (Warner/Reprise, 1970). The nucleus of the band was Jean and June Millington, ...
- Created on 28 September 2021
- 43. Final Girl and Four Decades of Halloween: Jamie Lee Curtis Receives Lifetime Achievement Award at Venice International Film Festival
- (Movies)
- ... 9, 2021 Giving birth to the “final girl” trope, Halloween (1978) set a precedent for American horror in leaving one final female character who is strong enough (or pure enough) to escape death. Laurie ...
- Created on 16 September 2021
- 44. 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 ...
- (Feminism)
- ... of African-American writer and civil-rights activist Pauli Murray. Born in 1910, the Baltimore Maryland native struggled with her sexuality and gender identity their whole life. A graduate of Howard University ...
- Created on 13 September 2021
- 45. Skirting the Issue: Indigenous Designer Agnes Woodward Is Raising Awareness With Her Garments
- (Style)
- When Agnes Woodward created the rainbow ribbon skirt that Deb Haaland wore at her ceremonial swearing-in as the first Indigenous American U.S. Secretary of the Interior in March, she didn’t tell anybody. ...
- Created on 13 September 2021
- 46. Supernatural Sculptor Lauren Fensterstock Takes Us Inside Her Monochrome Fantasy World on BUST’s “Poptarts” Podcast
- (Poptarts)
- ... at the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s Renwick Gallery in D.C. earlier this year—are enormous, completely black, and suck all the surrounding light into the curves and edges of thousands of individual ...
- Created on 27 August 2021
- 47. The recent Taliban takeover is terrifying for Afghan women and girls—here's wh
- (Feminism)
- ... being women and children, signaling a heartbreaking disaster for the rights and well-being of women and girls under Taliban rule. Prior to American intervention in Afghanistan, the Taliban ruled the ...
- Created on 18 August 2021
- 48. Loneliness Is As American As Apple Pie In Kristen Radtke's Graphic Novel "Seek You": BUST Revi
- (Books)
- ... through an American lens, Radtke illuminates how truly American it is to be lonely, from the female love interest surrounded by take-out containers and cats to the lone cowboy too cool for silly feelings ...
- Created on 09 July 2021
- 49. Monique DeBose Celebrates "Brown Beauty" In Her Newest Music Video: BUST Intervie
- (Music)
- ... of musical about my experiences growing up as a mixed-race woman; my mom is Irish-American and my dad is African-American. I wrote a body of work and then decided I didn’t want to do that. I then wrote ...
- Created on 25 June 2021
- 50. UPDATE: This Jingle Dress Museum Exhibit Explores The History Of The Native Garment While Bringing Attention To The Missing And Murdered Indigenous Women Movement
- (Arts)
- ... ceremonies. The Jingle Dress and its dance are believed to be a source of healing for Indigenous communities. In addition, it sheds light on violent crimes committed against Native American women. For ...
- Created on 10 June 2021
