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Incomparable rock critic Jessica Hopper shares how she makes her voice heard in a sexist world on BUST’s “Poptarts” Podcast!
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(Poptarts)
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... which is why so many music fans return to her work again and again. The extensively updated and expanded new edition of her career-spanning book, The First Collection of Criticism by a Living Female Rock ...
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Created on 23 July 2021
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No One Knows Who Michaela Coel Has Been Cast As in The Black Panther Sequel, But Twitter Has Some Theories
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(Movies)
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Michaela Coel joins the Black Panther family as… well, we don’t know who yet. What we do know is that Variety reported Coel is on set at Atlanta Pinewood Studios filming the sequel Black Panther: Wakanda ...
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Created on 22 July 2021
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The Remarkable Story of Three Teenage Girls Who Seduced and Killed Traitors During WW II
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(Feminism)
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... of Arthur Seyss-Inquart—an Austrian national who was the “Commissioner of the Reich” in the Netherlands—whom they were ordered to kidnap.
The three female combatants bravely carried out hazardous missions ...
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Created on 09 July 2021
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“My Life is Not Your Porn,” South Korean Women Say, as Digital Sex Crimes Rise
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(Feminism)
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... Though this system also affects male idols, the industry subscribes aggressively to the male gaze, manufacturing their female idols as demure porcelain dolls.
Companies tend to use a very specific ...
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Created on 07 July 2021
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Naomi Osaka’s Decision to Leave French Open Sparks a Needed Conversation about the Mental Health of Athletes
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(Living)
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... the Laureus Sport, an organization that is using sports to aid in the development of youth.
Osaka is the highest-paid female athlete ever, bringing in $60 million throughout her career. Her voice in ...
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Created on 04 June 2021
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Don't Forget Your Story: Why Kink Will Always Belong in Prid
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(Living)
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... motorcycles barreled towards us, I shoved myself forward, pressing my body onto the edge of the parade gate to get a better look. At first, I was simply taken aback by seeing solely female and non-binary ...
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Created on 03 June 2021
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Woman With A Plan: Actor/Writer/Director Natalie Morales Makes Media Made For US
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(TV)
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... I didn’t expect to be so intriguing.” That psychology also involves deciding how she wants to depict her female leads, and emphasizing the female gaze. Which is especially important now, since her latest ...
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Created on 21 May 2021
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In Honor of Mental Health Action Day, Here Are 8 Mental Health Organizations to Know and Support
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(Living)
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... Health:
15.1 million adults from 18-25 in the United States suffer from a form of mental illness
Mental illness is higher in females (24.5%) than males (16.3%)
Adults from the ages 18-25 had the ...
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Created on 20 May 2021
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Musician Cassandra Violet Opens Up About The Social Pressures of the "Biological Clock," The Meaning Behind Her New Music Video And Album, And The Everyday Anxieties We All Face: BUST Intervie
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(Music)
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... to produce a perfect pastry, floating hands make her task more and more difficult, ruining her creation. The concept plays off of Violet’s apprehensiveness to the traditional female gender sphere.
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Created on 18 May 2021
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For Centuries, Some Asian Women Have Chosen to Live Communally, Preferring to Take Care Of Each Other Rather Than Rely On Men
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(Living)
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... by one woman acting as “head vegetarian.” Those that were designated as nunneries or monasteries were built with capital from Buddhist businessmen, and managed by female vegetarian house members.
If ...
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Created on 17 May 2021
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Khadijah Robinson's 'The Nile List' Is the Easiest Way to Discover and Support Black-Owned Bran
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(Living)
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... work, travel, and daily life—is about female empowerment, advocacy, and promoting equity for women of color.”
Photo: CultureCon (Khadijah Robinson)
This article originally appeared in the Spring 2021 ...
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Created on 07 May 2021
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Boob Tube: Celebrating Five TV Moms We Love For Mother's Da
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(TV)
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... Jackie’s (Mila Kunis) mothers are in the picture at one point or another, Kitty is truly everyone's maternal figure and female role model. Though many of the roles she assumes as mother are appropriate ...
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Created on 07 May 2021
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Rollerskating is Back! And Skate Queen Lola Star is Here to Share All Her Tips to Get You Started
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(Living)
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... a track as a way for producers to show off their scantily clad bodies, modern roller derby was reclaimed as a full-contact female amateur sport. From 2000 to 2006, over 130 all-women’s leagues cropped ...
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Created on 05 May 2021
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A Fragmented Fisher- The Views That Feed Into the Memory of the Iconic Carrie Fisher
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(Movies)
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... when you didn’t spend your adolescent years thinking the two of you would make great friends. Princess Leia is the ultimate sci-fi female hero. A 19-year-old Fisher cautiously took over the screen as a ...
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Created on 04 May 2021
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Lion Babe's Latest Hit Song Pays Homage To Legendary Visual Artist Frida Kahl
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(Music)
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... color, gender bending, living with disability, candid about the politics of the female body and political views in general, she encourages us to claim our stories. To befriend our discomfort and invite ...
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Created on 30 April 2021
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Five 2000s Trends that Must Die
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(Entertainment)
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... in the past lest we resurrect the unhealthy beauty standards for the female body of the time period. Women’s bodies are not trends.
2. Asian cultural appropriation
Graceanne from New York City, New ...
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Created on 16 April 2021
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Rachel Brosnahan Dishes on Why Midge Maisel Isn’t a Feminist and How She Manages Acting As an Introvert: Exclusive BUST Interview
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(TV)
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... pants, in a Midge Maisel-worthy rant (“they have these cute little pockets that were perfect for holding tiny things like our tampon and our paychecks”). It was an all-female cast, unusual in itself, but ...
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Created on 07 April 2021
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The 1970s Influences in St. Vincent's New "Daddy's Home" Singles Usher In Her New Era of Glamour and G
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(Music)
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... Stone. “[That song] in particular is a love letter to strong, brilliant female artists. Each of them survived in an environment that was in a lot of ways hostile to them.”
St. Vincent’s last record, ...
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Created on 06 April 2021
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Yung Baby Tate's New "I Am" Music Video Is The Affirmation Anthem We All Ne
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(Music)
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... hosting a sleepover with a few close friends, epitomizing black girl joy and conveying the importance of female friendships.
Director Andre Muir helps Tate craft several universes in which she becomes ...
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Created on 05 April 2021
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Struggling With Loneliness One Year Into The Pandemic? These 9 Simple Tips Can Help.
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(Living)
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... buy some weights and search up “home workouts'' on YouTube or Instagram. You can look up Whitney Simmons, Heidy Espaillat, and Jessica-Diaz-Herrera on Instagram for workout videos. These certified female ...
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Created on 31 March 2021
