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Black Canary Spinoff in the Pipeline with Jurnee Smollett Reprising Role in the DC Films Sequel. Misha Green of Lovecraft Country Set to Write
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... for her friend's missing father. Green and Smollett first worked together on Underground, a dramatic series on historical stories of the underground railroad in Antebellum Georgia, which ran for two seasons ...
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Created on 23 August 2021
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"It Does Revenge In A Small Way": Violet Kupersmith On Ghosts, Trauma, And Her New Novel, "Build Your House Around My Bod
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... setting really is where I start with the chapter or the idea. So I moved to Da Lat in 2013, because it was historically very haunted and because it has this legacy as this French playground that they built ...
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Created on 09 August 2021
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Vanessa Riley's Historical Novel "Island Queen" Focuses On The Journey, Not The Destination Of Dorothy "Doll" Kirwin Thomas: BUST Rev
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Island Queen: A Novel By Vanessa Riley (William Morrow)
“Tu ikiwa uko huru.” Dorothy “Doll” Kirwin Thomas’ mantra in Vanessa Riley’s historical novel, Island Queen, means, “Only if you’re free, then ...
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Created on 09 July 2021
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10 Timely, Empowering Books to Read During Women's History Mont
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(Books)
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... It dives into the barriers to leadership that have historically been placed in the way of marginalized groups, including women, people of color, and millennials. While the book was originally published ...
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Created on 08 March 2021
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Does "The U.S. vs Billie Holiday" Give Holiday’s Legacy The Justice It Deserves?
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Creating a good biopic can be a hit or miss. Regardless of the identity of the historical figure or entertainer, capturing the complexities of a person’s entire existence can be quite a daunting task ...
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Created on 04 March 2021
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Kristin Hannah Gives Steinbeck A Run For His Money With Her Latest Novel, "The Four Winds
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If you’ve ever yearned for a healthy dose of feminism in your high school English class unit on The Grapes of Wrath, consider your wishes granted. Kristin Hannah’s new novel, The Four Winds, reads like ...
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Created on 11 February 2021
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Does Your Favorite Lesbian Film Pass This Test?
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... have kept compromising in these films?
Historically, lesbian cinema refuses to give its audience a happy ending or a storyline not hinged on sexuality. And do we need so many corsets and bonnets? In ...
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Created on 05 February 2021
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"The Office of Historical Corrections" Is A Beautifully Honest Collection of Novellas ...
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(Books)
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... every contemporary American fiction syllabus, and with The Office of Historical Corrections, readers now have a wealth of selections to choose from. Those excited about writers who tell the truth about ...
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Created on 09 November 2020
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5 New Mysteries By Women That Will Spook You This Halloween Season
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... master of language, and the unexpected twists in Goodnight Beautiful are electric.
When No One is Watching by Alyssa Cole
Alyssa Cole writes across a number of genres such as sci-fi, romance, historical ...
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Created on 23 October 2020
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Week Of Women: BLACKPINK, Emily in Paris, Save Yourselves!
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... nonfiction, and historical fiction in Witch Hunt, a story about witch hunts throughout history and how the archetype of the witch has changed over time. Out now.
Earthlings: A Novel by Sayaka Murata ...
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Created on 01 October 2020
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We Know The Schuyler Sisters — Now, Meet The Other Real-Life Women Behind "Hamilton
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... of the movie on Disney+ caused a resurgence in looking into the backgrounds of the historical figures depicted in the Lin-Manuel Miranda-penned production, from analyses of how the play romanticizes the ...
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Created on 10 July 2020
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Explore More Black Women's History While Staying Fit With GirlTrek ...
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... friends, T. Morgan Dixon and Vanessa Garrison.
As of June 1, 2020, GirlTrek started its first 21-day Black History Bootcamp, where participants can learn more about essential Black historical figures. ...
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Created on 16 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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... one can feel within it. –Molly Horan
She Would Be King: A Novel by Wayétu Moore
Wayétu Moore skillfully blends historical fiction with magical realism in this immersive interpretation of Liberia’s ...
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Created on 12 June 2020
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Issa Rae Talks Fame, Feminism, And “Insecure” Season Four: BUST Interview
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... who celebrated her 35th birthday with a blowout party in January, grew up primarily in View Park, a historically Black area in the hills of South L.A. sandwiched between Baldwin Hills and Leimert Park, ...
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Created on 10 April 2020
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In Honor Of Hulu's “The Great,” Here Are Some Other Women In History We'd Love To See Onscre
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Who would have thought absurdist, feminist retellings of historical events would be the new hit thing in 2020? Not me. But boy, am I here for it. From the writers of the Oscar-winning movie, The Favorite, ...
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Created on 25 March 2020
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Margaret Atwood Is Here To Save Us (Again), But This Time With Self-Quarantine Recommendations
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... by Atwood as a “literary cartoon,” this webcomic series sees parodies of historical figures fiction characters like Jane Eyre, Dracula, Elizabeth I and all your other favorites in quick little comedic, ...
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Created on 20 March 2020
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Autumn de Wilde Talks “Emma.,” Antiheroines, And Female Friendship: BUST Interview
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... for a long time.
Emma. is in theaters now.
Top photo via Focus Features / Emma.
More from BUST
When Classic Books Are Turned Into Movies
The Best Historical Fiction To Curl Up With This Winter ...
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Created on 28 February 2020
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Feminism And Espionage Collide In Jennifer Chiaverini's "Resistance Women": Excer
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Below is an excerpt from the book RESISTANCE WOMEN by Jennifer Chiaverini, a historical fiction novel based on the true story of an all-women espionage network who helped fight against Hitler in 1930s ...
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Created on 07 February 2020
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5 Spooky Feminist Publications To Read This Halloween
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(Entertainment)
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... dangerous and subversive.” Building on the sense of rebellion that has historically defined the witch figure, the magazine’s website explains that the “danger” it seeks in its submissions represents a ...
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Created on 30 September 2019
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5 Great New Books By Women To Curl Up with This Fall
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(Books)
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... Writing About Anger Edited by Lilly Dancyger (Seal Press)
Historically, angry women have been branded hysterical, dramatic, crazy, hormonal, and irrational. According to the essays in editor Lilly Dancyger’s ...
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Created on 05 September 2019
