- 1. 8 Best Horror Movies of 2022 Featuring Women to Watch (or Rewatch) at Your Next Movie Night
- (Movies)
- ... discover that there is some kind of UFO prowling over their ranch, and set out to capture the beast on film. This creates a hunter vs. hunted dynamic between the monster and the siblings that’s unique ...
- Created on 16 December 2022
- 2. Want More Body Positive Kid's Books? Start Doing Better By Fat Characters, Says Children's Book Illustrat
- (Books)
- ... the ability to invite readers into the most magical and vulnerable places, which should not be treated lightly. As a child I fell head over heels for the worlds that J.K. Rowling, Roald Dahl, and James ...
- Created on 25 February 2022
- 3. Helen McCrory, Known For Harry Potter and Peaky Blinders, Dead at 52
- (Entertainment)
- ... to be impossible. Her death caused an “outpouring of grief and shock.” Many celebrities took to social media to pay their respects, including Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter co-star Tom ...
- Created on 19 April 2021
- 4. "Harry Potter" Actor Katie Leung Says She Was Told To Deny Racist Attacks From Fan
- (Feminism)
- ... Rowling’s popular children’s book series. Cho Chang is the only character of East Asian descent to make an appearance. Leung describes skimming through online forums created by and for the populous fandom, ...
- Created on 11 March 2021
- 5. The Women's Prize Excludes Akwaeke Emezi With Transphobic Requirement
- (Books)
- Akwaeke Emezi made history when their debut novel, Freshwater, was nominated for the Women’s Prize for Fiction in 2019. The 33-year-old is also a video artist and essayist. They received critical acclaim ...
- Created on 05 October 2020
- 6. Want To Celebrate JK Rowling's Birthday? Donate To A Trans Charity In Her Nam
- (Books)
- Happy birthday JK Rowling! To celebrate the queen of TERFs and Harry Potter author’s birthday, trans folks and allies took to Twitter and started donating money to Mermaids, a UK charity that supports ...
- Created on 31 July 2020
- 7. 5 Things We Wished We Missed This Weekend—But You Probably Shouldn'
- (Entertainment)
- ... Rowling not knowing when to stop tweeting. And, of course, the pandemic. Anyway, if you were looking to learn what you missed while sleeping in this weekend, here are a few quick points to catch you ...
- Created on 20 July 2020
- 8. Halle Berry Apologizes for Considering Playing Trans Role, But Hollywood Still Has a Problem
- (Entertainment)
- ... transgender voices. Header image via Wikimedia Commons / Gage More From BUST: "Harry Potter" Cast Members Condemn JK Rowling’s Transphobic Remarks Badass Superhero Nicole Maines Makes Variety’s ...
- Created on 07 July 2020
- 9. "Harry Potter" Cast Members Condemn JK Rowling’s Transphobic Remark
- (Entertainment)
- Recently, author J.K. Rowling has come under hot water for some of her remarks regarding transgender people on Twitter and her subsequent statement to her website. Many people have accused Rowling of ...
- Created on 16 June 2020
- 10. Revisit Your Favorite Teen Fiction Of The '80s And '90s With "Paperback Crush
- (Books)
- ... mostly focuses on that time period, and a little earlier—in the introduction, Moss defines it as "the period after Judy Blume but before J.K. Rowling." My own peak teen fiction reading years came a little ...
- Created on 05 November 2018
- 11. 25 Top Feminist Pop-Culture Moments From The Past 25 Years
- (Entertainment)
- ... body image, genital mutilation, sex work, and childbirth. June 26, 1997: Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone is published by J.K. Rowling. The book introduces readers to the character Hermione ...
- Created on 23 July 2018
- 12. I Was Promised Queer “Star Wars” And I Got Queer “Star Wars”
- (Movies)
- ... sex with.” I was excited, then worried, to say the least. It’s easy to give lip service to queer representation. J.K. Rowling did it with Dumbledore in Harry Potter and is still doing it in the Fantastic ...
- Created on 25 May 2018
- 13. Trump Administration To Remove Funding From Planned Parenthood And Other Clinics That Provide Abortions—Or Even Referrals: Link Roundup
- (Feminism)
- ... interviews, but not actually including any mention of the character's sexuality in the work itself (cough cough JK Rowling cough cough). Read more at Pajiba. Charmed’s “Feminist” Reboot Trailer Is Here ...
- Created on 18 May 2018
- 14. Blondie, Garbage, And Deap Vally Kick Off Their Summer Tour
- (Music)
- ... Deap Vally hit the stage first. This dynamic duo, compromised of Julie Edwards and Lindsey Troy, got the audience primed for an electric night with their bluesy, garage punk sound and ferocious growling ...
- Created on 03 August 2017
- 15. Trump Advisor Roger Stone Has Twitter Meltdown And Calls Woman A 'Stupid Ignorant Ugly Bitch
- (Feminism)
- On Saturday night, former Donald Trump advisor Roger Stone had what is rightly being referred to as a Twitter meltdown, attacking everyone from J.K. Rowling to Hillary Rodham Clinton to the everyday ...
- Created on 06 March 2017
- 16. After The Women’s March, Newspapers Ask, ‘But What About The Men????????’
- (Feminism)
- ... practices. Growling stomachs required filling on a regular basis. THIS MAN HAD TO MISS A BASKETBALL GAME WHAT A TRAGEDY: Steve Politi, a sports columnist for The Star-Ledger of Newark, missed the Rutgers ...
- Created on 23 January 2017
- 17. This Video Shows EVERYTHING That’s Wrong With Voluntourism
- (General)
- ... from BUST JK Rowling Reveals the Ugly Truth Behind Voluntourism 10 Things You Need To Know Before Traveling Alone As A Woman How My Queer As F*ck Video Game Was Changed By The Pulse Shootings ...
- Created on 25 October 2016
- 18. Wicked Witches Of The Left: A Brief History
- (Feminism)
- ... titled, “Kudos to Hillary for playing the woman card: If people are going to call her a witch, she’ll tell them she’s Hermione Granger.” Writer Amanda Marcotte named dropped J.K. Rowling’s most studious, ...
- Created on 18 October 2016
- 19. Would You Leave Your Kitty At A Cat Boarding House?
- (Entertainment)
- ... neighbors to avail themselves of the Home at Battersea, for prowling and starving cats are not a pleasurable addition to London in August.” England was not alone in facing a seasonal epidemic of abandoned ...
- Created on 12 October 2016
- 20. Ava DuVernay’s ‘A Wrinkle In Time’ Has Found Its Leads — And They’re Almost All People Of Color
- (Movies)
- ... People took to social media to voice their outrage that a black woman was cast in the role of Hermione Granger. However, when writing the novel, J.K. Rowling described Hermione as having brown eyes, frizzy ...
- Created on 14 September 2016
