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Nadia Owusu's 'Aftershocks' Captures The Earthquake Of A Life Rattled By Loss And Displacement
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(Books)
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In Nadia Owusu’s memoir Aftershocks, life experiences are like earthquakes. Fault lines break open around the loss of her beloved father, her mother’s abandonment, all the places around the globe she’s ...
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Created on 14 January 2021
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Social Impact Fashion Startup Oluna Is Fighting Period Poverty, One Pair Of Pants At A Time
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(Style)
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... food bank and the first item she takes out are menstrual products,” Hancock says. “That opened my eyes completely.”
Since its founding in 2018, Oluna has been hard at work destigmatizing periods and ...
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Created on 08 January 2021
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Calling All Aesthetes: 10 Activist Artists Who Should Be At The Top Of Your Instagram Feed
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(Arts)
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... & Brown Lives,” and her page certainly lives up to this ambition. She aims to “inspire, celebrate and elevate repressed indigenous, first nations and native cultures and women of color” through her work. ...
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Created on 05 January 2021
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What Some of Our BUST Winter Interns Have Their Eyes On This Holiday Season
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(Living)
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... Backless Tee for Danielle - $80
I first saw this piece on Black Fashion Fair earlier in the year and although it quickly sold out, it's now availble on the Phlemuns brand site. The entire back of ...
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Created on 14 December 2020
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FKA Twigs Sues Shia LaBeouf For Abusive Behavior, And The Internet Has Something To Say About It
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(Music)
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Unfortunately, the lawsuit that musician FKA twigs (legally known as Tahliah Debrett Barnett) filed against actor Shia LaBeouf last week is not the first accusation of abuse made about him. In her Los ...
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Created on 14 December 2020
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The Biden-Harris Administration Makes History By Appointing An All-Female Communications Team
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(Feminism)
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... move, Biden has already appointed the first Latino man as Chief of Homeland Security, Alejandro Mayorkas. What’s more, Biden also chose Avril Haines and Janet Yellen as the first women ever to hold their ...
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Created on 30 November 2020
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“I Am Greta”: A Look Inside The Life Of A 17-Year-Old Global Climate Activist - BUST Movie Review
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(Movies)
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... rs after her first school strike, Thunberg is tired of hearing these words. The Hulu original documentary I Am Greta, directed by Nathan Grossman, gives audiences an intimate look at the teenage clim ...
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Created on 16 November 2020
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Give Your Erotic Imagination A Software Update With These Four Fun Apps
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(Sex)
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Dipsea Founded by two friends who wanted to take a mind-first approach to sex, Dipsea boasts a library of over 200 erotic audio stories, with new additions each week. You can sort through stories by ...
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Created on 13 November 2020
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Alarming Stats Reveal Increasing Murder Rates of Women and Girls in Guatemala During COVID
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(Feminism)
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More than 200 Guatemalan women and girls were killed in the first eight months of this year alone. Since 2015, more than 3,000 women and girls have been killed in Guatemala according to human rights ...
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Created on 12 October 2020
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Canadian Judge Challenges Justice System in Case of Indigenous Women Charged with Drunk Driving
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(Feminism)
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In the case of six Indigenous women from the Pikangikum First Nation in Canada who pleaded guilty to impaired driving offences, Ontario Court Justice David Gibson is calling to challenge the minimum ...
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Created on 06 October 2020
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You Go Girl: Why Traveling to Atlantic City during COVID Felt Safer Than Staying Home
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(Living)
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... + Sound program definitely put my mind at ease during my first outing away from home since the COVID crisis began and helped me re-capture a little glimmer or normalcy during a very abnormal time. If Americans ...
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Created on 28 September 2020
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Gender Kills: CA Wildfire Due to a Gender Reveal Mishap Reveals the Urgency of Giving Indigenous People Land Rights
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(Living)
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... safe to say we evolved from the need to have gender reveal parties and the idea of gender.
And this is not the first time that gender reveal parties end in catastrophic events. Last year, BUST reported gende ...
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Created on 22 September 2020
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Women Won Big At The Emmys, Here Are BUST's 10 Favorite Moments
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(Entertainment)
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... ity to play a woman of a certain age — my age — who gets to fully be her ridiculous self.”
3. Annie Murphy's First Win
Following in her costars footsteps, Annie Murphy won Supporting Actress in a C ...
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Created on 21 September 2020
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Berlin Film Festival Makes History With Gender Neutral Awards
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(Movies)
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... Carlo Chatrian, marks the first use of gender neutral awards at an international festival. The directors said, via press release, “We believe that not separating the awards in the acting field according ...
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Created on 04 September 2020
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Designer Aurora James Calls On Major Retailers to Make 15 Percent Pledge to Black Businesses
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(Style)
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... to the pledge. The shift won’t happen overnight for large corporations, so James provides three actionable steps on the organization’s website. The first step is taking stock of the percentage of shelf ...
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Created on 01 September 2020
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What's Up With the Conways?
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(Living)
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... journey as one of the most controversial and outspoken Trump supporters. She took up the post in 2016 after becoming the first female campaign manager to win a presidential race and hasn’t stopped shocking ...
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Created on 25 August 2020
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No, AOC’s Sanders Nomination Was Not A Jab At Biden, That’s Literally How National Conventions Work
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(General)
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... President Joe Biden for president. The roll call, which was done via pre-recorded video and zoom for the first time in the DNC’s 172 year history, featured a number of moving speeches from diverse citizens ...
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Created on 19 August 2020
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The Internet is Raising Eyebrows at Joe Biden's New VP Kamala Harris
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(Feminism)
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Kamala Harris was announced as Joe Biden’s running candidate for Vice President yesterday via email and twitter. Kamala Harris is the first Black woman and the first person of Indian descent to be nominated ...
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Created on 12 August 2020
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Here's How To Help The People Of Beirut Right Now
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(Feminism)
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... ambulances from around the country to help the city of Beirut. The organization also set up a triage and first aid stations. They also have an app and you can find them on Twitter or Facebook.
Lebanese ...
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Created on 06 August 2020
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Korryn Gaines' Death Anniversary Just Passed, And It’s Important To Remember Her Story
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(Feminism)
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... jury. The jury stated that since the first shot was fired by the officer and not Gaines that his actions were not reasonable and thus violated their civil rights. However, there was an appeal filed whic ...
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Created on 06 August 2020
