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1. The Secret History of Women and Mushrooms: A Centuries-Old Tale of Empowerment, Enlightenment, Education, and Magic: (Eat Me); ... her encounters with both the delightful and the weird. Lovingly painted are mushrooms such as the unmistakable Lactarius indigo, a beautiful, edible blue mushroom with tightly packed, razor-thin gills. ...; Created on 28 April 2022
2. Covered In Wrinkles and Unapologetically Old, Baba Yaga Is The Bad-Ass Slavic Witch You Need To Know About: (Feminism); ... a bone, she likes looking scary! And let’s be honest— a tactic like that? It definitely gives her an advantage from the get-go when encountering the odd curiosity seeker or arrogant young man. In many ...; Created on 07 April 2022
3. What Women’s History Month Means To Me As A Young Black Woman in America... And It's Not What You Thin: (Feminism); ... from it. I constantly saw women of color sidelined for white feminist movements, and it made me distrust any kind of global “women’s” holidays. The first time I encountered Women’s History Month was in ...; Created on 30 March 2022
4. Want More Body Positive Kid's Books? Start Doing Better By Fat Characters, Says Children's Book Illustrat: (Books); ... that kept me from being deserving of love. Would that be different if I had encountered as many fat princesses being wooed in fairytales as thin ones? How would my assumptions that I was lazier and less ...; Created on 25 February 2022
5. Girls Who Love Girls Who Love Music: 11 Songs Celebrating Queer Love to Listen To on Valentine’s Day: (Music); ... encounter, or getting their hearts broken. Within the queer music scene, their contributions are many; artists such as Hayley Kiyoko and Girl in Red have introduced a new generation to sapphic pop in recent ...; Created on 11 February 2022
6. 13 Women of Color-Owned and Operated Bookstores You Can Support Right Now: (Books); ... to accompany your purchase. If you enjoy a more personalized encounter and concierge book services delivered with care Birchbark has you covered. Be sure to pop in and say Boozhoo! (That's Ojibwe for hello). ...; Created on 04 February 2022
7. The BUST Guide To Participating in Lunar New Year Festivities and Traditions, Without Being a Problematic Colonizer: (Living); ... counter, set out our dumpling wrappers, and place bowls of water to seal our dumplings. It’s a time of togetherness and joy. After steaming, we eat them fresh from the steamer basket. My family and I don’t ...; Created on 25 January 2022
8. Joan Didion and Me: How the Writer's "Slouching Towards Bethlehem" Showed Me The Power of a Woman's Voice, in the Literary World and Bey: (Feminism); ... counter – click, click, click – as the men boisterously and carelessly spoke over her. Like many young women, I’d already begun to internalize the message that as a woman you should take up as little ...; Created on 11 January 2022
9. Season Two of HBO's "Love Life" Co-Starring Former BUST Covergirl Jessica Williams, Puts Modern Black Love on Full Display ...: (TV); ... a light tone, the show begs us to ask serious questions about the role of race in relationships. In the premiere, we see that Marcus’ marriage has fallen into an unexciting rut, but his encounter with ...; Created on 09 December 2021
10. Sex And The City's Spinoff Raises the Question: "Where Are All The Other Shows About Middle-Aged Women: (TV); ... portrayed as younger than their male counterparts. In fact, one analysis of 2014-2015 TV shows found that most female characters were in their 20s and 30s (60%), whereas male characters tended to be in ...; Created on 18 November 2021
11. In Honor of Native-American Heritage Month Here Are 5 Indigenous Women History Makers You Should Have Learned About in Social Studies Class: (Feminism); ... the Tlingit nation, Elizabeth and her husband were trying to find housing in Juneau, Alaska in 1941 when they encountered deep anti-Native discrimination, including a sign on one building that read, “No ...; Created on 15 November 2021
12. Meet the Women Who Seek Out (and Find) "Happy-Ending" Massages ...: (Sex); ... sometimes with her ex-husband. As she stood at the counter, the receptionist assigned her a male massage therapist. A 30-something woman waiting behind her piped up and said, “Oh, you’re getting him! He’s ...; Created on 15 October 2021
13. National Women's Soccer League Fires Coach After Sexual Abuse Allegations, Prompting Questions of Power Structures and Safety in Women's Spor: (Feminism); ... Farrelly said of the encounter. “He claimed me; that’s what his touch felt like. I just remember thinking: ‘Is anyone else seeing this?’ I felt under his control.” Additionally, Farrelly and Shim recalled ...; Created on 04 October 2021
14. Inside Job: Rosa Brooks Wanted To Shed Light On Problems In Policing—So She Became A Cop: (Books); ... says the role of the police should be to protect communities from violence rather than to deal with traffic violations or, say, a $20 bill that may be counterfeit. Now, as the founder of Georgetown’s Innovative ...; Created on 21 September 2021
15. China to "Put an End to Sissy Men" With Ban on Effeminate Men on T: (Feminism); Last Thursday the National Radio and Television Administration in China revealed an eight-point plan reflecting President Xi Jinping’s efforts to strengthen China and impose an official moral code for ...; Created on 10 September 2021
16. Free Your Mind: New Non-Fiction From B-Movie Queen Elvira, Mistress of Darkness, and Believing, a Cultural Analysis on Gender-Violence from Anita Hill: (Books); ... earnestly candid. Lowman doesn’t sugarcoat the challenges she’s experienced as a scientist and single mom, nor does she dwell on the obstacles she’s encountered. Her focus is squarely on the majesty of ...; Created on 09 September 2021
17. The Last Starlet: An Interview with 1950's Bad Girl of the Silver Screen, Mamie Van Dore: (Movies); ... 10 takes [because of it]. I had such a crush on him.” A complex and provocative woman, Van Doren is the star of numerous midcentury films centering around counterculture and rebellion, including ...; Created on 08 September 2021
18. How Sarah Baartman’s hips went from a symbol of exploitation to a source of empowerment for Black women: (Feminism); In “BLACK EFFECT,” a track from Beyoncé and Jay-Z’s 2018 collaborative album “EVERYTHING IS LOVE,” Beyoncé describes a quintessential Black female form: Stunt with your curls, your lips, Sarah Baartman ...; Created on 20 August 2021
19. We've Got a Long Way to Go: The Gossip Girl Reboot Promised Diversity, but Served Up More of the Same Old, Same Old Instea: (TV); ... to counteract past complaints by pumping up the diversity and inclusion this generation is known for. Unfortunately, the dialogue makes the characters sometimes seem like three millenials stacked on top ...; Created on 17 August 2021
20. “Reclaiming Amy”: Her Story of Stardom is More Complicated Than it Seems: (TV); ... Amy,” counters this with a personal, touching and unsensational story. Amy’s mother, Janis narrates the documentary, and expresses her fear of losing her daughter’s memory to the ‘caricature’ that “Amy” ...; Created on 05 August 2021

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