- 1. Kansas Residents Vote To Protect Reproductive Rights–Setting a Precedent For Other States After The Repeal Of Roe v. Wade
- (Feminism)
- ... of abortion rights in their state this year, and Kansas may serve as an indicator of how these votes will shake out. Swing states like Michigan, especially, may see the trickle-down effect of this vote ...
- Created on 03 August 2022
- 2. Your Abusive Boyfriend Just Lost His Right To Legally Buy A Gun. Or Did He?
- (Feminism)
- ... than those committed by a spouse. Throughout the past 3 decades guns have remained the most common weapon in these intimate partner homicides. According to April Zeoli, Michigan State Univerisity professor ...
- Created on 15 July 2022
- 3. Child Marriage in America: How Courtney Stodden and Other Girls Are Being Forced To Marry Their Rapists
- (Feminism)
- ... other states also have no minimum age requirement for marriage—Idaho, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, Washington, West Virginia, and Wyoming—which means ...
- Created on 12 November 2021
- 4. Amy Schumer Shares Her Battle With Endometriosis, And Has Us Wondering Why The F*ck There Isn't More Research About This Disorde
- (Feminism)
- ... M.D., MPH, a gynecological surgeon at the University of Michigan’s Von Voigtlander Women’s Hospital. “Stigma surrounding the disease and societal normalization of women’s pain continue to stand in the ...
- Created on 27 September 2021
- 5. How the US Criminal Justice System Failed Olympic Gold Medalists: the Botched FBI Investigation of Former Team USA Doctor Larry Nassar
- (Feminism)
- ... national team. Specializing in treating gymnastics injuries, Nassar worked alongside Olympic artistic gymnastics coach John Geddert at Twistars, a gymnastics club based in Lansing, Michigan. The parents ...
- Created on 24 September 2021
- 6. Gettin' Witchy With It: The CW Adds Lucy Barrett to the Main Cast of Season 4 of Charmed Reboot
- (TV)
- ... from creatures of darkness in their quaint Michigan town. Beware... Charmed’s season three finale saw Mantock’s character, eldest sister Macy, sacrifice herself to save the world from the Whispering ...
- Created on 09 September 2021
- 7. Meet Crystal Cheatham, The Queer Christian Activist Who's New Bible App Delivers Inspiration Without Persecutio
- (Living)
- ... of bullshit.” “It’s not hard to present a version of Christianity that’s free of bullshit.” Cheatham grew up in Michigan as a Seventh-day Adventist and when she was 15, her father died from cancer. ...
- Created on 01 April 2021
- 8. What You Need To Know Now: Election Day Victories + Vote Counting Updates
- (Feminism)
- ... first 14 hours that officials were allowed to count ballots. Michigan has similar factors at play. This election is constantly changing. Check back with BUST for updates as the week continues, take ...
- Created on 04 November 2020
- 9. Can Women in Swing States Save America? The Latest Polling Looks Promising
- (Feminism)
- ... The gender gap measures the difference in men's and women's votes for the leading candidate. In each of these cases, Biden is leading in favoribility with female voters over male. In Michigan, as of last ...
- Created on 27 October 2020
- 10. Saints and Sinners: The Madonna-Whore Complex in "Yes, God, Yes
- (Movies)
- While in middle school, I found myself in the beam of a youth group chaperone’s flashlight while dancing “too close” to a boy in a Michigan church. “Leave room for Jesus!” the chaperone shouted at us ...
- Created on 04 September 2020
- 11. 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)
- ... white women received from Black women. Michigan Michigan ratified the 19th amendment on June 10, 1919. Women in Michigan had been petitioning state legislature for a chance to be on the ballot since ...
- Created on 18 August 2020
- 12. It's Black Women's Equal Pay Day — What Does This Mean In The Age Of COVID-1
- (Feminism)
- ... According to a survey by the National Women’s Law Center and Mothering Justice, the pandemic has caused two-thirds of Black women living in Michigan to either lose their jobs or have their working hours ...
- Created on 13 August 2020
- 13. A Black 15-Year-Old Went to Juvie For Missing Her Homework
- (Living)
- A fifteen-year-old girl was incarcerated in Michigan during the coronavirus pandemic. The reason? A judge ruled that her uncompleted schoolwork violated probation. Grace had been charged with assault ...
- Created on 14 July 2020
- 14. Is It Worth It To Send Students Back To School This Fall?
- (Living)
- ... to quit their jobs now than they were before the pandemic began, and 65% said they want schools to remain closed to prevent the virus from spreading. According to Time, 30% of teachers in Michigan are ...
- Created on 13 July 2020
- 15. Planned Parenthood Endorses Joe Biden: Here's What It Means for Abortion Right
- (Feminism)
- ... races who support abortion rights. Planned Parenthood is targeting 5 million voters nationwide, with a focus on nine key states: Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Michigan, Minnesota, New Hampshire, North Carolina, ...
- Created on 16 June 2020
- 16. Supreme Court Provides Historic Win For LGBTQ+ Community On Employment Discrimination
- (Feminism)
- ... earlier this year. Stephens was fired by Tom Rost of the Harris Funeral Home in Livonia, Michigan in 2012 after coming out as a transgender woman to her employer and colleagues. Stephens had finally decided ...
- Created on 15 June 2020
- 17. Rock Out Your Lockdown Angst With The Lippies’ New “On My Mind” Lyric Video: BUST Premiere
- (Music)
- ... you ugly cry into your tattered poetry notebook, get this. Michigan punks The Lippies just dropped their surprise EP, Pop 'n' Lockdown, through label Red Scare Industries. BUST is excited to premiere their ...
- Created on 17 April 2020
- 18. #WeLoveYamiche: This Woman White House Correspondent Stood Her Ground Against Trump & Misogynoir
- (Feminism)
- ... governors such as Michigan’s Gretchen Whitmer need to be nice to him if they want the assistance that their states need. Yes, he literally said that. But that’s a story for a different time. Either way, ...
- Created on 30 March 2020
- 19. Sexual Assault Trials Postponed at Universities Due to COVID-19
- (Feminism)
- ... an online trial, which is a relatively new procedure, could be awkward and uncomfortable for the victim. At many universities, such as in Ohio, Kentucky, Michigan, and Tennessee, sexual assault trials ...
- Created on 24 March 2020
- 20. Both Biden and Sanders Said They Would Appoint Women Running Mates. Choose Your Fighter, Boys.
- (Feminism)
- ... which as I’m making this list, seems more and more important when thinking about who could be a good option for VP. Michigan is, you guessed it, another swing state. Whitmer currently serves as the Governor, ...
- Created on 16 March 2020
