- 1. From Cabaret Shows to Premium Cable, Performer and MC Murray Hill is Everywhere—and That’s Just The Way He Likes It
- (Entertainment)
- ... it in a drag king show in the (again pre-gentrified) Meatpacking District. While he was impressed, he still thought there was something missing. “It was, like, serious,” he recalls. “It was about passing, ...
- Created on 16 June 2022
- 2. Alison Bechdel Just Updated the Rules to the Bechdel Test for a Very Specific Reason
- (Movies)
- ... Test. Bechdel’s tongue-in-cheek amendment also delivers an important reminder; the Bechdel Test isn’t rigid, nor is it all encompassing. A completely accurate Bechdel Test, with no exceptions, would require ...
- Created on 08 June 2022
- 3. Afrofuturist musical "Neptune Frost" tells a story of love, loss, and anti-capitalism: Movie Revie
- (Movies)
- ... work defies easy categorization, Neptune Frost is a cultural experience that is open for interpretation while still conveying a specific message about surpassing the boundaries. Uzeyman, a Rwandan actor/playwright/director ...
- Created on 03 June 2022
- 4. New To Witchcraft? Here's a List of 10 Modern Day Witches To Get Into on TikTo
- (Living)
- ... but the air felt cleaner. Maybe my ancestors were onto something; maybe this really does cleanse the atmosphere of evil spirits. I’d heard something of this practice in passing, but it wasn’t until I ...
- Created on 26 May 2022
- 5. America Is Down Bad Y’All: The US Supreme Court Is Gearing Up to Repeal Roe V Wade, Putting Reproductive Rights for Millions of Americans in Jeopardy
- (Feminism)
- ... rights has been heating up in recent years, with the passing of the Texas Heartbeat Act , banning abortion after the first detection of fetal heartbeat activity, becoming a recent victory for bigots everywhere, ...
- Created on 03 May 2022
- 6. Remembering Underrated Female Rapper and TLC Star, Lisa 'Left Eye" Lopes On The 20th Anniversary of Her Passing ...
- (Music)
- ... elevated any track she was featured on. On the anniversary of her passing, we remember her legacy. Rest well, Queen. header photo: screenshot from youtube social media share photo: (L to R) ...
- Created on 25 April 2022
- 7. A Little History On How The Blue-Haired Old Lady Trope Came To Be
- (Feminism)
- ... slur. A 1970 Vogue article on New York City taxi drivers described a particularly misogynistic hack who aimed for puddles to splash women pedestrians, including “a passing blue rinse.” Today, a mature ...
- Created on 05 April 2022
- 8. HOORAY, The Equal Rights Amendment Passed! Or DID It?!?
- (Feminism)
- ... and more generally, numbers are low in management positions, corporate boards, and business ownership—and this would be made illegal under the ERA. But passing the ERA would also mean that all laws ...
- Created on 11 March 2022
- 9. Watching "Tall Girl 2" While Black: Just How Much Of A Struggle Is Being Tall, Anyway
- (Movies)
- ... a big step away from Jodi-centeredness for the Tall Girl movies, but it feels more shallow and staged than the rest of the movie (they are passing comments and random scenes that don’t keep the plot going), ...
- Created on 02 March 2022
- 10. Aubrey Plaza Shows Off Her Dramatic Chops in "Emily The Criminal
- (Movies)
- ... which can be incredibly sexy if it turns out the bruises match. And it’s obvious Emily is very bruised. A stepfather is mentioned in passing but never seen or heard from. Her only friend, Liz (Megalyn ...
- Created on 08 February 2022
- 11. Joan Didion and Me: How the Writer's "Slouching Towards Bethlehem" Showed Me The Power of a Woman's Voice, in the Literary World and Bey
- (Feminism)
- ... feminism. Yet, I credit her with gifting this all-encompassing tenant of feminism to so many— empowering those on the margins to have as loud a voice as anyone in the room. Didion’s essay ‘On ...
- Created on 11 January 2022
- 12. In Response to Alarming Facts About Black Women's Maternal Health, Doula's Twitter Thread With Advice for Black Expectant Moms Goes Vir
- (Sex)
- ... time as me died.'' One example was the passing of London-based YouTube influencer Nicole Thea, who died from a severe heart attack at 8-months pregnant, and whose death was speculated to be the consequence ...
- Created on 17 December 2021
- 13. On the Season 3 Finale of HBO's 'Succession,' Sarah Snook's 'Shiv Roy' Finds Power in Female
- (TV)
- ... goes behind the backs of his grown children and brokers a deal to sell Waystar to the tech startup Gojo and its young CEO Lukas Mattson (Alexander Skarsgard) instead of passing the company down to one ...
- Created on 16 December 2021
- 14. Celebrated Author and Intersectional Feminist bell hooks Has Died
- (Feminism)
- ... of her books. According to a public statement made by the school, Berea College is “deeply saddened by hooks’ passing.” In our 2017 interview with hooks, she touched on some of her popularly discussed ...
- Created on 15 December 2021
- 15. "Downton Abbey: A New Era" Teaser Trailer Debut Promises “The Grandest Escape of the Year." Whatever Could That Mean? ...
- (Movies)
- ... and the place that I treasure in talented hands,” she says, passing the torch to Mary. Written by series creator Julian Fellowes and directed by Simon Curtis (The Art of Racing in the Rain, My Week with ...
- Created on 16 November 2021
- 16. Karen Dalton Documentary—Behind the Scenes With "In My Own Time" Co-Directors: BUST Intervie
- (Movies)
- ... territory, and musicians such as Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Pete Seeger, and Woody Guthrie are considered folk music legends. Karen Dalton sprung from the same era, but never quite received her due. Passing ...
- Created on 29 September 2021
- 17. "Mi cuerpo, mi opcion": Mexico supports the decriminalization of abortion in Supreme Court vot
- (Feminism)
- ... "Those of us who are convinced of the value of life have no need for a murderous law like the one they are passing; We hope that your choice for life is not determined by an ideology, but is motivated by ...
- Created on 10 September 2021
- 18. The recent Taliban takeover is terrifying for Afghan women and girls—here's wh
- (Feminism)
- ... August 15, 2021 Violence Against Women In 2009, Afghanistan made historical progress in curbing violence against women and girls in the country by passing the Elimination of Violence ...
- Created on 18 August 2021
- 19. "Concrete Utopia," the New Exhibition from Photographer Saneun Hwang, Captures the Fleeting Nature of NYC: BUST Interview ...
- (Arts)
- ... that food can inspire. What are you looking forward to for the rest of the year? Getting back to pre-Covid (or surpassing post-Covid) life has been really hard. But the other day I stopped by Human ...
- Created on 22 July 2021
- 20. Britney Spears Calls For An End To Her Conservatorship, Says She Isn't Allowed To Marry And Have Kid
- (Feminism)
- ... relative feels like a misnomer. What is the familial term for “enabler of egregious injustice to one’s own daughter?” Though this description falls short of encompassing his terribleness, we are not ...
- Created on 24 June 2021
