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Sara Schaefer's Contemplative Memoir Invites Us To Laugh Along With Her
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(Books)
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... the reader to see herself in the pages of a memoir is the hallmark of any well-written autobiographical work, and Schaefer achieves this nimbly with a debut that more than lives up to its title.
By Brandy ...
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Created on 23 October 2020
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How One Woman Changed The Video Game World Forever
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(Entertainment)
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... to venture forth, uncover clues, and win the game. But it wasn’t just the text, flashing on the screen of an 8-bit Apple II that shot out like a call from the wild—it was the graphics. They were monochrome, ...
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Created on 09 October 2020
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The Women's Prize Excludes Akwaeke Emezi With Transphobic Requirements
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(Books)
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... for Freshwater, a semi-autobiographical work exploring their Igbo heritage and gender identity, which is being adapted into a television series by FX. The nomination was the first time that a non-binary ...
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Created on 05 October 2020
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Meet Some Of TIME100's Most Influential Women of 2020
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(Feminism)
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... of the gifts of the TIME100 list is highlighting innovators that are often relegated to the back pages of a National Geographic. One such 'Leader,' as TIME calls them, is Nemonte Nenquimo, an Amazonian w ...
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Created on 23 September 2020
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What’s So Funny? Pop Culture Still Doesn’t Know How To Handle Bulimia
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(Entertainment)
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... photo: Perks of Being a Wallflower, via YouTube
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Quarantine Holds Different Hardships For Those With Eating Disorders
How Artist Kim Krans Processed Her Pain In Gorgeous Graphic Memoir ...
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Created on 17 September 2020
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Set Your Spooktober Off Right With These Queer And Women-Centered Virtual Literary Events
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(Books)
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... k here to save your spot!
Story art: Gabriella Shery is an illustrator, graphic designer, and comic artist from Brooklyn, New York. You can find her work on Instagram @gabshery, or on her website ...
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Created on 16 September 2020
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Author Caitlin Moran Proves Why She's One Of The World's Funniest Feminists On BUST's "Poptarts" Podcast
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(Poptarts)
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... York Times bestseller. And her 2014 autobiographical coming-of-age novel, How to Build a Girl, was adapted into a film starring Beanie Feldstein that premiered in 2019.
When Moran finished How to Be ...
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Created on 11 September 2020
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Mistakes We Made At The Grocery Store: An Excerpt From "Tuca And Bertie" Creator Lisa Hanawalt's New Book
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(Arts)
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This article originally appeared in Lisa Hanawalt's book I Want You, published by Drawn & Quarterly and out now. It has been reprinted here with permission.
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I'm Queer And A ...
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Created on 27 August 2020
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DC Comics’ Latest Event Showed The Necessity Of Diversity In Superhero Media
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(Movies)
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... when Neil Gaiman wrote the graphic novel Sandman, which is slated to become a show on Netflix but, because of COVID, has been delayed.
Fresh off her run with Wonder Woman, Wilson has created an entirel ...
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Created on 27 August 2020
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“She-Ra” Creator Noelle Stevenson Talks Flawed Heroines And Women In Animation: BUST Interview
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(TV)
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... got her start in comics? Before Stevenson brought to life Catradora – aka, one of the most adorable ships in the history of Tv – she got her start creating an online graphic novel called Nimona.
Nimona is ...
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Created on 16 July 2020
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Week Of Women: HAIM, Megan Thee Stallion, Arca
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(Entertainment)
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...
MOVIES/TV
Warrior Nun
Based on a graphic novel of the same name, Netflix’s new fantasy series tells the story of a young woman who wakes up in a morgue and discovers she’s part of an ancient ...
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Created on 25 June 2020
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12 Books By Black Women Authors To Add To Your To-Read List
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(Books)
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... ience and desires, no matter how much love and effort one puts into the attempt. –Alexandra Chang
What We Lose: A Novel by Zinzi Clemmons
Zinzi Clemmons’ semi-autobiographical debut novel has a dept ...
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Created on 12 June 2020
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Meet Julie d'Aubigny: The French Gender-bending Opera Diva Your History Teacher Didn't Want You To Know About
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(Feminism)
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... 14, Julie, now considered a beauty, became the Count’s mistress. One of the first biographical accounts of her life, by the Parfaict brothers in their 1756 Dictionnaire des Théâtres de Paris, describe ...
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Created on 29 April 2020
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Debut Author Claribel Ortega Talks Process And Publishing During A Pandemic: BUST Interview
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(Books)
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... or Die hosting duo, a weekly podcast that gives authors an open space to discuss their journeys. She is also the creator of GIFGRRL, a graphic design business that also sells merch for writers and creatives. ...
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Created on 27 March 2020
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17 Feel Good Shows You Can Stream To Feel Less Socially Isolated
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(TV)
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... demographic that is sorely underrepresented on television. Available on Netflix.
10. New Girl
It’s an oldie but a goodie. Following the playful Jess, played by Zooey Deschanel, and her roommates ...
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Created on 19 March 2020
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Tamara Taylor Takes The Idea of a Bad-Ass Bitch to a Whole New Level in New Netflix Show, “October Faction”: BUST Interview
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(TV)
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... d. “I think it’s so much more ambitious than it appears. But I think the showrunner, Damian Kindler, is smart enough to know — [...] as a fan of graphic novels — it’s a fun medium to deliver a message.”
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Created on 13 February 2020
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Week Of Women: December 13-19, 2019
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(Entertainment)
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... translated by Charlotte Coombe
Acclaimed Colombian author Margarita García Robayo’s collection is comprised of seven short stories and two novellas, one of which is semi-autobiographical. Out now. ...
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Created on 12 December 2019
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Zadie Smith Continues To Master The Short Story In "Grand Union"
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(Books)
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... many geographic spaces and identities.
Many stories start by dropping the reader squarely in the center of unfolding action which creates an urgency, a current to catch up with. And while not every entry ...
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Created on 10 December 2019
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Thanks To Kami Garcia, "Teen Titans'" Raven Gets Her Own Story
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(Books)
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... to choose a favorite, one thing is for sure: I’m always hungry for more individual screen time from each.
If, like me, you’ve ever wanted to see more Raven, your wishes have been answered in graphic ...
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Created on 10 October 2019
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The Woman Behind "Reviving Ophelia" Reflects On Teen Girls' Mental Health, Then & Now
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(Feminism)
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... girls are exposed to pornography long before they hold hands on a date. Porn, with its graphic, aggressive, and decidedly un-tender expressions of sex, shapes teens’ expectations around the sex act an ...
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Created on 24 September 2019
