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For The Gworls is a Black-Trans Led Collective That Creates Curated Parties and Events to Fundraise For Black Trans Lives
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(Feminism)
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... check on the DJ and whether the tables are ready for the guests,” she says while adjusting her hair. At just 26, Asanni Armon a Black activist and founder of the trangender-led collective, For the Gworls, ...
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Created on 16 November 2021
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Doctors Marian Croak and Patricia Bath Are the First Black Women Inducted into The National Inventors Hall Of Fame, And Yeah, It's About Time
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(Feminism)
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... at New York University in 1973, and later, the first woman to chair an ophthalmology residency program in the U.S.
“To know that my mother is part of the 2022 class of National Inventors Hall of ...
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Created on 30 September 2021
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6 Iconic LGBTQ+ Comedians To Laugh With This Pride Month
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(Entertainment)
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... events anyone might find upsetting with the same enthusiasm and optimism as if she’d just received an award. For example, in a segment on Conan, she jokes about her recent post-divorce spiral into hair ...
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Created on 10 June 2021
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Biden Administration Brings Back Obama-era Policies, Bans Discrimination Against LGBTQ+ Community in Healthcare
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(Feminism)
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... Chair of the House Armed Services Military Personnel Subcommittee. “I intend to add a provision to this year’s defense policy bill to secure a permanent policy of nondiscrimination for our armed forces." ...
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Created on 13 May 2021
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These 10 Empowering and Body-Positive Women On TikTok Will Remind You to Love Yourself Every day
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(Arts)
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... - ana.gir.fer
1. @taylor_chilton18
If you’re looking for body-positive encouragement and really cool haircut inspiration, look no further than Taylor Chilton. Her new series, “Have Lunch With Me,” ...
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Created on 07 April 2021
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Meet the Next Generation of Superstar Activists: Exclusive BUST Interviews
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(Feminism)
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... Care in Action (careinaction.us)—a nonprofit that provides tools to domestic workers to push for fairer labor practices—Jess Morales Rocketto advocates for millions of hardworking women. She is also Chair ...
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Created on 15 February 2021
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UPS Finally Lifts Ban On Natural and Protective Black Hairstyles
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(Living)
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... Black Lives did lead to some fundamental changes in businesses and media. This week, UPS announced that they would allow workers to have facial hair, natural, and protective Black hairstyles like afros ...
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Created on 18 November 2020
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Amy Coney Barrett Is A Threat To Civil Rights
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(Blog)
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... the former GOP chairman and Maryland's first African-American Lieutenant Governor, suggested in a phone interview that Trump nominees' silence on Brown v. Board of Education leaves open the possibilit ...
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Created on 30 September 2020
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The Great Awakening: Punk Icon Mina Caputo on Being Trans, a Hardcore Pioneer, and on a Different Frequency
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(Music)
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... So, I was beat up for every little thing. If I came home with dyed red hair, I was beat up and punched and abused. If I expressed anything feminine, I would be beat up and ridiculed.”
While Caputo remembers ...
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Created on 21 August 2020
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"We Are The Radical Monarchs" Documentary Is Proof That The Future Is In Black and Brown Girl
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(Movies)
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Oakland’s Radical Monarchs Are Brownies With An Activist Twist
A Black 15-Year-Old Went To Juvie For Missing Her Homework
Virginia Hair Discrimination Law Now In Effect, Leaves Only 44 States Left ...
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Created on 20 July 2020
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A Black 15-Year-Old Went to Juvie For Missing Her Homework
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(Living)
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... and had bitten her mother’s finger and pulled her hair because she was upset she could not go to a friend’s house. Weeks later, she was also charged with larceny for stealing a schoolmate’s cellphone from ...
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Created on 14 July 2020
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Virginia Hair Discrimination Law Now In Effect, Leaves Only 44 States Left To Go
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(Living)
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... stands for “The Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair” and was first introduced in California in January 2019. The CROWN Act is a law that prohibits discrimination based on hairstyle, specifically ...
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Created on 07 July 2020
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Meet Jennifer Carroll Foy, The Future First Black Woman Governor In America
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(Feminism)
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... was the last state to do so for it to be ratified to the Constitution. She also advocated for a dress code equity act to protect girls and women of color from discrimination based on their hairstyles. ...
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Created on 28 May 2020
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The Feminist Guide to Kigali, Rwanda
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(Living)
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... violence, inequality, and discrimination by booking a walking tour, which includes a visit to a local hair salon, a family compound, two mosques, a tailor shop to check out vibrant traditional fabrics ...
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Created on 19 May 2020
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Anita Hill Asks, How Will Hollywood Keep Workers Safe From Harassment After COVID-19?
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(Feminism)
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... this was an issue Anita Hill and the Hollywood Commission she chairs were ready to tackle head-on. But in a recent op-ed for Variety, Hill said that while her goals to combat discrimination and harassment ...
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Created on 14 May 2020
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Betsy DeVos' New Title IX Rules Just Gave More Rights To Those Accused of Sexual Assault
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(Feminism)
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... dark day for those who have survived sexual assault and for all of our nation’s college students,” Board Chair Danielle Christenson stated. “Rather than strengthen and promote more effective policies to ...
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Created on 08 May 2020
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Allie X's "Cape God" Welcomes Us Into Her Meditative Dreamworld: BUST Intervi
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(Music)
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... by Michael Lavine Makeup by Dana Rae // Hair by Koji Ichikawa
More from BUST
Matty Healy Of 1975 Announces New Pledge To Only Perform At Gender-Balanced Festivals
Lizzo Will Make History Headlining ...
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Created on 21 February 2020
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The CROWN Act Takes 3 More Victories — Here's What It Is & Why It's Importa
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(Feminism)
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Founded by California state senator Holly Mitchell last year, The CROWN Act, which stands for Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair, is expanding, offering protection in three more states. ...
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Created on 20 February 2020
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This Woman Firefighter Was Fired For Completely Sexist Reasons. Now, She's Suin
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(Feminism)
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... asked why you wear makeup in uniform? Or why you brush your hair and care how it looks? Or why you tighten your pants “too tight.” Or been told that you are too “manly,” “too skinny,” “too small,” or “you’re ...
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Created on 05 February 2020
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20 Moments from the 2020 Women's March You Might Have Missed If Your Feminism Isn't Intersection
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(Feminism)
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WOMEN’s MARCH ON WASHINGTON! The time is now. LOCK HIM UP! #PoliticalFish #BritaFilter #womensmarch Dress: @florencedlee Hair: @diana.dash ...
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Created on 21 January 2020
