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"ACNE: A Memoir" explores the awkward teenage years and 2 other books about finding yoursel
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... collection of personal essays that—stay with me—still somehow managed to incorporate the title as a unifying theme. Great news: this magical book exists. And in it, Laura Chinn does an admirable job of ...
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Created on 17 October 2022
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The Secret History of Women and Mushrooms: A Centuries-Old Tale of Empowerment, Enlightenment, Education, and Magic
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(Eat Me)
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... , From The Collection Of New York State Museum
Each monograph contains detailed accounts of taxonomy, personal anecdotes, environmental data, mythology, literary references, and folk wisdom. Unfortunately, ...
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Created on 28 April 2022
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These 3 New Non-Fiction Titles Explore Women's Relationship to Money, The Personal Narrative, and Feminism in Myanma
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(Books)
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BODY WORK: The Radical Power of Personal Narrative
By Melissa Febos
(Catapult)
For her latest book, acclaimed memoirist Melissa Febos offers a master class for would-be writers looking to find ...
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Created on 26 April 2022
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"The Sex Lives of African Women" Aims to Help African Women Decolonize Their Sexuality By Sharing Their Storie
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(Books)
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... as cis, trans, femmes, heterosexual and pansexual to name a few. Each woman’s identity is deeply personal, shaped by aspects of their culture, and written under a pseudonym. The latter is a possible indication ...
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Created on 11 March 2022
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Emily Ratajkowski On Her Essay Collection "My Body," Her Journey to Feminism, and Why Using Your Sexuality to Get Ahead Isn't a Bad Thing ...
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(Books)
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... I thought about what the world would think of them,” she admits, when we chat over Zoom. That’s probably because much of the book is personal and revealing, chronicling her childhood, her budding adolescent ...
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Created on 14 December 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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Free Your Mind: New Non-Fiction From B-Movie Queen Elvira, Mistress of Darkness, and Believing, a Cultural Analysis on Gender-Violence from Anita Hill
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(Books)
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... persist in science despite gender imbalances, bias, and outright sexism. In a series of personal essays and brief, focused vignettes on different tree species, she describes an ardent obsession with forest ...
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Created on 09 September 2021
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Krys Malcolm Belc's Memoir "The Natural Mother Of The Child" Challenges Preconceived Notions In Its Exploration Of Nonbinary Parenthood: BUST Revi
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(Books)
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... sense of self throughout his life and the pivotal moments that showed him that he did not fit into the rigid lines of the gender binary. Punctuated by personal photos and documents, Belc’s poetic writing ...
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Created on 14 June 2021
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Kara Walker Helped Define An Entire Generation Of Black Creators—Now, Her Artwork Is On Full Display For The First Time
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(Arts)
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... quite so nice,” Walker explained in Kunstbulletin in 2000.
“A Shocking Declaration of Independence,” 2018Now, Kara Walker has opened up her personal archive for the first time, revealing a spectacular ...
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Created on 26 May 2021
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After Appointing Nikole Hannah-Jones, Conservative UNC Chapel Hill Board of Trustees Denies Knight Chair Tenure for the First Time Since 1980 for One Reason: “Politics”
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(Feminism)
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... also her personal life. “The Project being out has impacted me in ways both good and bad,” Hannah-Jones said. “I never produced anything that has been as important or become such a touchstone. But it ...
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Created on 21 May 2021
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How Much Do You Know About Tennis Superstar Serena Williams? Take the Bust Pop Quiz!
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(Living)
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... today!
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Serena Williams Reflects On Anger And Sexist Double Standards In A Personal Essay
Allyson Felix Broke Usain Bolt's Record – Just 10 Months After Giving Birth
Tennis Champ ...
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Created on 10 May 2021
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Assuage Any Leftover Mother's Day Feels With Shantrelle P. Lewis' New Documentary "In Our Mother's Garde
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(Movies)
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... lives. Listening to each one of them sharing fond memories and personal family stories is an extension of the African oral storytelling tradition, and really illustrates how black womanhood isn’t a monolith ...
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Created on 07 May 2021
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TikTok's "#April 24th" Trend Is a Hoax, but Not a Jok
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(Feminism)
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... while they tell their personal stories. It’s the second wave of #MeToo.
@joannalynneofficial
#april24 #notallmenbutenough
♬ original sound - Joanna Lynne
Considering the throngs of women who ...
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Created on 23 April 2021
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Analyzing the Intricacies and Conundrums of the Internet with YouTuber Tiffany Ferguson: BUST Interview
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(Entertainment)
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... to.
I know you also do a podcast and you have a second channel for more personal content, so taking a step outside of media and content creation, what other interests do you have?
That’s a tough question ...
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Created on 21 April 2021
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Melissa Febos Examines Her Own Relationship With Consent Stemming From Adolescence in New Book "Girlhood
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(Books)
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Vibrant, haunting, and absolutely unforgettable, Girlhood by Melissa Febos is a modern masterpiece full of brutally honest self-reflection. “I’ve not found the research on how often we are touched by ...
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Created on 30 March 2021
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Is It Too Late For Us To Apologize To Katherine Heigl?
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(Entertainment)
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... under-self-cared-for TV personality is spot on. It’s difficult not to watch her when she is onscreen.
“She’s always been great. Izzie Stevens was the best character in Grey’s Anatomy! I haven’t noticed ...
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Created on 29 March 2021
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Roxane Gay Talks Fat Liberation, Puppy Parenthood, And Teaching Her Own MasterClass On BUST’s “Poptarts” Podcast!
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(Poptarts)
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... professor—most recently at Yale— and an editor of anthologies and collected works. Her many books include the celebrated collections Bad Feminist and Difficult Women, and the deeply personal memoir Hunger. ...
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Created on 05 March 2021
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Nina Renata Aron Wants You To Know That It Gets Better: BUST Interview
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(Books)
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... out to write it, did you know you wanted to include so much historical context?
I think I imagined including even more. I imported what I needed into the book to contextualize my personal story. Personally, ...
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Created on 25 February 2021
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Week Of Women: The Crown, Ammonite, I Am Greta
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(Entertainment)
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... Ex-Girlfriend creator and star Rachel Bloom shares her musings, poems, and personal essays about mental health, fame, and insecurity in this hilarious, original collection, out November 17.
The Power ...
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Created on 12 November 2020
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5 Witchy Book Recommendations From BUST's Favorite Occult Expert Kristen J. Sollée ...
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(Books)
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... speak to the deeply personal and political intersections between witchcraft and resistance.
Introduction by Emily Rems
Portrait courtesy of Kristen J. Sollée
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"Witches, Sluts, ...
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Created on 23 October 2020