- 21. "I Love You, Now Die" Director Erin Lee Carr Demystifies Teen Girlhood Through True Crime Docs: BUST Intervie
- (Movies)
- ... because I am in an opportunity as a young filmmaker—I’m 31—I want to make things about young people. I want to demystify teenage girlhood. I Love You, Now Die is available to stream now on HBO. More ...
- Created on 12 July 2019
- 22. The Secret, Eternal Glamour of “Older Girls”
- (Living)
- ... stumbling, into teenage girlhood myself, the enigmatic coolness of girls who came before me remained just out of reach. When I was anxiously learning to drive, they were piled into SUVs and expertly whipping ...
- Created on 02 May 2019
- 23. Director Aly Migliori’s Feminist “Twist” On The Thriller Genre
- (Movies)
- ... of the “isolation, voyeurism and distortion of American mythos.” The film’s saccharine setting is also fitting in its allusion to the sugarcoating of American girlhood. Girls have long been pinned with ...
- Created on 25 April 2019
- 24. 11 Books By Women To Read Right Now
- (Books)
- ... worldview. And just like a real mixtape, while this powerful scholarly text is full of nostalgic Black girlhood references and odes to Black womanhood, it still has some flawed and distorted patches, like ...
- Created on 10 January 2019
- 25. What "Twilight" Taught Us About Sex And Virginit
- (Movies)
- ... very literal way. She goes from a chaste, weak, virginal girl to a powerful, vampire mother. The loss of her virginity becomes the point of transition from girlhood to womanhood: Bella can only become ...
- Created on 05 December 2018
- 26. There's Finally Going To Be An "Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret" Mo
- (Movies)
- ... The novel is a time-capsule for many women, showing the fragility and confusion of growing up. Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret brings the secret and sacredness of girlhood whispers, behind-the-scenes ...
- Created on 22 October 2018
- 27. The New Play "A.I.M. To Please" Will Validate The Heck Out Of Your Internet-Infused Adolescenc
- (Arts)
- ... story from the girlhood internet sparked someone else’s recollection of another, and another, and soon enough, she had an arsenal she could lace together with a common thread. Together, their stories are ...
- Created on 15 May 2018
- 28. Poet Olivia Gatwood Writes Like Teen Spirit: BUST Interview
- (Feminism)
- ... the whole time, I would have just instinctually known. Many of your poems grapple with those implicit rules about American girlhood. Why is it important to examine them so critically? I think girls ...
- Created on 09 February 2018
- 29. Teen Girls Take On Sexism In Sophie Strauss' "Quiz In A Magazine" Video: Interview With Animator Becca Schucha
- (Music)
- ... about sexism and the murky, confusing nature of girlhood. "I wrote 'Quiz In A Magazine' as a way to capture the internal dialogue that girls and women have as we try to rationalize away the experiences ...
- Created on 16 October 2017
- 30. How Women Directors Show The Nuanced Reality Of Female Friendship
- (Movies)
- ... Marina. GIRLHOOD, directed by Celine Sciamma (2014) Four vigorous young women, tough on the outside, let their guard down in each other’s company. Tenderness comes up to surface when they are alone ...
- Created on 19 September 2017
- 31. 11 New Books By Women To Read Right Now
- (Books)
- ... ever at a party with author and former BUST columnist Carina Chocano, sit down next to her. In her first book of essays, the pop-culture critic tells her story of girlhood through the lens of the films ...
- Created on 25 August 2017
- 32. Amandla Stenberg On Her Gender, Her Activism, And Why She'll Never Have A Smartphone: BUST Intervie
- (Feminism)
- At 18, outspoken actor and activist Amandla Stenberg has already been called “one of the new guards of feminism.” Here, the Hunger Games star opens up about her girlhood, her gender, and her goals as ...
- Created on 17 July 2017
- 33. New Study Shows That Black Girls Are Seen As Less Innocent Than White Girls - Starting At AGE FIVE
- (Feminism)
- Previous statistics have shown that black girls in America have disproportionately higher rates of punitive treatment in education and juvenile justice systems than their white peers, and a new study ...
- Created on 29 June 2017
- 34. Amber Tamblyn, Before She Painted It Black: From The BUST Archives
- (Movies)
- ... (she's already published three books of poetry). We’re so proud to call Tamblyn an FOB (Friend of BUST). But before we were besties, we were drawn to her gritty, authentic portrayals of American girlhood ...
- Created on 25 May 2017
- 35. Grimes And Janelle Monae Team Up For 'Venus Fly' Vide
- (Music)
- ... and Monae's "Venus Fly" personas seem to subvert classic romantic images (think Birth of Venus), fairytale notions of girlhood (think Beauty and the Beast), and men's fashion; with "Venus Fly," Grimes creates ...
- Created on 09 February 2017
- 36. Kathryn Bigelow, From "The Hurt Locker" To "Detroit": 52 Weeks Of Directo
- (Movies)
- After her history-making Oscar win in 2010, the media appointed Kathryn Bigelow as the “symbol” of all female filmmakers. As such, her influence and work is often diminished. Despite becoming a symbol, ...
- Created on 02 February 2017
- 37. Why We Should Be Freaking Out About The 'Simon Vs. The Homo Sapiens Agenda' Movi
- (Movies)
- It’s official: Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda, the coming-of-age YA novel about “not-so-openly gay” teenager Simon Spier, is going to be a movie. And needless to say, I am EXCITED. 2016 was a hard ...
- Created on 04 January 2017
- 38. Helen Hunt Couldn't Get Roles After Her Oscar — So She Got Behind The Camer
- (Movies)
- ... To Making 'A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night' Larisa Sheptiko's Stunning Soviet-Era Films Will Have You Wondering Why You've Never Heard Her Name With 'Girlhood' And 'Tomboy,' Celine Sciamma Redefines Coming-Of-Age ...
- Created on 16 December 2016
- 39. BUST's Top 20 Books Of 201
- (Books)
- ... on the girlhood of the members and the societal influences that drove them into the arms of “an expert in female sadness.” “I knew just being a girl in the world handicapped your ability to believe yourself,” ...
- Created on 09 December 2016
- 40. Ana Lily Amirpour's "A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night" Is A Western Noir With A Feminist Twist: 52 Weeks Of Directo
- (Movies)
- ... Sheptiko's Stunning Soviet-Era Films Will Have You Wondering Why You Never Heard Her Name With 'Girlhood' And 'Tomboy,' Celine Sciamma Redefines Coming-Of-Age From 'Fish Tank' To 'American Honey,' Andrea ...
- Created on 08 December 2016
