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1. Scared With Her, Not for Her: Keke Palmer Shines in "Nope: (Movies); ... This is particularly true when, as in the case of many of these depictions, emotional distress is portrayed as something that male characters must save the females from. This trend is exemplified in a ...; Created on 04 August 2022
2. Season Two of HBO's "Love Life" Co-Starring Former BUST Covergirl Jessica Williams, Puts Modern Black Love on Full Display ...: (TV); ... than 6% of Black female TV characters were shown in a romantic relationship. Black women are the least likely of any race to be shown as the love interest in a TV series. Mia is not only depicted as ...; Created on 09 December 2021
3. How “Jennifer's Body" Smashed Its Way Through The Male Gaze And Into Queer, Feminist Cult Statu: (Movies); ... Diablo Cody intended for the film to speak to a young, female demographic, studio advertisers had different ideas. “In those conversations, I was like, Oh, OK, we are seeing either we made a movie that ...; Created on 25 October 2021
4. Hot Girl Summer Gone Wrong in Twitter Thread-Inspired Film ZOLA: (Movies); ... Taylour Paige and Riley Keough perfectly portrayed the chemistry and intensity of a fresh-out-of-the-oven female friendship—as well as its demise. Taylour Paige should win an Oscar for her use of side-eye ...; Created on 07 July 2021
5. Kevin Can F**k Himself Flips The Script on Misogynistic Sitcom Tropes: A Review: (TV); ... of female characters we have all become used to in sitcoms. After a few more jokes and dirty dishes tossed her way, she heads back into the kitchen, and viewers enter an entirely different world. This ...; Created on 07 July 2021
6. Rachel Brosnahan Dishes on Why Midge Maisel Isn’t a Feminist and How She Manages Acting As an Introvert: Exclusive BUST Interview: (TV); ... 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 ...; Created on 07 April 2021
7. Lysol's Horrifying History Of Marketing Cleaning Products As Birth Contro: (Living); ... “spermicide,” especially when used in reference to a Lysol solution that could “spread” and “search out germs in deep crevices.” With the FDA not involving itself in matters of female troubles at the time, ...; Created on 25 March 2021
8. Calling All Lady Stoners: On Shame, Gender, and Weed: (Living); ... female characters are weed smokers, it’s causal, part of the “I’m wild and crazy and I don’t want to settle down!” narrative. It’s portrayed as a quirky piece of their personality, but not central to their ...; Created on 18 December 2020
9. Michaela Coel's "I May Destroy You" Shatters Stereotypes — And Depicts Rape As It Really: (TV); ... most striking moments of feeling in the series comes at the end of episode 2 when Arabella is reporting the rape to two female detectives. Arabella rejects the idea that the “thing in her head” is a memory ...; Created on 11 September 2020
10. 10 Feminist Horror Flicks To Watch This Summer: (Movies); On the surface, horror and feminism don’t seem to mix well. The film industry itself is dominated by men, but horror is especially chock full of sexist tropes and air-headed female characters. For example, ...; Created on 26 June 2020
11. Women Bring Hitchcock into the 21st Century in HBO’s Rom-Com Thriller "Run: (TV); ... narrative with current technology, strong female roles, and the acknowledgement of character complexity. In Hitchcock’s 1959 film, Cary Grant stars as Roger Thornhill, a man on the run because he’s been ...; Created on 01 May 2020
12. Sexism in Psych Wards: The Gendered Legacy of “Girl, Interrupted”: (Feminism); ... female cast at a time when women made up only a tiny percentage of speaking roles, the 1999 movie adaptation turned to hypersexualizing tropes that eroticized and exotified young women’s struggles with ...; Created on 26 July 2019
13. Macy’s And Forever 21 Tried To Serve Fatphobia—Customers Didn’t Bite: (Feminism); ... both mega-retailers have thoughtlessly promoted body dissatisfaction to their largely female consumer base, with Macy’s releasing a dinnerware collection featuring different portion sizes and touting disordered ...; Created on 24 July 2019
14. Why Netflix's Cancellation of 'One Day At A Time' Hurts So Mu: (Entertainment); ... maids, drug dealers, victims of abuse, and the oversexualized female tropes in red dresses (no shade directed to the glamorous emoji). Less than 1 percent of Netflix’s 700 original series center the ...; Created on 19 March 2019
15. "The Bisexual" Confronts Bisexual Stereotypes At The Cost Of Characterizatio: (TV); Bisexual. Sometimes it can feel like a “bad” word, both in queer culture and in heteronormative society. You might think that bisexuals would feel at home both worlds, however, many bisexual folks ...; Created on 18 January 2019
16. "Mary, Queen Of Scots": Strong Performances And Stunning Costumes Aren't Enough To Make This Movie Gre: (Movies); ... I in MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS, a Focus Features release. Credit: Liam Daniel / Focus Features Mary, on the other hand, is a typical Strong Female Character, leading men into battle and kicking sexist advisors ...; Created on 07 December 2018
17. "Thee Collected Cyanide Milkshake": The Comic That Reclaims Punk Rock for Femme: (Books); ... Thee Collected Cyanide Milkshake will be published Gimme Action (a female-owned publisher based in Oakland), appearing online November 1st and debuting on stands at Seattle’s Short Run festival on November ...; Created on 18 October 2018
18. How You Can Help Send Kids To Watch "Black Panther" ...: (Feminism); ... In 1887, Susanna Salter was put on the mayoral ballot of a small Kansas town as a joke. Timeline writes that she got the last laugh when she was elected the first female mayor in America’s history. ...; Created on 14 February 2018
19. The “Glasses Gotta Go” Trope Needs to Go: (Movies); ... order to destroy stereotypes associated with glasses, Hollywood needs to get rid of this trope. top photo: The Princess Diaries More from BUST As A Female Director, My Voice Changes Society "Atomic ...; Created on 17 January 2018
20. "Batman: The Dark Knight: Master Race" Shows How Feminism Is Growing In Comic Books: BUST Intervie: (Books); Batwoman. Not Batman, not Batgirl, not Batlady. Batwoman is here and ready to take on Gotham and the world. Batwoman is also the central character in a mostly female cast in Frank Miller’s graphic ...; Created on 26 September 2017

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