- 1. The Sexy, Feminist History of Fishnet Tights
- (Style)
- For at least the last century of fashion history, fishnet stockings have been synonymous with edgy, yet undoubtedly feminine expressions of sexuality that challenge the status quo. I can recall being ...
- Created on 14 February 2023
- 2. Nikole Hannah-Jones Brings 'The 1619 Project' to the Small Screen, And Provides An Essential Update to American History Lesson
- (TV)
- ... Prize for Commentary for the project. Now the work has been turned into a docuseries, The 1619 Project, which launched on Hulu on January 26, 2023. The series “seeks to reframe the country’s history ...
- Created on 26 January 2023
- 3. 10 Fanstastic New Books by Women to Make Catching Up on that New Year's Resolution to "Read More" a Breeze! ...
- (Books)
- ... of size, and how we all got here. The intro is a good primer of Dionne’s history with her resilient body and what’s to come, which is not a story about eating habits. Instead, “Weightless is an excavation ...
- Created on 24 January 2023
- 4. Regina Hall Shares Her Thoughts On That Infamous Oscar's Night, The Meaning of Feminism, and What She Learned From Her Beloved Bulldog : BUST Intervie
- (Movies)
- ... Boots. Hall’s penchant for finding lessons and opportunities under a variety of circumstances eventually led her to make history when she co-hosted the now infamous 94th Academy Awards in March with ...
- Created on 27 October 2022
- 5. Queer Period Pieces Like Abbi Jacobson's "A League Of Their Own" Are A Reminder That LGBTQ Rights Are Still Under Atta
- (TV)
- ... announcements designed to cement the villanization of queer people, particularly gay men. I know this history, but the final episodes of the season still exposed a nerve that I struggled to name. ...
- Created on 13 October 2022
- 6. Women Have Been Aiding And Abetting Abortion For Centuries. So How And When Did The Witchcraft Narrative Begin?
- (Feminism)
- ... of witchcraft have a long history together. J. Sprenger and H. Institutoris Malleus maleficarum. Image: Welcome Images The tie between witches and abortion was already being made 500 years ago in the Malleus ...
- Created on 19 September 2022
- 7. Mental Health Awareness Month: 14 Celebrities That Are Vocal About Their Mental Health Struggles
- (Living)
- ... people, right now especially in this time that we're dealing with in history, that they're contemplating… Every day is a struggle. I found myself struggling with not knowing or just giving up”, she explained. ...
- Created on 24 May 2022
- 8. The Secret History of Women and Mushrooms: A Centuries-Old Tale of Empowerment, Enlightenment, Education, and Magic
- (Eat Me)
- For much of human history, women have been the main keepers and distributors of mycological knowledge. Here, we meet just a few of the female scientists, naturalists, farmers, and healers who have been, ...
- Created on 28 April 2022
- 9. Say Their Name: "My Name is Pauli Murray" Directors Betsy West and Julie Cohen, Talk About the Amazing Life of the Civil Rights Activist, Lawyer, and Gender-Bending Episcopal Priest, and Their Impact on ...
- (Feminism)
- ... rights. Intrigued, West and Cohen had not been too familiar with Murray’s story and how they held such an important role in history. How could one person have such an impact on so many important parts ...
- Created on 13 September 2021
- 10. St. Vincent, Tarana Burke, Courtney Stodden, Hailie Sahar, Women Who Get "Happy Endings", and more, in BUST's New Fall 2021 Issue, Out toda
- (Entertainment)
- ... Even More Tasty Tidbits, Including: Country-soul crooner Yola; Southern scene stealer Leslie Jordan; Setting boundaries 101; A history of halloween match-making games; Get This Look: The Craft; And More! ...
- Created on 31 August 2021
- 11. We've Got a Long Way to Go: The Gossip Girl Reboot Promised Diversity, but Served Up More of the Same Old, Same Old Instea
- (TV)
- ... retail salespeople,” which reads like something out of an afterschool special. Being associated with the legacy of the OG Gossip Girl comes both with name recognition and a shady history. The show attempts ...
- Created on 17 August 2021
- 12. "It Does Revenge In A Small Way": Violet Kupersmith On Ghosts, Trauma, And Her New Novel, "Build Your House Around My Bod
- (Books)
- ... story that covers decades of Vietnamese history and confronts topics from misogyny and colonialism to family and trauma. The novel jumps from one time period to another and back again, as the reader discovers ...
- Created on 09 August 2021
- 13. Happy Birthday, Octavia Butler! 4 Powerful Life Lessons From the Renowned Science Fiction And Afrofuturistic Feminist Writer
- (Living)
- ... as an African-American woman marked by a particular history"—which she later termed as "writing myself in,” according to The New York Times. Butler’s stories, therefore, were typically written from the ...
- Created on 22 June 2021
- 14. YouTuber and Former Opera Singer Khadija Mbowe Speaks On Self Awareness, Creating Her Own Music Program, and More: BUST Interview
- (Entertainment)
- ... the history [of their own land]. I know other Canadian creatives don’t put it in their YouTube bios, but for me, if no one has ever seen it before, and I can let them be a little more curious and seek ...
- Created on 19 May 2021
- 15. Assuage Any Leftover Mother's Day Feels With Shantrelle P. Lewis' New Documentary "In Our Mother's Garde
- (Movies)
- ... using Black Barbie dolls. Incredibly well-executed, In Our Mother’s Gardens is a film that encourages all watchers to know their history and honor those who laid the groundwork for them to truly live. ...
- Created on 07 May 2021
- 16. Happy 87th Birthday, Jane Goodall! 5 Inspiring Life Lessons from The Trailblazing Primatologist and Anthropologist
- (Living)
- ... Leakey,’” Goodall recalled in a 2009 interview for the Academy of Achievement. “I said I wanted to meet him, and he said, ‘Come to the [natural history] museum.’ [He] asked me all these questions, took ...
- Created on 31 March 2021
- 17. White People, Do Your Homework: 3 Ways To Learn About Your Internal Racism
- (Living)
- ... originally appeared in the Winter 2021 print edition of BUST Magazine. Subscribe today! Illustration by Carson Mcnamara More from BUST Allies, Take Note: Jane Fonda's History Of Activism From Civil ...
- Created on 22 January 2021
- 18. Nikole Hannah-Jones on "The 1619 Project's" Genesis, Backlash And What's N
- (Feminism)
- ... foot on Virginia soil. “I wanted people to know the year 1619,” she says. “Most Americans have no idea about this date. And because they don’t know that our history here is 400 years old, we don’t have ...
- Created on 14 January 2021
- 19. Week Of Women: BLACKPINK, Emily in Paris, Save Yourselves!
- (Entertainment)
- ... 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 ...
- Created on 01 October 2020
- 20. Death and the Maidens: How Previous Pandemics Helped Make the World a Better Place for Women
- (Feminism)
- FOR MOST OF US, pandemics were once the stuff of the distant past, relegated to dusty history books. Of course, today, we understand them so much better. We’ve seen first-hand the way they cause death ...
- Created on 29 September 2020
