- 1. "Legends of Drag" Pays Homage To Drag Icons "Of A Certain Age" Who Paved The Way For The Queens of Today ...
- (Books)
- ... to televised drag's focus on competition and omission of “the spirit of collaboration,” which many queens believe is what makes traditional competitive pageants and balls possible. With the rise of televised ...
- Created on 21 June 2022
- 2. From Cabaret Shows to Premium Cable, Performer and MC Murray Hill is Everywhere—and That’s Just The Way He Likes It
- (Entertainment)
- ... his act in clubs in a pre-gentrified East Village. In N.Y.C., he’s something of a local celebrity, having emceed all manner of pageants and fundraisers (including BUST events). Real Housewives fans may ...
- Created on 16 June 2022
- 3. Cultures That Embraced LGBTQIA+ Identity Before Colonization Messed Everything Up
- (Living)
- ... also being able to broach taboo subjects via sexual humor. There are also “Miss Fa’a Fafine” pageants being held in order to raise money and awareness for LGBTQIA+ rights within Samoa. Although fa’a fafine ...
- Created on 10 June 2021
- 4. The Conservative Backlash Against AOC's Haircut Highlights A Massive Double Standar
- (Feminism)
- ... pageants.” Jaclyn Wong, a sociology professor who studies gender inequality at the University of South Carolina, also highlighted how the effort women put into their physical appearance is directly connected ...
- Created on 11 October 2019
- 5. Trump Administration Opposes United Nations Breastfeeding Resolution: Link Roundup
- (Feminism)
- ... Maude Gorman—an outspoken survivor of sexual assault—has tendered her resignation following an off-script #MeToo joke during a recent pageant. She says she will no longer compete in pageants, but she will ...
- Created on 09 July 2018
- 6. Women With Shaved Heads Are Having A Pop Culture Moment — Showing How Political Hair Can Be
- (Style)
- There is a meme making the rounds at the moment. It reads, "The future is female and it doesn't have time for styling products," and it's accompanied by four photos of shaven-headed women: three fictional characters ...
- Created on 28 March 2018
- 7. The Surprisingly Subversive History Of Beauty Pageants
- (Feminism)
- Since the 1960s, feminists have been protesting the sexism of beauty pageants. But others have chosen to subvert these competitions from the inside, entering as a form of activism. On a Saturday ...
- Created on 14 March 2018
- 8. Our February/March 2018 Issue With Krysten Ritter Is On Newsstands Now!
- (Entertainment)
- ... Benincasa There She Is Activists are flipping the script on sexist pageants by using them as platforms for social change. By Liz Ellis Mayes Watch The Throne The hilarious 2 Dope Queens podcast ...
- Created on 30 January 2018
- 9. Miss Peru Contestants Introduced Themselves With Statistics About Violence Against Women Instead Of Their Body Measurements
- (Feminism)
- ... contestants. Their protest was particularly subversive considering the objectification and imposition of Eurocentric standards that beauty pageants usually reinforce in places like Peru. "My name ...
- Created on 31 October 2017
- 10. #TameTrump: The Radical Inauguration Day Readings Of Lauren Gunderson's 'The Tamin
- (Entertainment)
- ... are all trying to make a difference in the way that’s best available to us, whether that’s political work, online activism, or even beauty pageants. Even as we try, though, it’s so easy to feel useless, ...
- Created on 12 January 2017
- 11. 11-Year-Old Saffron Herndon Is A Comedy Queen: BUST Interview
- (Entertainment)
- ... mic. “My dad says I’m not pretty enough to do pageants, so he makes me do comedy,” she jokes on stage. “Help me.” But the worst part of fame, she says, is when people assume her dad writes her act. “If ...
- Created on 12 October 2016
- 12. 5 Times Donald Trump Told Us How He Really Feels About Women
- (Feminism)
- ... matters, like you wouldn't have your job if you weren't beautiful." - This one was aimed at a reporter covering one of his Miss America pageants. I have a feeling he was expecting this to go over as a compliment, ...
- Created on 16 March 2016
- 13. Feb/Mar 2018
- (Magazine)
- ... Benincasa There She Is Activists are flipping the script on sexist pageants by using them as platforms for social change. By Liz Ellis Mayes Watch The Throne The hilarious 2 Dope Queens podcast ...
- Created on 27 July 2015
- 14. Amy Schumer Proves that Being a Princess Ain't All It’s Cracked Up to B
- (TV)
- ... please. Via MTV.com Images via MTVimages Read more on Bust.com Amy Schumer Reveals The Sexual Pageantry Behind Child Beauty Pageants Amy Schumer Crushes It Again With 'Girl, You Don't Need Makeup' ...
- Created on 24 June 2015
- 15. Win $5,000 in the (Super-Skeevy) World's First Vagina Beauty Pagean
- (Entertainment)
- ... unlike most beauty pageants, it isn’t all about female self-esteem. (Shocking, I know.) “A dirty little secret of the adult toy industry is that the majority of vagina masturbators that are supposedly ...
- Created on 19 June 2015
- 16. Amy Schumer Gave This New York Couple the Best Engagement Shoot Ever
- (Entertainment)
- ... but seriously – can someone help us snag an invite? The #FOMO is nearly too much to bear. Read more at BUST.com: Amy Schumer Reveals The Sexual Pageantry Behind Child Beauty Pageants Amy Schumer ...
- Created on 09 June 2015
- 17. Amy Schumer Reveals The Sexual Pageantry Behind Child Beauty Pageants
- (Entertainment)
- ... it’s that the world of child beauty pageants is not as pretty as the kids competing in it are made to be. Amy Schumer parodies the show with her own edition: Babies and Bustiers. Schumer stars as Amy ...
- Created on 19 May 2015
- 18. "You Think That Sexual Assault Happens In A Dark Alley And That It's A Stranger, But It's N
- (Feminism)
- Day after day, we are confronted with more horrifying news about campus sexual assault—and the valiant effort in stopping it. Thankfully, there are people out there like Cierra Kaler-Jones, AKA Miss ...
- Created on 27 March 2015
- 19. New Documentary Examines a Tibetan Beauty Pageant Contestant's Quest for Personal Identity and Heritag
- (TV)
- ... Tibetan government. Personally, I have a certain reaction to beauty pageants that is totally cliched feminist. Miss Tibet surprises by delivering the unsavory aspects of pageantry with beauty and grace. ...
- Created on 25 November 2014
- 20. Miss Idaho Uses Insulin Pump to Remind Girls Everywhere They are Beautiful
- (General)
- Though our nation’s tradition of beauty pageants has been hotly debated as being both pro/anti woman, one Idaho beauty queen is using her platform to de-stigmatize the insulin pump for those affected ...
- Created on 22 July 2014
