- 1. 3 New Feminist Titles That Examine Women's Place In Civilization And Society: BUST Review
- (Books)
- ... focused on labor issues. The women of Heterodoxy pursued freedom for women on many fronts, including birth control, maternity leave, and maintaining independence in marriage. Scutts has created a narrative ...
- Created on 11 July 2022
- 2. 6 Strategies We Can Take From Latin American Abortion Rights Activists During Our Fight for Reproductive Justice
- (Feminism)
- ... criminalizing abortion in some states was deemed unconstitutional in 2021, show that the U.S. can learn from Latinx leaders and implement some of the strategies that are used in their fight for justice. ...
- Created on 06 July 2022
- 3. In a Post-Roe World, Cautious Optimism Can be Found in Medication Abortions
- (Living)
- ... area. The pills used for medication abortions—Mifeprex and Mifepristone—are FDA-approved, and states can’t pass laws that contradict the FDA. This is because the FDA is a federal organization, and the ...
- Created on 15 June 2022
- 4. Mental Health Awareness Month: 14 Celebrities That Are Vocal About Their Mental Health Struggles
- (Living)
- ... that a tough, robust and muscular guy like him could not get sexually abused. Subsequently, the actor filed a civil case against Venit and his company WME, which resulted in him resigning from the company ...
- Created on 24 May 2022
- 5. 10 Great Plus-Size Clothing Brands To Check Out—Including Lizzo's New Shapewear Line, YITTY
- (Style)
- ... feel unapologetically good about themselves again." The term “plus-size” was first used in a 1920 ad for Lane Bryant, the first all-exclusive plus-size store in New York. But until recently, few companies ...
- Created on 29 April 2022
- 6. How TikTok Helped Me Learn to Accept My Vulva
- (Sex)
- “I could never be gay because I think my own vagina is fucking disgusting.” That’s what I used to say, with a laugh, before I fully understood the complexities of gender and queer attraction, and their ...
- Created on 29 March 2022
- 7. Lizzo, Melanie Lynskey, Barbie Ferreira, And More Are Calling Out Body-Shamers
- (Entertainment)
- ... since the hit Showtime series came out. Lynskey quote-tweeted author Ashley C. Ford's (now deleted) tweet–which originally read: “It’s wild how confused people in the Midwest seem to be that I’m not ...
- Created on 14 March 2022
- 8. Watching "Tall Girl 2" While Black: Just How Much Of A Struggle Is Being Tall, Anyway
- (Movies)
- ... her romantically, and she has an entirely new wardrobe. People who used to bully her are silent (or in love with her, in one character’s case). After claiming her tallness, Jodi is living her best life— ...
- Created on 02 March 2022
- 9. Want More Body Positive Kid's Books? Start Doing Better By Fat Characters, Says Children's Book Illustrat
- (Books)
- ... to the last two questions, are very few. Most often, a fat character’s body is used as shorthand to show an embodiment of gluttony, greed, lack of self-control, stupidity, or laziness (think The Stupids ...
- Created on 25 February 2022
- 10. Rachel Berry, Diane Nguyen, and Me: My Journey Through Feminist Television to Find Representation, Identity, and More
- (TV)
- ... television shows have several things in common – they have a female protagonist, pass the Bechdel test, have a majority of female writers and creators behind the scenes, and storylines focused on character ...
- Created on 25 February 2022
- 11. K. Michelle's New Series "My Killer Body With K. Michelle" Explores The Darker Side of Plastic Surge
- (TV)
- ... forever change her life. “I used to say [to him] the way I see you look at these other girls out on the street, you don’t look at me like that.” A Harvard study on “Why Beauty Matters” revealed that when ...
- Created on 18 February 2022
- 12. A Broke Girl's Guide to Yoga on a Budge
- (Living)
- ... (and all-around easier) for women who don’t feel seen by other retailers. Photo by Annie Spratt via Unsplash 3. I Used Textbooks Instead of Yoga Blocks... Though most yoga routines can be done without ...
- Created on 01 February 2022
- 13. The BUST Guide To Participating in Lunar New Year Festivities and Traditions, Without Being a Problematic Colonizer
- (Living)
- ... villages. Nián was seen as bad luck, and so villagers used firecrackers to scare away the monster. They also hid in their homes and prepared feasts as an offering to ancestors and gods. Red signifies good ...
- Created on 25 January 2022
- 14. 10 Must-Watch TV Shows To Get Your Cathartic Coming-Of-Age Fix Now That ‘PEN15’ Is Over
- (TV)
- ... coming to an end was not forced on them by Hulu, or because of delays caused by Covid-19, but a careful and thoughtful decision made by Erskine and Konkle. “When we first talked about making the show ...
- Created on 19 January 2022
- 15. Joan Didion and Me: How the Writer's "Slouching Towards Bethlehem" Showed Me The Power of a Woman's Voice, in the Literary World and Bey
- (Feminism)
- ... like that, too. Didion not only had a voice, she made an art out of having a voice. She used meticulous wording and innovative sentence structures to convey the boldest of points that prompted people to ...
- Created on 11 January 2022
- 16. 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)
- ... his prized Midg to his daughter’s clutches. The Midg was a smallish box camera that used 3 1/4" x 4 1/4" glass plates. The exposed plates were developed in a darkroom, and paper prints were made from ...
- Created on 16 December 2021
- 17. On the Season 3 Finale of HBO's 'Succession,' Sarah Snook's 'Shiv Roy' Finds Power in Female
- (TV)
- ... her political opinions entirely, even though she has expertise in politics. The only time Shiv is treated with as much importance as the men is when she is being used for her gender. In the beginning ...
- Created on 16 December 2021
- 18. Season Two of HBO's "Love Life" Co-Starring Former BUST Covergirl Jessica Williams, Puts Modern Black Love on Full Display ...
- (TV)
- ... hopelessly looking for love. Last month season two dropped. This season used the same ‘romance-per-episode’ structure, but instead we follow a young Black man. Enter: Marcus Wadkins (William Jackson ...
- Created on 09 December 2021
- 19. St Vincent Speaks to Carrie Brownstein About Their New Film "The Nowhere Inn," Their Feelings About Feminism, and the Dangers of Believing Your Own Hyp
- (Music)
- ... mean they were literally skeletons. CB: [laughs] SV: And I had them come with me when I was doing radio interviews or hanging out backstage. We used some of that in The Nowhere Inn, but more as kind ...
- Created on 30 November 2021
- 20. A Tale of Two Murders: How the Deaths of 2 Women Lead to a Racial Reckoning in the UK
- (Feminism)
- ... the kidnapping, rape, and murder of Everard. A revelation that Couzens used his police ID to falsely arrest Everard created a resurgence of conversations about the case amid the UK news in rapid succession. ...
- Created on 29 November 2021
