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It’s Time For ‘Hot Nerd Fall:’ Megan Thee Stallion Launches A Scholarship for Women Of Color
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(Music)
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... morning, the website was back up and running.
Megan is currently a senior in the healthcare administration program at Texas Southern University. Throughout her career, she has continued her studies ...
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Created on 12 October 2020
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2020 Sees Highest Rates of Fatal Violence Against the Trans Community in Years
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(Feminism)
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...
The Human Rights Campaign highlights that a mix of racism, sexism, homophobia, biphobia, and transphobia deprive trans people of employment, housing, healthcare, and other necessities, and unfairly, ...
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Created on 07 October 2020
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Pro-Democracy Protests in Thailand Spark Feminist Political Movement
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(Feminism)
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... to make up the majority of participants, too.”
The protests are motivated by the inequalities Thai women face in healthcare, government, and general safety. Even though Thailand was named one of Asia’s ...
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Created on 07 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 province’s correctional facilities. They visited ten correctional facilities, including the Kenora District Jail. The report describes overcrowded cells and triple bunking; a lack of physical healthcare, ...
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Created on 06 October 2020
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UK Government Has Halted Progression For Trans Rights on Gender Recognition Act Reform
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(Feminism)
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... ly spaces, are unfounded and unsupported by substantial evidence. In other words, reforms on legislation surrounding trans identity, making things like receiving adequate healthcare more accessible and equa ...
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Created on 30 September 2020
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The Feminist Guide to Sex Education You Didn’t Get in School
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(Sex)
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... nsent to sex workers' rights and affirming healthcare.
Ligon and Renstrom create a safe space for thinking about the many ways in which sex informs our sense of self and helps us to create satisfying enco ...
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Created on 24 September 2020
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Director Rachel Lee Goldenberg On "Unpregnant" And Abortion Access In America: BUST Interview
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(Movies)
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... now, we’re in a place in this country where your zip code defines your access to healthcare so, you know, I have had an abortion and I had it in California and so the obstacles were relatively minimal. ...
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Created on 15 September 2020
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Stacey Abrams Warns Why Your Future Depends on the Census: BUST Interview
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(Feminism)
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... al justice reform, on environmental action, on mental healthcare—those spending decisions are based on the census. So when a politician sits down to allocate money, the money they get to allocate comes f ...
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Created on 01 September 2020
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#SaveTheUSPS And Mail Your Feminist Friends Stationery From These 10 Women-Owned Shops
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(Living)
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... mp Can’t Actually Delay The Election, And Here’s Why
How The Once Enslaved "Stagecoach Mary" Became The Gun-Toting First Black Woman Mail Carrier
How A Woman Helped Deliver Over 500,000 Masks To Health ...
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Created on 18 August 2020
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The 100th Anniversary of (Some) Women's Suffrage: Did YOUR state support women's right to vote? Check this state-by-state history of the fight for suffrage in America
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(Feminism)
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... Suffrage Association in 1881 and got hundreds of women to join. The MWSA president, Dr. Martha Ripley, fought for women’s rights in healthcare and employment as well as voting. As Minnesota’s largest ...
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Created on 18 August 2020
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This Nonprofit Is Building Tiny Homes for Black Trans People
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(Feminism)
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... She also provides training for community-based organizations, educational institutions, healthcare organizations around trans inclusivity. The group provides a myriad of social services for trans-POC - ...
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Created on 28 July 2020
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12.
Biotech Queen Kavya Kopparapu Is About To Become Your New Hero
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(Living)
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... a side effect of the disease that most often affects low-income individuals and people in developing countries.
With a passion for public health and democratizing access to healthcare, Kopparapu’s social ...
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Created on 24 July 2020
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5 Things We Wished We Missed This Weekend—But You Probably Shouldn't
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(Entertainment)
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... r equality by sponsoring bills on youth violence awareness, equality in medicare and Medicaid treatment, and ensuring access to healthcare for underserved populations. And that's just in the past two y ...
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Created on 20 July 2020
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14.
Aisha Dee Of “The Bold Type” Talks The Power of Female Friendships And Her New EP: BUST Interview
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(Entertainment)
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...
Images courtesy of Sami Drasin and Freeform.
More from BUST
"Arrested Development" Star Judy Greer Talks Tit Flashing, Feminist Horror Flicks, And "White Fragility" On BUST's "Poptarts" P ...
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Created on 13 July 2020
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15.
9 Independent Mask-Makers You Should Support Right Now
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(Style)
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... from BUST
Why Do Anti-Maskers Keep Co-Opting “My Body, My Choice" For Their Own Agenda?
How A Woman Helped Deliver Over 500,000 Masks To Healthcare Workers: BUST Interview
Women’s Roller Derby Has ...
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Created on 08 July 2020
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You Should Know These 5 Queer Womxn Fighting for LGBTQ+ Rights Today
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(Feminism)
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... ve and Lambda Legal, where she mobilized the LGBTQ+ community to increase rights around healthcare, safe schools, housing, and the recognition of relationship status. She now works as the Interim Execut ...
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Created on 30 June 2020
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How To Virtually Celebrate Juneteenth This Year
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(Feminism)
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... health.
Susan G. Komen Juneteenth Celebration will be held from 5-6 pm and is hosted by the LA branch of the Susan G. Komen foundation. It will focus on discussions about healthcare inequality in the ...
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Created on 19 June 2020
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How Pregnant Essential Workers Got Overlooked During The Pandemic
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(Feminism)
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... and customers.
The other faction of pregnant essential workers are those that work in healthcare. Women comprise 77% of the healthcare industry. Despite the number of women working in the healthcare ...
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Created on 17 June 2020
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Badass Superhero Nicole Maines Makes Variety’s Power of Pride List
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(Entertainment)
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... trans rights on her social media platforms, whether it’s calling out cisgender celebrities for playing transgender roles or advocating for better healthcare for trans folks. For more info on our badass ...
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Created on 16 June 2020
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Nicole Kang of "Batwoman" talks Superheroes, Quarantine, Asian Representation, and BLM Solidarity: BUST Interview
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(TV)
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... afford healthcare. Her mask isn’t the Batman mask, it isn’t the Batwoman cape, but her cover is this millennial influencer. People usually underestimate her intelligence and underestimate her at a firs ...
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Created on 15 June 2020
