- 1. This Political Crafter Inspires Activists With Her Protest Banner Lending Library
- (Feminism)
- ... she was a child—she wasn’t a citizen and couldn’t vote. “So much of [Trump’s platform] was about demonizing the immigrant population,” she says, “but immigrants like me don’t have a say in what directly ...
- Created on 23 January 2023
- 2. Bilal Baig's "Sort Of" is Back and Queerer Than Ever for Season 2: BUST Intervi
- (TV)
- ... Baig grew up in a suburb of Toronto, the child of Pakistani immigrants. In their younger days, they took their identity at face value. “I didn’t spend a lot of time reconciling my sexuality and gender ...
- Created on 02 December 2022
- 3. 14 Inspiring Celebrities Who Came Out Later in Life, On Their Own Terms
- (Sex)
- ... LGBTQIA+ rights and rights for immigrants. 11. Cynthia Nixon Photo of Cynthia Nixon by David Shankbone Sex and the City’s Cynthia Nixon came out as bisexual in 2012 at 46 years old. She later ...
- Created on 14 September 2022
- 4. EXCLUSIVE: Mayim Bialik Talks Imposter Syndrome As A First-Time Director, and Her Latest Film, "As They Made Us" ...
- (Movies)
- ... of my four grandparents are immigrants to this country. Plus, I was raised with a very strong work ethic. My mom’s parents were sweatshop workers, so I was raised with the immigrant experience being one ...
- Created on 15 April 2022
- 5. Tomocredit, a New Credit Card That Is Not Based On Your Credit, Is Changing The Game For Young Adults And Immigrants Starting Out
- (Feminism)
- ... to the U.S. when you move from another country. It takes time to establish good credit, so even if immigrants’ are able to start building credit, their lack of credit history lowers their credit scores. ...
- Created on 15 February 2022
- 6. Democratic Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Has Life Threatened in Anime-Themed Parody Video Shared Online by Far-Right Politician Paul Gosar
- (Feminism)
- ... with Gosar’s political ideologies, the video is plastered with the text “murder,” “drugs,” “crime,” alongside images of Mexican immigrants across the US border. The video was received with much concern ...
- Created on 19 November 2021
- 7. For Centuries, Halloween Was a Day for Young Women to Predict Their Future Husbands: A Look At the Unlikely Romantic History of All Hallow's Eve ...
- (General)
- ... a handful of states. Then, in the mid-1800s, millions of Irish immigrants, fleeing the devastating potato famine, brought their traditions with them and helped spread the holiday nationwide. By the early ...
- Created on 21 October 2021
- 8. 8 Excellent Books By Immigrant Authors To Read This National Immigrant Heritage Month
- (Books)
- June 2021 marks the eighth annual National Immigrant Heritage Month, a time to acknowledge and honor the contributions and achievements of immigrants in the United States. Despite the country's designation ...
- Created on 14 June 2021
- 9. Uzo Aduba on Shirley Chisholm, Representation, and 'In Treatment' - BUST Intervie
- (TV)
- ... and believability in every role may stem from the fact that she could’ve taken so many different paths in life. Born Uzoamaka Aduba, the child of Nigerian immigrants and one of five siblings, she excelled ...
- Created on 10 June 2021
- 10. For Centuries, Some Asian Women Have Chosen to Live Communally, Preferring to Take Care Of Each Other Rather Than Rely On Men
- (Living)
- ... of Chinese immigrants were more common, locally born women also formed vegetarian houses in Singapore. In return for work in the house, vegetarian halls offered “care while alive and a funeral at death,” ...
- Created on 17 May 2021
- 11. Social Justice Illustrator Shirien Damra Re-envisions A Better Future Through Art: BUST Interview
- (Arts)
- ... refugee immigrants, the Chicago-based designer has always known what injustice and racism look like. Art was one of Damra’s first loves, but after earning her master’s degree in sociology, she became deeply ...
- Created on 13 March 2021
- 12. Looking At The Groundbreaking "Eye to Eye: Portraits of Lesbians," Decades Later: BUST Intervie
- (Books)
- ... all kinds of other groups like fat people, disabled people, older people, immigrants, I could go on. But this is a serious problem where we should not be complacent. Just because we have Ellen and Th ...
- Created on 12 March 2021
- 13. Calling All Aesthetes: 10 Activist Artists Who Should Be At The Top Of Your Instagram Feed
- (Arts)
- ... BIPOC youth who have been affected by COVID-19 (which you can still donate to). Salomeé’s art also dabbles in issues that affect indigenous peoples and undocumented immigrants. Moreover, her aesthetic ...
- Created on 05 January 2021
- 14. Director Ekwa Msangi and Actor Jayme Lawson Tell An Intimate Immigration Story With "Farewell Amor": BUST Intervie
- (Movies)
- ... e talking about immigrants, that we don't narrow the experience to being only one of horror or tragedy or difficulty. What do you hope that audiences take from the film? Msangi: I think one of my ma ...
- Created on 08 December 2020
- 15. YA Author Tahereh Mafi On Why Style Matters To Her: A BUST Interview
- (Style)
- ... aspect of your life? I’m a child of immigrants who came here with nothing. It was always about scrimping, finding a good deal, shopping secondhand. Once in eighth grade, I bought a pair of pants from Old ...
- Created on 13 November 2020
- 16. High Number of Women in Ice Custody Are Allegedly Being Subjected To Hysterectomies
- (Feminism)
- ... Enforcement facility in Georgia, and several detained immigrants. Horrific. Forced sterilization is a cruel tool of white supremacy with a long, abominable history in this country. We need a Congressional ...
- Created on 15 September 2020
- 17. #SaveTheUSPS And Mail Your Feminist Friends Stationery From These 10 Women-Owned Shops
- (Living)
- ... of color, women, new immigrants—but for no other group has it been more important than for Black women. As reported by The Atlantic, “The Post Office was for many years the nation’s largest employer of ...
- Created on 18 August 2020
- 18. 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 Ameri
- (Feminism)
- ... vote until the federal Indian Citizenship Act of 1924. And first-generation Asian immigrants, male or female could not obtain citizenship and could not vote at all. Abigail Scott Duniway was the author ...
- Created on 18 August 2020
- 19. Trump Is Back On His Birtherism Bullshit And Kamala Harris Is His Latest Target
- (Feminism)
- ... from a different country just because their parents are immigrants — Barack Obama’s father was from Kenya, and Kamala Harris’ parents are from Jamaica and India — is 100% unacceptable and racist. To be ...
- Created on 14 August 2020
- 20. Trump Administration Attempted to Block Tell-All ICE Docuseries “Immigration Nation” Until After 2020 Election
- (General)
- ... also follow a wide range of undocumented immigrants, from longtime residents that have payed taxes for 10 years to deported U.S. military veterans to new arrivals escaping persecution. In 2017, the Trump ...
- Created on 03 August 2020
