- 1. Beth Ditto Talks Switch To Acting, and Latest Role In The Country Music Drama "Monarch." Plus, New Music From Gossip? ...
- (TV)
- ... nearly a full year because of the COVID pandemic, and live music has only recently become a possibility again. “I was grasping at straws,” the 41-year-old says of being effectively unemployed for the ...
- Created on 12 September 2022
- 2. Gina Prince-Bythewood On Directing Viola Davis In Her New Film "The Woman King," The Tale Of An All-Female Army In West Afric
- (Movies)
- ... well while pushing for a then-unknown Gugu Mbatha-Raw to be cast in a starring role in 2014’s Beyond the Lights. And it was crucial when making The Woman King during the height of the pandemic, filming ...
- Created on 07 September 2022
- 3. The So-Called "Climate Bill": What Does It Really Mean For Us & Where Does It Fall Short Of Our Expectations
- (Feminism)
- ... to result from the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act will lead to lower energy costs for families, easing some of the financial burden that the pandemic and inflation have caused. In June, the consumer ...
- Created on 18 August 2022
- 4. Legendary Feminist Punk Band Bikini Kill Are Back On Tour and Still Hungry For "Revolution Girl Style Now
- (Music)
- ... me" while brushing past. I witnessed a group collectively push a creepy dude out of the audience. I’m happy to report that this community atmosphere hadn’t been lost to the ravages of the pandemic. All ...
- Created on 13 July 2022
- 5. Album of the Week: Sharon van Etten's "We’ve Been Going About This All Wrong" is a a Gorgeous Meditation on Love, Loss, and Motherhood—BUST Revi
- (Music)
- ... It’s not exactly a concept album, but all 10 songs taken together present a gorgeous meditation on love, loss, motherhood, and the grief of surviving a pandemic that’s claimed so many lives. It’s not all ...
- Created on 11 July 2022
- 6. We All Stan A Flowy Caftan
- (Style)
- ... meeting, or to host a party. I even got pandemic-married in a caftan! Algerian woman wearing a caftan, 19th century Everywhere you go, every time you wear a caftan, people will scream-compliment ...
- Created on 05 July 2022
- 7. NYC Mayor Adams Has Alarming Advice for Women on How to be Safe on the Subway
- (Feminism)
- ... New Yorkers apprehensive—a majority of private sector commuters polled by Morning Consult feel that subways have become less safe since the beginning of the pandemic. Now, NYC Mayor Eric Adams is promising ...
- Created on 23 June 2022
- 8. Listen to Beyonce's New Single, "Break My Soul" Featuring Queen of Bounce Music Big Freedia, Off Upcoming Album "Renaissan
- (Music)
- ... about the creation of this album, describing a long process made even longer and more thoughtful by the pandemic. This past weekend the lead single "Break My Soul" featuring Big Freedia, was released. ...
- Created on 16 June 2022
- 9. "It's Time For The Bro To Stand On His Own" Ibeyi On Their Single "Lavender And Red Roses" ...
- (Music)
- ... touring and during the pandemic. We thought that we would have [all this time] to travel the world and go do the things we never had time to do in the past 10 years cuz we were working and then the pandemic ...
- Created on 02 June 2022
- 10. Start The Summer Off Right With New Music From Big Thief, Guerilla Toss, and Jenny Hval
- (Music)
- ... in this video game, delivering highly positive themes like self-love and overcoming addiction. –Emily Nokes JENNY HVAL Classic Objects (4AD) Written in the isolated world of the pandemic, ...
- Created on 26 May 2022
- 11. A Love Letter to Marsha, The Spontaneous Statue of Trans-Activist Marsha P. Johnson, Gets a New Home at The Center in New York
- (Feminism)
- ... were halted because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Eli Erlick, an activist involved in the project told Fox5 NYC, “The city has been boasting about putting up more statues of women for years, even decades ...
- Created on 25 May 2022
- 12. Mental Health Awareness Month: 14 Celebrities That Are Vocal About Their Mental Health Struggles
- (Living)
- ... As a woman of color who promotes therapy, the actress started a project that pushed for free “virtual therapy” for African-Americans affected by the pandemic. She spoke to BUST about the Boris Lawrence ...
- Created on 24 May 2022
- 13. "Even Though I'm A Muslim Woman, I Still Experience The Same Things You Do." Yuna, The Malaysian Singer Sounds-Off On Modesty In The World Of R
- (Music)
- ... “It's not always easy, the road seems endless, it makes you wonder if you're not made to last.” Like many people creating art during the pandemic, Y1 took listeners on a journey through the singer’s ...
- Created on 18 May 2022
- 14. This Toronto Fashion Marketer Discusses Her Springlike Style, Full of Bold Prints, And Eclectic Colors and Textures
- (Style)
- ... this specific look through thrifting—finding pieces that were made long ago, and being able to wear them now, has inspired me a lot. Being in a pandemic has also affected me. At first, I would just wear ...
- Created on 02 May 2022
- 15. Jewel Is Back With The R&B and Folk-Influenced "Freewheelin' Woman," Her First Album in 7 Years ...
- (Music)
- ... on the Joe Rogan podcast a few months back. Rogan and Neil have very different ideas about vaccination. I’m wondering what your thoughts on vaccines are and what the pandemic has been like for you. J: ...
- Created on 02 May 2022
- 16. Diane Coffee's New Album, "With People" Combines Folk-Rock and Dream Pop, and The Results Are Masterful ...
- (Music)
- ... and influeneced by the isolation during Covid pandemic. This is evident resulting in his most introspective and personal offering yet. Once again Fleming shifts musical gears from his previous album, Internet ...
- Created on 25 April 2022
- 17. Keke Palmer Scores Big For Black Women And Liberation In "Alice" Now Streaming On Deman
- (Movies)
- ... were flung wide open. We can also draw parallels to the world's present-day civil unrest during the pandemic when the film was shot and where people defied all warnings and threats to their lives to come ...
- Created on 08 April 2022
- 18. The Persian New Year, or Nowruz, is the Perfect Way to Refresh and Reset—And Also a Great Excuse to Stuff Your Face with Amazing Food (Family Recipe Included!)
- (Living)
- Nowruz mobarak y’all! Translation: Happy New Year…y’all! This year, Nowruz (pronounced NO-rooz), or the Persian New Year, lands on Sunday March 20, 2022 (the spring equinox). Every year, pandemic permitting, ...
- Created on 18 March 2022
- 19. Fiona Apple Is Using Her Star Power For An Urgent Legal Cause—And She Wants Your Help
- (Feminism)
- ... possible abuses of power in the courtroom. Before the pandemic, people interested in watching court proceedings had to physically go to the court and wait for the trial they wanted to see, which could ...
- Created on 18 March 2022
- 20. Mitski's New Album, "Laurel Hell" Is An Indie-Pop Record That Pairs Melancholy Lyrics With Peppy-Synths Bea
- (Music)
- ... deep cut, if not for melancholy lyrics like, “How do other people live?/I wonder how they keep it up.” Mitski started work on Laurel Hell in the pre-pandemic days of 2018, but the record still manages ...
- Created on 17 March 2022
