- 1. 5 Creators Fighting Diet Culture That Go Beyond Body Positivity
- (Living)
- Media is overloaded with advertisements and other content that pushes harmful beauty and “wellness” standards, but this is increasingly being juxtaposed by content creators trying to drown it out with ...
- Created on 26 January 2023
- 2. New Biography of Warhol Superstar, Nico, Explains It All: BUST Review
- (Books)
- ... a teen she grew into a great beauty which proved to be Christa’s ticket out. In the mid 1950s, after being discovered by an agent for a large German department store, Christa began runway modeling at the ...
- Created on 10 August 2021
- 3. Painter Gianna Dispenza Showcases How The Simple Moments In Life Are The Most Beautiful: BUST Interview
- (Arts)
- ... York through June 5—is a celebration of the sentiment that there is beauty in the small things. In the following conversation with Dispenza, we discuss the inspirations and emotions behind her stand-out ...
- Created on 14 May 2021
- 4. How could a woman not know she was autistic until age 31? The answer has everything to do with gender bias.
- (Living)
- ... since COVID has made this impossible anyway). I don’t feel the urge to drink a little too much just so I can feel more comfortable socially engaging with people. I think I’m finally understanding the beauty ...
- Created on 25 January 2021
- 5. Asia Kate Dillon of 'Billons' Calls For An End To Gendered Acting Categories In Open Letter To SAG Award
- (TV)
- ... That same year, Dillon opened up the show by presenting the award for Best Actor in a Movie to Emma Watson for her role in Beauty and the Beast. "Tonight we celebrate portrayals of the human experience, ...
- Created on 17 June 2020
- 6. Ditch Your White Savior Complex: 10 More Documentaries To Watch About Racism Instead Of “The Help”
- (Movies)
- A couple days ago, BUST recommended 10 movies and documentaries about racism and police brutality that white people have to watch to educate themselves on the issues surrounding the Black Lives Matter ...
- Created on 10 June 2020
- 7. The CROWN Act Takes 3 More Victories — Here's What It Is & Why It's Importa
- (Feminism)
- ... possible workplace advancements. The pressure to comply with Eurocentric standards of beauty is an unfair, discriminatory burden placed against Black people. Perming natural hair can have extremely damaging ...
- Created on 20 February 2020
- 8. The Racist Origins Of Fatphobia
- (Feminism)
- ... well-appointed physiques were not inherently a deficit. And this was not an uncommon view for the 1740s. Scientists like Buffon had inherited the Renaissance ideals of beauty, in which voluptuousness was ...
- Created on 10 October 2019
- 9. Luna Shadows's "Lowercase" Is Dreamy And Alluring: BUST Premie
- (Music)
- ... for women, as beauty is usually the selling point. Was this intentional? If so, why? You’re spot on. It is very intentional. Early on, I didn’t show my face at all. And to this day, you won’t really ...
- Created on 22 May 2019
- 10. Discrimination On The Basis Of Hair Will Be Illegal In New York City
- (Living)
- ... heads of people of African descent is, in its natural state, not acceptable. That prejudice extends to traditional hairstyles, designed as much for practicality and for beauty, but are seen as undesirable ...
- Created on 19 February 2019
- 11. 19th Century Journalist Nellie Bly Broke Barriers And Became A Legend In Her Field
- (Living)
- ... we do with our girls?” asked Orphan Girl. Not the exceptional ones, but those “without talent, without beauty, without money.” The answer was, she thought, to treat “our girls” like boys: Train them for ...
- Created on 30 November 2018
- 12. 5 Judy Blume Books We Want To See On The Big Screen
- (Books)
- ... overprotective mother and follow their hearts. About the bonds of sisterhood, the joy of masturbation, and the power of women to raise each other up while confronting able-bodied beauty standards and internalized ...
- Created on 09 August 2018
- 13. These 3 New Books Give Us An Inside Look At Women In Showbiz
- (Books)
- From our June/July 2018 print issue, we're bringing you a sidebar on three new books about women fighting the good fight in the showbiz trenches. Hysterical!: Women in American Comedy Edited by ...
- Created on 20 June 2018
- 14. Woody Allen Says He's The "Poster Boy" For The #MeToo Movement: Link Round
- (Entertainment)
- ... emphasis on physical beauty. “We are no longer a pageant,” Carlson said. “We are a competition.” She added, "We will no longer judge our candidates on their outward physical appearance. That's huge." Learn ...
- Created on 05 June 2018
- 15. Here's How Fashionable Women Dressed In The 1820
- (Style)
- ... with metal and trimmed with blonde lace. 1820 British Ball Gown. (Image via Victoria and Albert Museum) Describing two ball gowns of particular beauty in February of 1820, La Belle Assemblée states: ...
- Created on 22 May 2018
- 16. Here's How European And American Women Dressed In The 1830
- (Style)
- ... to the delicate form of female beauty a breadth proportionate to Holbein’s Dutch women.” Meanwhile, the skirts were still full and the length remained short enough to reveal the foot. For daytime wear, ...
- Created on 27 March 2018
- 17. All The Women Who Are Nominated For Non-Acting Oscars
- (Movies)
- ... Driver Ellis is nominated with Julian Slater and Tim Cavagin. 33. Sarah Greenwood — nominated for Production Design, Beauty and the Beast, and Production Design, Darkest Hour 34. Katie Spencer — nominated ...
- Created on 01 March 2018
- 18. A Sex Worker Takes On "Moulin Rouge
- (Movies)
- ... I possess the assets of youth and beauty, and I believe that I and other sex workers have as much of a right to capitalize on that as anyone who capitalizes on their skills or connections to get a job. ...
- Created on 18 January 2018
- 19. Joan Didion Shows Her Funny Side In “The Center Will Not Hold”: BUST Review
- (Movies)
- When you think of Joan Didion, you probably don’t think “funny.” As her nephew Griffin Dunne, who directed the new documentary about her life, put it at a New York Film Festival screening, “There’s ...
- Created on 16 October 2017
- 20. These Women Want You To Have A Better Death
- (Feminism)
- ... revealing. It's wonderful to find beauty in death – artists, poets, and writers have been doing this for centuries. However, to acknowledge only certain aspects of death is to reinforce the very thing we ...
- Created on 02 August 2017
