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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 ...
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(General)
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... each placed their left hands in one bowl: clear water signified marriage, muddy water meant widowed, and an empty bowl predicted a loveless life.
Even the food served at Halloween could reveal one’s ...
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Created on 21 October 2021
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In Her Memoir "The Big Hurt," Erika Schickel Looks At Her Self-Imposed Bad Girl Image Through A New Len
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(Books)
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In her new memoir, The Big Hurt, author and actress Erika Schickel re-examines her “bad girl” self-image and offers an intimate look into her long process of healing from emotional and sexual trauma. ...
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Created on 18 October 2021
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Adele's New Video and Song Have Finally Been Released, With a Big F-You To Wannabe Body Shamer
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(Music)
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... All packed. About to leave,” which is clearly representative of her leaving her past life and marriage. The camera then follows the singer into her car as she drives away from her newly “sold” home and ...
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Created on 15 October 2021
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Adele Returns To the Limelight With 'Easy on Me,' Her First Single Following a 5-Year Hiatu
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(Music)
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... to unpack her divorce, weight loss, anxiety, and how it all inspired her latest body of work. After nearly seven years of marriage, Adele Adkins and ex-husband Simon Konecki called it quits in 2019. The ...
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Created on 08 October 2021
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China to "Put an End to Sissy Men" With Ban on Effeminate Men on T
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(Feminism)
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... decriminalized in China in 1997 and declassified as a mental illness in 2001, same-sex marriage struggles to gain traction, and Chinese children can only be adopted by heterosexual parents, even internationally. ...
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Created on 10 September 2021
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The Last Starlet: An Interview with 1950's Bad Girl of the Silver Screen, Mamie Van Dore
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(Movies)
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Her ambitions almost ended before they began, however, when she eloped at 17 and found herself in a violent marriage. One evening, her husband attempted to throw her off their second-story balcony in ...
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Created on 08 September 2021
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St. Vincent, Tarana Burke, Courtney Stodden, Hailie Sahar, Women Who Get "Happy Endings", and more, in BUST's New Fall 2021 Issue, Out toda
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(Entertainment)
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... founder Tarana Burke, a surprising investigation into “full service” massage providers for women, a hot take on child marriage from former teen bride Courtney Stodden, and much more!
And Get Ready For ...
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Created on 31 August 2021
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8.
Trailer for New Princess Diana Biopic Spencer, Starring Kristen Stewart Has Dropped
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(Movies)
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... Sandringham Estate in 1991 as Diana decides to end her very public and troublesome marriage to Prince Charles (Jack Farthing). Spencer is directed by the celebrated Chilean filmmaker Pablo Larrain, who ...
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Created on 26 August 2021
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The Martha Stewart of Intimacy: Sex Educator Shan Boodram discusses the importance of making sex education fun and accessible, learning from past relationships, and her new dating show, Ex-Rated
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(Sex)
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... we want to let everybody know that this is kind of sex education that we stand behind, and that just means the world to me.
B: You're a new mother and wife, how has motherhood and marriage changed your ...
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Created on 24 August 2021
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The recent Taliban takeover is terrifying for Afghan women and girls—here's wh
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(Feminism)
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... Against Women (EVAW). The law made 22 abusive acts criminal including rape, battery, forced marriage, preventing women from acquiring property, prohibiting women and girls from going to work and school, ...
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Created on 18 August 2021
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Cultures That Embraced LGBTQIA+ Identity Before Colonization Messed Everything Up
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(Living)
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...
Photo: screenshot via YouTube
In Nigeria, the Igbo ethnic group has historically been known to practice and support female marriages where “female husbands'' would offer dowries and marry women. In ...
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Created on 10 June 2021
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Dakota Johnson and Henry Golding To Star In Netflix Adaptation of Jane Austen's Persuasio
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(Movies)
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... a potential marriage prospect, something that might not fly with audiences today.
Filming is currently underway, however, so hopefully we won’t have to wait too long to find out! Top photo credit: Walt ...
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Created on 28 May 2021
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For Centuries, Some Asian Women Have Chosen to Live Communally, Preferring to Take Care Of Each Other Rather Than Rely On Men
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(Living)
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... a vegetarian hall in Singapore
“Men are bad. Why marry?”
“Marriage is no good, men cannot be trusted.”
“My husband is dead, and I cannot burden friends and relatives with the trouble and expense ...
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Created on 17 May 2021
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In Honor of AAPI Heritage Month, Read These 10 New and Upcoming Works By AAPI Authors
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(Books)
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... Sara Desai Out now. The author of The Marriage Game is back with a romantic comedy about a marriage of convenience gone awry. Daisy Patel is a successful software engineer who has no plans for marriage ...
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Created on 10 May 2021
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One Woman Can't Wait—Literally—To End Her Dry Spell: One-Handed Rea
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(Sex)
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... teen. Dark rings beneath her eyes and her deeply lined brow tell a sorrowful tale of wasted years, a marriage turned sour. She looks fragile, vulnerable. Yet, as I stare, a smile tugs at her lips. She ...
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Created on 05 May 2021
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A Fragmented Fisher- The Views That Feed Into the Memory of the Iconic Carrie Fisher
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(Movies)
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... for behind-the-scenes details from the films. What it provided was an unflinching journey into the life of Carrie Fisher. It tackled her marriage, addiction, and life after Star Wars. I finished the book ...
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Created on 04 May 2021
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Does Netflix's Upcoming Season Of "Master Of None" Hide Behind Queer Black Women To Sell Audiences A Dying Sho
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(TV)
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... witnessing Waithe and Acki play off of one another as their characters navigate human phenomena such as marriage and fertility. Still, one can’t help but wonder why exactly the creators chose this particular ...
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Created on 27 April 2021
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Rachel Brosnahan Dishes on Why Midge Maisel Isn’t a Feminist and How She Manages Acting As an Introvert: Exclusive BUST Interview
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(TV)
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... wife, mother, and homemaker—to pursue her dream.
Watching Midge navigate daily life and pursue comedy after her marriage blows up is like seeing a baby feminist blossom. “Why do we have to pretend to ...
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Created on 07 April 2021
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HBO's New Documentary "TINA" Mishandles Tina Turner's Farewell To Life In The Public
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(Movies)
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... to publicly reveal the true extent of the physical, emotional, and sexual abuse she’d suffered in that marriage. Much of the first half of the film is anchored in audio clips of Turner recounting these ...
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Created on 30 March 2021
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Lysol's Horrifying History Of Marketing Cleaning Products As Birth Contro
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(Living)
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... talking about is the result of an unplanned pregnancy. This was a warning to women about the emotional toll a pregnancy would take on their marriage, and Lysol was sure to place the burden of birth control ...
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Created on 25 March 2021
