- 1. LA-Novelist Ottessa Moshfegh's Latest, "Lapvona" is Out Now. Plus, A Peek At Her Fiction Practice ...
- (Books)
- ... really easy. My home is built out of stones collected from a church after an earthquake. I even have a mission bell. So, there's this sacred chill that runs through the place and the nature surrounding ...
- Created on 23 June 2022
- 2. "Bro! I think we're...friends?!" R & B Artist Kehlani on Coming Out as Lesbian in BUST's New Summer 2022 Is
- (Music)
- ... trying to live my life and grow up. I hate the idea of going viral for anything other than my music—it gives me a fuckload of anxiety. “ Photo: Erik Carter. Patrick Church Shirt; Givenchy Sunglasses ...
- Created on 01 June 2022
- 3. Dolly Parton's Collaboration with James Patterson is Pure Fun, Plus a Queer Mystery from Casey McQuisto
- (Books)
- ... us who lived in small towns and whose social scenes revolved around Friday night football games and church on Sunday. Shara Wheeler mysteriously disappears weeks before she is set to become her school ...
- Created on 17 May 2022
- 4. Carnations, Meat Hash, and ”Watching Your Mother’s Face”: 9 Mother’s Day Celebrations From Around the World
- (Feminism)
- ... would visit their home county and “mother” church. However, the focus of this day changed from religion to mothers of the family. Now, this day is celebrated to honor women and mothers. A traditional food ...
- Created on 06 May 2022
- 5. "Thank You For Supporting The Arts," A Documentary on Portland Oregon Stripper Viva Las Vegas, Asks The Question, "Is Stripping an Art Form?" ...
- (Feminism)
- ... couch in her childhood home in St. Paul, Minnesota, going to church with her father who’s a minister, and strumming her guitar in her backyard. Throughout the hour-long documentary, Viva is depicted as ...
- Created on 19 January 2022
- 6. Bridget Everett’s Brilliant HBO series “Somebody Somewhere,” About a Midwestern Gal in Midlife Crisis, is Definitely Going to Be Your New Favorite Show
- (TV)
- ... at a local church (located in that depressing, modern symbol of American decay, the abandoned shopping mall), she takes a risk and shows up. There she is introduced to an assortment of people who ...
- Created on 14 January 2022
- 7. Child Marriage in America: How Courtney Stodden and Other Girls Are Being Forced To Marry Their Rapists
- (Feminism)
- ... me over the phone from her home in Florida. “I was a mother, a wife, and a fifth grader.” Her story is infuriating. Growing up, her mother worked as the assistant “church mother” and her family lived ...
- Created on 12 November 2021
- 8. Yola Takes a Stand: The UK Soul-Singer Discusses Her New Album, "Stand for Myself," and How She Melds Pop and Soul Together to Make Music That Expresses Both the Joy and Harshness of Life ...
- (Music)
- ... down the aisle of the church, I realized how much of her life was filled with so much drama and all of that was boiled down to this box. It felt like some sick punch line or like the final scene of a South ...
- Created on 08 November 2021
- 9. South African Soul-Rocker Tuelo Honors her Mother in Video for “Saint Margaret”
- (Music)
- Tuelo is a singer and songwriter from South Africa who beautifully blends punk, rock, and soul into her music, and today she's released a music video for her song “Saint Margaret”; an ode to her familial ...
- Created on 27 October 2021
- 10. For Centuries, Halloween Was a Day for Young Women to Predict Their Future Husbands: A Look At the Unlikely Romantic History of All Hallow's Eve ...
- (General)
- ... off evil spirits, and telling fortunes. About a thousand years later, when Christianity overtook the Celtic nations, the church declared November 1 as All Saints Day (aka All Hallows’ Day), a holiday ...
- Created on 21 October 2021
- 11. How Y'All Doing? Actor, Singer, And Writer Leslie Jordan Is Pure Southern Sunshin
- (TV)
- ... army man, died in a plane crash when Jordan was just 11. He was also raised in the Southern Baptist church—a tough place to be as a young gay man. “I quit going to church when the whole gay thing came ...
- Created on 16 September 2021
- 12. 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)
- ... the first African-American woman ordained as an Episcopal priest, subsequently, this was also the first year women were ordained in that church, period. The idea to do a documentary came about when ...
- Created on 13 September 2021
- 13. "Mi cuerpo, mi opcion": Mexico supports the decriminalization of abortion in Supreme Court vot
- (Feminism)
- ... Latin American country to legalize abortion. While the decision was welcomed by feminist activists, it wasn’t so joyfully accepted by everyone—some conservative politicians and the Catholic Church were ...
- Created on 10 September 2021
- 14. The Last Starlet: An Interview with 1950's Bad Girl of the Silver Screen, Mamie Van Dore
- (Movies)
- ... So, I was bad, and Marilyn was good.” The Catholic church would come for her, too. The “Legion of Decency” was a rating system created by the Church to censor films they deemed indecent and immoral. ...
- Created on 08 September 2021
- 15. Washington Post Reporter Felicia Sonmez is Suing the Paper for Gender Discrimination
- (Feminism)
- ... former executive editor Marty Baron (most well-known to the general public for his leadership on the Boston Globe’s investigation of the Catholic Church’s sex abuse against children). When asked last month ...
- Created on 03 August 2021
- 16. Black Monuments Matter: Journalist and Civil-Rights Activist Ida B. Wells Gets Statue in Downtown Memphis
- (Feminism)
- ... in downtown Memphis, honoring the life and work of the journalist, activist, and teacher. The statue will sit next to the First Baptist Beale Street Church where Wells’ newspaper had its offices. While ...
- Created on 14 July 2021
- 17. Vanessa Riley's Historical Novel "Island Queen" Focuses On The Journey, Not The Destination Of Dorothy "Doll" Kirwin Thomas: BUST Rev
- (Books)
- Island Queen: A Novel By Vanessa Riley (William Morrow) “Tu ikiwa uko huru.” Dorothy “Doll” Kirwin Thomas’ mantra in Vanessa Riley’s historical novel, Island Queen, means, “Only if you’re free, then ...
- Created on 09 July 2021
- 18. Madonna, Britney Spears, Hozier, And More: 9 Songs For A Sacrilegious Babe Beach Summer
- (Music)
- ... it is one: a prayer on music and the inarticulable emotions of life (the hallelujah) that often come from all kinds of religious or non-religious experiences. 3. “Take Me To Church” by Hozier (2013) ...
- Created on 30 June 2021
- 19. Monique DeBose Celebrates "Brown Beauty" In Her Newest Music Video: BUST Intervie
- (Music)
- ... going great. When I first recorded it and heard it back in the studio, it was an emotional experience. The song is so simple but the message is so full. It was like a church moment or a spiritual moment, ...
- Created on 25 June 2021
- 20. In Chilling Move, Texas Town Declares Itself Anti-Abortion “Sanctuary City"
- (Feminism)
- ... cases with rape and incest. And given the number of times that religion is mentioned on the website, the group has little to no recollection of something called separation of church and state. The fear ...
- Created on 07 June 2021
