- 1. 3 New Feminist Titles That Examine Women's Place In Civilization And Society: BUST Review
- (Books)
- ... by the stories Newton uncovers about her family members and moved by witnessing the transformative power that reckoning with one own’s past can have. –CHIARA ATOYEBI Bitch: On the Female of the ...
- Created on 11 July 2022
- 2. The Secret History of Women and Mushrooms: A Centuries-Old Tale of Empowerment, Enlightenment, Education, and Magic
- (Eat Me)
- For much of human history, women have been the main keepers and distributors of mycological knowledge. Here, we meet just a few of the female scientists, naturalists, farmers, and healers who have been, ...
- Created on 28 April 2022
- 3. Lego Says Buh-Bye to Gendered Playtime With New Gender-Neutral Toys and "Ready For Girls" Campaign ...
- (Feminism)
- ... and blue but instead designed to appeal equally to all children. Products like Lego Dots and Lego City Wildlife Rescue Camp have already begun to dismantle the idea of male vs. female play by focusing ...
- Created on 14 October 2021
- 4. Poet Maya Angelou, Astronaut Sally Ride, And Other Iconic Women Will Be Honored On A New U.S. Mint Coin Series
- (Feminism)
- Poet and civil rights activist Maya Angelou, and Sally Ride, the first female astronaut to go to space, are the first women who will be featured on a series of quarters within the next four years by ...
- Created on 12 May 2021
- 5. Happy 87th Birthday, Jane Goodall! 5 Inspiring Life Lessons from The Trailblazing Primatologist and Anthropologist
- (Living)
- ... began her work in primate research in the 1950s, the field was dominated by men. According to CBC, primatology now has one of the highest proportions of female to male scientists of any scientific field. ...
- Created on 31 March 2021
- 6. How Women And YA Are Changing The World Of Comics
- (Books)
- ... schedule to grow all DC imprints. One imprint that has been incredibly successful in attracting female readership and providing more writing jobs to women in graphic novels is DC’s imprint geared towards ...
- Created on 12 November 2020
- 7. NASA Renames Headquarters After First Black Woman Engineer, Mary W. Jackson
- (Feminism)
- ... Figures Way,’ a reminder that Mary is one of many incredible and talented professionals in NASA’s history who contributed to this agency’s success.” Mary W. Jackson was NASA’s first Black female engineer ...
- Created on 25 June 2020
- 8. Hate Math? Thank The Patriarchy
- (Feminism)
- ... more individualized approach to teaching. There, she met her match in an instructor who wouldn’t take the young student’s doubt at face value. The teacher, a woman, wasn’t Vakharia’s first female math ...
- Created on 11 May 2020
- 9. “The Expanding Universe of Ashley Garcia” Star, Paulina Chávez, Talks Girl Power and Latinx Representation: BUST Interview
- (TV)
- ... much needed to have a show that is out of the ordinary. You don’t see a lot of scientists who are Latinas, who are main characters, and they’re females. That is very important! Or, who are so young and ...
- Created on 21 February 2020
- 10. Here Are 6 Scientists to Know on International Day of Women and Girls in Science
- (Living)
- ... the scientific field. The disparity between men and women in the domain of STEM is staggering with women making up less than 30% of the research work field. UNESCO found that only close to 30% of female ...
- Created on 11 February 2020
- 11. The Four Black NASA Women Who Inspired “Hidden Figures” Are Getting Congressional Gold Medals
- (Feminism)
- ... into the Senior Executive Service at Langley. Her work led to discoveries that "revolutionized aerodynamics design,” CNN reports. For 21 years, Jackson worked as NASA's first Black female engineer before ...
- Created on 13 November 2019
- 12. The Racist Origins Of Fatphobia
- (Feminism)
- ... prized. In the early to mid-17th century, the artist Peter Paul Rubens, whose very name has become synonymous with curvaceous women, created images of female beauty that were representative of the ideals ...
- Created on 10 October 2019
- 13. New Study Shows Work Can Lower The Risk Of Alzheimer's For Wome
- (Living)
- ... findings, research presented at last Tuesday’s conference included evidence for sex-specific genes linked to Alzheimer’s as well as both structural and functional differences in female brains that may ...
- Created on 22 July 2019
- 14. This Female Computer Scientist Brought Us The Viral Black Hole Photograph
- (Feminism)
- ... of Katie Bouman's Facebook More from BUST "The Future Is Female!" Celebrates Women Sci-Fi Writers Of The 1920s-1960s Donna Strickland Is The First Woman In 55 Years To Win A Nobel Prize In Physics ...
- Created on 11 April 2019
- 15. “Goddess Mode” Is A Cyberbunk Comic Full Of Tech, Magic, And Girl Power
- (Books)
- ... a.k.a. the oracles, is a mix of cyberpunk/Sailor Moon. Honestly, these outfits are the dream of any cosplayer. Though the protagonists are all female, Quinn said, “I didn’t want to make a story that ...
- Created on 28 March 2019
- 16. A Possible Scientific Breakthrough in Eradicating HPV - Thanks to a Mostly Female Team of Researchers in Mexico
- (Living)
- In Mexico, a mostly female team of researchers have potentially made an important discovery in eradicating HPV, or Human Papilloma Virus. HPV is a sexually transmitted infection “that can lead to some ...
- Created on 13 February 2019
- 17. Scientific Study Finds That Women’s Brains Age More Slowly Than Men’s
- (Feminism)
- ... if she were 46 years old. Essentially, the female brain does not deteriorate as quickly as the male brain, resulting in a more youthful, more effective brain later in life. According to NPR, the team ...
- Created on 05 February 2019
- 18. How To Celebrate Christmas Like A True Victorian
- (Living)
- There’s nothing more quintessentially Christmas than a Victorian Christmas, complete with mistletoe, tinsel, and candles on the tree. But there was more to Victorian holiday decorating than tinsel and ...
- Created on 18 December 2018
- 19. BUST's Holiday Gift Guide For Everyone On Your Lis
- (Entertainment)
- Whether it's a present for your mother, your niece, your BFF, or your co-worker, we've got the best holiday gift ideas in every price range. This gift guide is guaranteed to make the 2018 holiday shopping ...
- Created on 13 December 2018
- 20. Sleigh Girl, Sleigh: Scientists Say Santa's Reindeer Are Femal
- (Living)
- The holiday season is, once again, right around the corner, which means it is time for a friendly reminder that Santa’s reindeer are biologically female. About a year ago, Cat Reynolds made an observation ...
- Created on 06 December 2018
