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Upcoming Novel "Julia" Will Retell Orwell's "1984," But This Time, Through A Woman's E
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Nineteen Eighty-Four, George Orwell’s classic 1949 novel about a future totalitarian surveillance state, will soon be revisited with fresh eyes. The British author’s estate has approved a retelling ...
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Created on 09 December 2021
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9 Books By International LGBTQ+ Authors For Present And Future Pride Celebrations
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... Feminist Press One of the first LGBTQ+ novels to come out of China, this now cult-classic of Chinese queer literature was originally published anonymously online. Following the heart wrenching love story ...
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Created on 03 June 2021
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7 Short Stories Written By Women To Get You Back Into The Spirit Of Reading
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... fan of proto-feminist classical literature, this should definitely be on your list.
4. “The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas” by Ursula K. Le Guin
This story is what some might call a classic. It can’t ...
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Created on 21 January 2021
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YA Author Tahereh Mafi On Why Style Matters To Her: A BUST Interview
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... Classic Leather Tote, $175 (plus $15 for monogram), cuyana.com “I’ve always loved personalized items because, growing up, I never saw my name in the world—unless I put it there myself. Cuyana does really ...
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Created on 13 November 2020
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In Honor Of Hulu's “The Great,” Here Are Some Other Women In History We'd Love To See Onscre
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... from BUST
Autumn De Wilde Talks “Emma.,” Antiheroines, And Female Friendship: BUST Interview
When Classic Books Are Turned Into Movies
"Portrait Of A Lady On Fire" Is An Exquisite Look At Love, Art, ...
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Created on 25 March 2020
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Jennifer Baumgardner and Amy Richards Celebrate the 20th Anniversary Of Their Feminist Classic "Manifesta" On BUST's "Poptarts" Podc
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... has since become a classic of contemporary feminist literature and the 20th anniversary edition hit shelves March 10. In this episode of BUST’s Poptarts Podcast—recorded before the Corona Virus pandemic ...
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Created on 20 March 2020
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9 Virtual Activities To Do Inside When Netflix Can No Longer Save You
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... and DJs while everyone is apart. One of these classic spots is Nowadays in NYC, which has started to offer boradcasts of DJ sets, educational sessions, and talks every single night from 8 pm to midnight. ...
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Created on 18 March 2020
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Autumn de Wilde Talks “Emma.,” Antiheroines, And Female Friendship: BUST Interview
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... the moments of absurdist humor and the slow-burn romance—its humanity is what makes Emma. such a fresh take on a classic.
For instance, in this adaptation, Emma’s (Taylor-Joy) friendship with the sweet ...
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Created on 28 February 2020
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Amy Tan's "The Joy Luck Club" Remains Golden On 30th Anniversa
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... and scope made it a modern classic. Its stories of four immigrant women from China and their American-born daughters feel so real that many assume the book is memoir masquerading as fiction. In a new foreword ...
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Created on 15 October 2019
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A Victorian Ladies' Guide to Surviving Chivalrous Gentlemen Strangers
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... from BUST When Classic Books Are Turned Into Movies
Lassie Wasn't The First: The Collie In Literature And History
These 19th Century Paintings Of Bored, Wealthy Women Caused Controversy
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Created on 20 March 2019
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Not So Proud or Prejudice: The Emotionally Vulnerable Hero
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... vulnerable hero.
Victorian archaeologist and adventurer Slater Roxton is, in the manner of many classic Quick heroes, intelligent, physically formidable, and of course, mysterious. There are a lot of ...
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Created on 06 March 2019
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Tea And Sympathy: The 19th Century Cure-All
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... Convalescent by James Tissot, 1876. (Sheffield City Art Galleries)
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When Classic Books Are Turned Into Movies
Lassie Wasn't The First: The Collie In Literature And History
These 19th ...
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Created on 11 February 2019
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Get Drew Barrymore's "Poison Ivy" Sty
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If you were a teen in the ’90s, there’s a good chance Drew Barrymore was your fashion icon. No one embodied the thrift-store-as-your-stylist vibe quite like she did. The actress made satiny slip ...
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Created on 31 January 2019
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These 19th Century Paintings Of Bored, Wealthy Women Caused Controversy
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... of a deeper societal ill. In Philip Hamerton’s 1895 essay "Painting in France after the Decline of Neoclassicism," he writes:
“The women in these pictures have no brains: they are sometimes pretty; they ...
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Created on 23 January 2019
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A Look At Ladies' Shawls In Classic 19th Century Literature
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... an old gown with a decorative shawl and wanton characters who greet their lover wearing a shawl and nothing else. Classic literature provides us with countless examples of how to utilize a shawl as a prop ...
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Created on 15 January 2019
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"Worlds Of Ursula K. Le Guin" Shows The Evolution Of A Wizard, Writer, And Feminist ...
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... that it’s not a static, fawning picture of a literary great, but a fantastic and challenging portrait of Le Guin's growth as both writer and feminist.
Le Guin, author of classics like the genderqueer ...
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Created on 26 November 2018
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"The Second Shelf" Is Fighting Literary Sexism ...
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... BUST Magazine. Subscribe today!
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The Paris Review's Only Female Editor Has Been Almost Entirely Erased From History
5 Classic Feminist Reads That Aren't "The Feminine Mystique"
"Faking ...
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Created on 06 November 2018
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There's Finally Going To Be An "Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret" Mo
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... her classic novel Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret (1970) come to life on-screen.
Writer/director Kelly Fremon Craig and producer James L. Brooks, who worked together on the 2016 film The Edge of ...
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Created on 22 October 2018
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The Legend Of The Unicorn Goes Back Almost 2,500 Years
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... legend of the unicorn. In the years that followed, though single-horned “wild asses” were acknowledged by the likes of Aristotle, the unicorn had no place in the classic literature of Greece or Rome. ...
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Created on 18 September 2018
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9 New Books By Women Authors To Add To Your To-Read List
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... Despentes, Pretty Things is a seemingly classic tale about the tumultuous relationship between one attractive but untalented twin and one homely and gifted twin. Claudine dreams of being famous, so she ...
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Created on 15 August 2018
