- 21. Meet Crystal Cheatham, The Queer Christian Activist Who's New Bible App Delivers Inspiration Without Persecutio
- (Living)
- ... podcasts, Bible translations, and other curated material for progressive faith-seekers. “We include content that’s affirming,” she says. “It’s not hard to present a version of Christianity that’s free ...
- Created on 01 April 2021
- 22. Is It Too Late For Us To Apologize To Katherine Heigl?
- (Entertainment)
- ... progressive for the time. In any case, they were nothing that should have warranted trouble for her career or reputation. When asked about her most recent film Knocked Up, Heigl said she found it “a ...
- Created on 29 March 2021
- 23. Mexico City Implements Ban on Single-Use Plastic — But People Who Menstruate Face the Consequences
- (General)
- ... they are unable to attend and adults are unable to work while remaining sanitary. As menstrual activist Sally Santiago told Reuters, this measure “might sound very progressive and well-intentioned with ...
- Created on 05 March 2021
- 24. TikTok "Vanilla-Shaming," The Glorification of Sexual Violence, And What We Can Do About I
- (Sex)
- ... emphasize communicating and respecting boundaries in their expressions of sex positivity. While the conversations around sexuality are becoming increasingly progressive, some members of the next generation ...
- Created on 02 March 2021
- 25. Meet the Next Generation of Superstar Activists: Exclusive BUST Interviews
- (Feminism)
- ... Born and raised in New York City, Nelini Stamp, 33, is the National Organizing Director for the Working Families Party (workingfamilies.org), where she fights to get progressive candidates elected. ...
- Created on 15 February 2021
- 26. Five Women Who Shaped Motown Soul: Not Just Pretty Faces, but the Heart of Hitsville U.S.A.
- (Music)
- ... tales of love lost and found.” ----- The contemporary perception of soul music tends to lean on the chivalrous crooning of gentlemen like The Temptations and the progressive, spiritual sounds and values ...
- Created on 10 February 2021
- 27. The Timelessness Of The Cheerleader Flick: Serving You Veracity In A Y2K Miniskirt
- (Movies)
- ... flick, in general, has been largely overlooked as a prolific genre in terms of its progressiveness. Yes, the years of the cheerleader flick appear to have departed, and each of the aforementioned films ...
- Created on 04 February 2021
- 28. 5 Up-And-Coming Women Musicians You Should Know
- (Music)
- ... bills itself as “progressive doom metal.” For those who aren’t in the know (this writer included!), Gilbert explains, “‘Progressive’ means a lot of different styles and genres of metal. And the ‘doom’ ...
- Created on 28 January 2021
- 29. How could a woman not know she was autistic until age 31? The answer has everything to do with gender bias.
- (Living)
- ... I’m a fairly typical New Yorker: politically progressive, well-traveled, food-obsessed, and a little neurotic. I am single, and admittedly find dating exhausting—but doesn’t everyone? Then, in mid-February ...
- Created on 25 January 2021
- 30. Jane Fonda: A Rebel With a Cause. Exclusive BUST Interview
- (Feminism)
- ... the list goes on. But if anyone can act as a touchstone in the midst of these infamously “uncertain times,” it’s Fonda. The 82-year-old actor (she turns 83 on December 21) has been championing progressive ...
- Created on 07 January 2021
- 31. Deb Haaland Might Become The First-Ever Native Cabinet Member
- (General)
- ... environment is the most progressive we’ve ever seen, and it will fix that.” Currently, Haaland’s caucus is growing in positive directions, endorsing leaders who care about women’s rights, climate change, ...
- Created on 19 November 2020
- 32. How Women And YA Are Changing The World Of Comics
- (Books)
- ... young adult prose fiction is a bastion of a progressive kind of storytelling,” Stiefvater tells BUST. “So if you’re interested in speculative fiction and fantasy, but you don’t want it to be all, that ...
- Created on 12 November 2020
- 33. Lucille Bridges, Mother Of Civil Rights Movement Icon, Passes Away at 86
- (General)
- ... in an Instagram post. View this post on Instagram Today our country lost a hero. Brave, progressive, a champion for change. She helped alter the course of so ...
- Created on 12 November 2020
- 34. How Black And Indigenous Women Got Trump Out Of Office
- (Feminism)
- ... to uphold their race and class power. Time and time again Black and Indigenous women lead the United States to the more progressive candidate, despite these candidates still harming their communities. ...
- Created on 09 November 2020
- 35. Gideon Adlon On Unearthing The Spooky Truths In “The Craft: Legacy”: BUST Interview
- (Movies)
- ... thoughtful casting and progressive storylines. “You have a trans witch, a Black witch, a really tough handsome jock who comes out. You see sisterhood and girls coming together who don't give a fuck about ...
- Created on 28 October 2020
- 36. Exclusive Interview with Pioneering Educator Jane Elliott: Teaching and Understanding Race In 2020
- (Feminism)
- ... brown. There are, however, no people who are white.” Reflecting on the upsurge of progressive kids’ literature and specifically best-selling books about race in recent months, Elliott suggests that “somebody ...
- Created on 16 October 2020
- 37. The Feminist Guide to Sex Education You Didn’t Get in School
- (Sex)
- ... around sex are becoming a thing of the past as educators and entrepreneurs like Zoë Ligon bring positive and progressive perspectives to the fore. On a mission to replace stigmas and misinformation with ...
- Created on 24 September 2020
- 38. "Pac That A$$" By Putting Your Money Where Your Vote Is With Campaign Finance Rebel Linh Nguye
- (Living)
- ... Senator Booker. The parody ad “was meant to flip the script completely,” Nguyen says. “We created something reflective of the fact that sexism still very much exists in progressive politics.” “We are ...
- Created on 22 September 2020
- 39. Former Glossier Employees Demand Reform Opposed To Boycott In Response to Racist Workplace Culture
- (Style)
- ... democratic/progressive company that focuses on “diversity and inclusivity.” But in reality, that is not the case, when the company’s employees who are LGBTQIA+ and/or BIPOC are speaking out against this ...
- Created on 20 September 2020
- 40. Is This Fake News?: The BUST Guide to Media Literacy
- (Living)
- ... proof, the news outlet wrote, that the establishment was trying to suppress Sanders’ progressive message. Except that the mainstream media did report on the rally. The local daily paper published a story—and ...
- Created on 16 September 2020
