- 21. This Mother-Daughter Duo Challenged Expectations For Women In The Early 1900s
- (Entertainment)
- ... Theatre Royal at Bristol and becoming famous for her depiction of Shakespearean heroines. BUT it all went a bit wobbly when Ellen turned sixteen, and married George Fredric Watts, a renowned artist, ...
- Created on 08 March 2019
- 22. The Best Moments from An Otherwise Terrible State of the Union
- (Feminism)
- ... finally, Stacey Abrams’ amazing rebuttal Delivering the rebuttal to the State of the Union is a notoriously difficult gig (remember Marco Rubio and his infamous bottle of water?) Abrams kept her cool ...
- Created on 06 February 2019
- 23. Mother Jones Was A Hell-Raising Trailblazer In The Fight For Workers' Rights
- (Feminism)
- ... meeting to knit mittens” instead of the famous labor agitator. Surprisingly, she did not believe in giving women the vote. “I am not a suffragist,” she told The New York Times in 1913. “In no sense ...
- Created on 30 January 2019
- 24. Gloria Steinem And Kathleen Hanna On Feminism, Riot Grrrl, And The Sexual Revolution: From The BUST Archives
- (Feminism)
- ... and horizontal oppression as valid criticism. And I need to know how, as an FF—Famous Feminist—to deal with these things. I need to see the graceful ways that other women have dealt with that. GLORIA: ...
- Created on 15 August 2018
- 25. The Story Of Chavela Vargas, Barrier-Breaking Singer And Queer Icon
- (Music)
- Chavela (born Isabela Vargas Lizano) was a famous Costa Rican singer and was a huge influence on Latin American music from the 1950s to today. She was known for her soulful, intense, and gravelly voice; ...
- Created on 10 August 2018
- 26. Florence Welch, Before "High As Hope": From The BUST Archive
- (Music)
- ... and off (she famously nabbed her manager, Mairead Nash, by following Nash into a bathroom stall and serenading her), Welch says that the studio brings out her quiet side. “I’m actually quite subdued. I ...
- Created on 11 July 2018
- 27. Week Of Women: June 29-July 5, 2018
- (Entertainment)
- ... Want To Be Like You” by Sheryl Crow (feat. Annie Clark) Annie Clark (aka St. Vincent) and Sheryl Crow are an unlikely pair, but we’re into this collab. Out now. BOOKS How To Be Famous: A Novel ...
- Created on 28 June 2018
- 28. Who Is Millicent Fawcett? Learn About The Suffragist In Today's Google Doodl
- (Feminism)
- ... Square in London. In that statue she is holding up a piece of one of her most famous quotes “courage calls to courage everywhere, and its voice cannot be denied.” via Wikimedia Commons Top Image: Google ...
- Created on 11 June 2018
- 29. BUST's 10 Best Bets For Summer 201
- (Entertainment)
- ... 30. 4. Kathy Griffin “Laugh Your Head Off” Tour Tyler Shields Irreverent comic genius Kathy Griffin has been touring the world for the last year since an infamous anti-Trump photo shoot mired her in ...
- Created on 31 May 2018
- 30. Samira Wiley On Gay Weddings, Gilead And God
- (TV)
- ... ties, but maintains a strong spiritual relationship with a higher power. “My church is pretty famous for doing the first union ceremonies ever in Washington D.C. before marriages were even legal. My parents ...
- Created on 18 May 2018
- 31. Natasha Lyonne On Fame, Love And Monogamy: From The BUST Archives
- (TV)
- ... I mean, the end goal isn’t to be famous. The goal always has to be that you take your position and that power within this industry and you shove it in their faces. In other words, Julia Roberts should ...
- Created on 27 April 2018
- 32. The Horrifying History of Hair Dye
- (Style)
- ... this deadly mess once a week for years. How is that shit even legal!? Thousands upon thousands of women attempted DIY versions of Jean's famous platinum dye recipe, with sales of bleach and ammonia ...
- Created on 23 April 2018
- 33. Tina Fey, Just Before "Mean Girls": From The BUST Archive
- (TV)
- ... with Rachel and Amy, and I write some with Maya Rudolph. Maya is fucking awesome. The reputation of SNL as an infamous boys’ club has stuck to the show for most of the time it’s been on the air, but ...
- Created on 20 April 2018
- 34. History Fight: Who Had The Best Royal Wedding Dress?
- (Style)
- ... Luckily, Wallis wasn't the frou-frou princess type. After all, this was the lady who famously said, "you can never be too rich or too thin."* *not great advice, btw. (And though the public didn' ...
- Created on 02 February 2018
- 35. 5 Bad Bitches You've Never Heard O
- (Living)
- ... one adventure, she lost an eye when hit by a tree branch, thus creating the need for her signature bright green specs. She also famously got into a dramatic horse and buggy crash, after which she was left ...
- Created on 16 January 2018
- 36. My Period Envy
- (Living)
- ... a chartreuse leopard TV lamp and a box of Ritz crackers. I gasped several times and then zeroed in on the side of the box to read the famous slogan, “No Belts, No Pins, No Pads.” It was a defining moment ...
- Created on 15 December 2017
- 37. Turns Out Roy Moore Is Such A Notorious Creep He Was Even Banned From The Mall
- (Feminism)
- The small city of Gadsden, Alabama, just an hour northeast of Birmingham, is the conservative hometown of Roy Moore, as well as his now worst kept secret. According to AL.com, Gadsden locals have ...
- Created on 14 November 2017
- 38. This Famous Victorian Dog Was A Card-Playing Pro
- (Living)
- Recently, while researching Victorian pleasure gardens, I came across a listing of acts scheduled to appear at Cremorne Gardens in 1857. Among the humourists, contortionists, and tight-rope walkers ...
- Created on 07 November 2017
- 39. "Grandma Sleuth" Made Dollhouses Showing Crime Scenes — And Shaped The Field Of Forensic Investigatio
- (Living)
- ... a neighbor of Lee made "The Thorne Rooms," some of the most famous examples of these domestic scenes. The nutshells explicitly turned these cute domestic scenes into domestic dystopias. Lee’s inversion ...
- Created on 24 October 2017
- 40. A Next-Level Rage Stroke About Harvey Weinstein
- (Feminism)
- ... this guy. The famous people comments and statements, plus just the general man approach on "the Harvey Weinstein scandal." Everyone's so fucking shocked that Harvey Weinstein is a monster. There must be ...
- Created on 18 October 2017
