- 1. 3 Intriguing New Novels By Women Tackle Family Secrets and Childhood Trauma: Reviews
- (Books)
- ... get swallowed up by gang life. She spots her new friend Tonya being hauled off by strange men as her mom walks the streets looking for drugs. Last Summer is not autobiographical, but its strength is that ...
- Created on 30 June 2022
- 2. French Abortion Drama "Happening" Shows a Realistic Look At The Consequences of Repealing Roe v. Wad
- (Music)
- ... plenty of other anti-choice countries around the world. Based on Annie Ernaux’s autobiographical novel of the same name, this award-winning drama follows a young student named Anne (Anamaria Vartolomei) ...
- Created on 03 May 2022
- 3. 8 2022 New Years Resolutions That Don’t Involve Losing Weight
- (Living)
- ... both entertaining and enlightening. That doesn’t mean you have to crack open a copy of Atlas Shrugged (in fact, reading Ayn Rand is kind of cringe). Even if you just feel like picking up a graphic novel, ...
- Created on 01 January 2022
- 4. The 10 Best Feminist and Female-Centered Books of 2021 to Cozy Up With This Christmas Break, According to BUST
- (Books)
- ... themes over the holiday season? Look no further. Here’s a round-up of BUST’s best 2021 page-turners. We’ve got everything from memoirs on grief to graphic novels to queer love stories. Check them out! ...
- Created on 21 December 2021
- 5. Over a Century Ago, Two Young Girls Pulled a Prank That Got Way Out of Hand—And Convinced The World that Fairies Really Exist
- (Arts)
- ... a gnome to her knee with her oddly elongated hand. But despite the photographic evidence, the adults remained skeptical. Speaking to a reporter in 1921, Elsie’s parents “confessed they had some difficulty ...
- Created on 16 December 2021
- 6. "This is how I Disappear" a New Graphic Novel by Mirion Malle Showcases the Mental Stress and Trauma Sexual Assault Can Have On Women, And The Healing Journey It takes To Overcome I
- (Books)
- THIS IS HOW I DISAPPEAR By Mirion Malle (Drawn and Quarterly) The graphic novel This Is How I Disappear revolves around Clara, a millennial in Montreal struggling with a recent breakup, a boss ...
- Created on 15 November 2021
- 7. 6 Women-Directed Horror Thrillers to Fulfill All of Your Spooky Season Cravings
- (Movies)
- ... during the graphic, cannibalistic scenes. Needless to say, if you’re into watching something that will turn you into a devote vegan, then Raw is your solution. Streaming on Netflix Nocturne Directed ...
- Created on 01 October 2021
- 8. Loneliness Is As American As Apple Pie In Kristen Radtke's Graphic Novel "Seek You": BUST Revi
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- Kristen Radtke is a narrator as unflinching and bold as readers should be before approaching this graphic novel. Seek You demonstrates how loneliness is an experience that’s both universal and achingly ...
- Created on 09 July 2021
- 9. 8 Excellent Books By Immigrant Authors To Read This National Immigrant Heritage Month
- (Books)
- ... of the country as a whole. 1. Refuge: A Novel by Dina Nayeri Image via Penguin Random House At 10 years old, Nayeri immigrated to Oklahoma from Tehran. Refuge is a semi autobiographical novel that tells ...
- Created on 14 June 2021
- 10. 9 Books By International LGBTQ+ Authors For Present And Future Pride Celebrations
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- ... and critical acclaim, this is a graphic novel about a 28-year-old Japanese woman who is struggling with her sexuality and mental health. With minimalist drawings that underscore a powerful story of struggle ...
- Created on 03 June 2021
- 11. Hair Art: The Morbid Trend That Dominated the Victorian Era
- (Living)
- ... Dr. Helen Sheumaker, author of Love Entwined: The Curious History of Hair Work, told National Geographic. Throughout 19th-century England, women would make wreaths from the hairs of a single deceased person ...
- Created on 05 April 2021
- 12. The Kind Of Miscarriage We Don't Talk About: "Catalogue Baby" Excer
- (Living)
- Myriam Steinberg's Catalogue Baby is a graphic novel about an indomitable spirit who, like so many women, lives through fertility struggles, miscarriages, and the deep-seeded ...
- Created on 12 March 2021
- 13. Nadia Owusu's 'Aftershocks' Captures The Earthquake Of A Life Rattled By Loss And Displaceme
- (Books)
- ... BUST "Rx" Is A Painfully Honestly Graphic Memoir About Living With Bipolar Disorder "The Office Of Historical Corrections" Is A Beautifully Honest Collection Of Novellas Sara Schaefer's Contemplative ...
- Created on 14 January 2021
- 14. 8 New Years Resolutions for 2022 That Don’t Involve Losing Weight
- (Living)
- ... both entertaining and enlightening. That doesn’t mean you have to crack open a copy of Atlas Shrugged (in fact, reading Ayn Rand is kind of cringe). Even if you just feel like picking up a graphic novel, ...
- Created on 17 December 2020
- 15. 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
- 16. Sara Schaefer's Contemplative Memoir Invites Us To Laugh Along With Her ...
- (Books)
- ... 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 ...
- Created on 23 October 2020
- 17. How One Woman Changed The Video Game World Forever
- (Entertainment)
- ... 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, ...
- Created on 09 October 2020
- 18. The Women's Prize Excludes Akwaeke Emezi With Transphobic Requirement
- (Books)
- ... 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 ...
- Created on 05 October 2020
- 19. Meet Some Of TIME100's Most Influential Women of 202
- (Feminism)
- ... 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 woman ...
- Created on 23 September 2020
- 20. What’s So Funny? Pop Culture Still Doesn’t Know How To Handle Bulimia
- (Entertainment)
- ... photo: Perks of Being a Wallflower, via YouTube More from BUST Quarantine Holds Different Hardships For Those With Eating Disorders How Artist Kim Krans Processed Her Pain In Gorgeous Graphic Memoir ...
- Created on 17 September 2020
