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1. It's Time to Stop “Stanning” Politician: (Feminism); ... Star Wars diehard. Stan culture can be a fun way to build online communities of like-minded folks. But “stan culture” left unchecked will be subsumed by its worse impulses — the purity and superiority ...; Created on 27 June 2020
2. 10 Feminist Horror Flicks To Watch This Summer: (Movies); ... unleash a supernatural presence during their stay at a Christian purity camp. The fathers of the girls attend the retreat with them and learn how to “protect” their daughters from male desire while the ...; Created on 26 June 2020
3. States Are Calling To Ban Virginity Testing, But What’s Up With This Barbaric Practice In The First Place?: (Feminism); ... the world, it hasn’t stopped virginity tests from being conducted for other reasons. In some countries, the examination has been performed before a woman can be married to ensure her purity. Other countries ...; Created on 07 February 2020
4. The Subtle Misogyny of Christian Girl Youtube: (Feminism); ... over purity. In their image of womanhood, we are all condemned to a life in constant fear of the almighty white male God’s wrath for exploring our sexual desires. This is a constant theme in everything ...; Created on 04 November 2019
5. Caster Semenya Will Have To Suppress Her Testosterone Levels To Compete — Here's Why That's Messed: (Feminism); ... to preserving the purity of female competition. Now, Semenya and other female athletes with high testosterone levels will either choose to follow this new ruling, or have to decide between options such ...; Created on 02 May 2019
6. A Feminist Pastor Gifted Gloria Steinem With A Vulva Sculpture Made Of Purity Rings: (Feminism); ... antiquated ideas about sex, gender, and bodies. In November 2018, Bolz-Weber announced an art project on Twitter and invited women to send her their purity rings. ANNOUNCEMENT: I'm inviting women to ...; Created on 19 February 2019
7. How I Recovered From Sex And Love Addiction: (Sex); Charlene deGuzman wrote and stars in Unlovable (still image above), now streaming on Amazon, iTunes, and GooglePlay. Unlovable is a dramedy about a sex- and love-addicted woman who learns what real ...; Created on 13 December 2018
8. What "Twilight" Taught Us About Sex And Virginit: (Movies); Happy tenth anniversary, Twilight! Yep, that’s right, ten years ago last month, young girls were flooding theatres to watch Robert Pattinson creepily stalk Kristen Stewart...in her bedroom...before ...; Created on 05 December 2018
9. A Person's Right To Pleasur: (Feminism); ... to do the same. The purity of joy I felt at the nude beach was due not only to the physical feeling of being unencumbered, but to the permission granted by those around me relishing in the glory of their ...; Created on 27 September 2018
10. Pawning My Purity Ring: (Feminism); “I fucking DID it,” I yelled over the phone to my sister as I collapsed onto the seat of my car, sweaty and relieved. After twelve years of bearing the judgy burden that was my purity ring, I had finally ...; Created on 29 August 2018
11. Demi Lovato And The Way We Talk About Addiction: (Living); ... for reflection on how addiction, and the missteps that are often part of recovery, are framed within a culture obsessed with dichotomies, purity, tragedy, and iconization. Mass media is a reactive apparatus, ...; Created on 25 July 2018
12. "The Redistribution Of Gardening"—A Response To Ross Douthat's "The Redistribution Of S: (Feminism); ... on this point, but he thinks medieval concepts of purity are the best solution. Instead, the antidote to a poisonous culture in which sexual activity is equated with worth is a more expansive vision—and ...; Created on 09 May 2018
13. "Period: Twelve Voices Tell The Bloody Truth" Shows Why We Need To Talk About Menstruatio: (Books); ... purity. But it hasn’t been any ol’ annoyance—I have polycystic ovary syndrome, which means that my ovaries constantly feel like they are being pulverized to dust by the Hulk or the Thing or, hell, if I’m ...; Created on 09 May 2018
14. Celebrate Friday The 13th The Feminist Way: (Feminism); Today is Friday the 13th, our irregular dose of Halloween spookiness. Besides being the title of a horror movie in which a very young Kevin Bacon dies, everyone knows Friday the 13th means bad luck. ...; Created on 13 April 2018
15. Whatever Happened To Those Girls Who Signed "Purity Pledges"? Hint: It's Not Go: (Sex); Ever wonder what happened to the millions of girls who signed “purity pledges” in the late ’90s and early ’00s? Turns out, they didn’t live happily ever after. And for many of them, the “true love waits” ...; Created on 10 April 2018
16. BUST's April/May 2018 Issue With Cover Gal Samira Wiley Is On Newsstands Now: (Entertainment); ... an interview with Love & Hip-Hop’s new rising star Amara La Negra; a revealing chat with actor and activist Terry Crews; surprising reporting on what happens later in life to women who make purity pledge ...; Created on 27 March 2018
17. Heather Graham’s Directorial Debut “Half Magic” Is A Fun, Feminist Comedy: BUST Review: (Movies); ... to make points about topics like sexism in Hollywood and purity culture. 4/5 photo: Half Magic Half Magic is in select theaters, VOD and digital HD this Friday, Feb. 23. More from BUST ...; Created on 22 February 2018
18. Gina Rodriguez Of "Jane The Virgin" On Her Boyfriend, Her Feminism, And Her Plan To Make TV More Inclusiv: (Feminism); ... (multiple pairs of secret twins have shown up), Jane the Virgin has made headlines for the way it handles social issues including immigration, abortion, and purity culture, and has received praise from ...; Created on 22 September 2017
19. Gina Rodriguez Of "Jane The Virgin" On Her Boyfriend, Her Family, And Her Feminism: BUST Sneak Pee: (Feminism); ... to her experience with purity culture to her determination to create more opportunities for Latinos in film and TV. Take a sneak peek below, and buy the issue on newsstands next Tuesday, July 25th. (Or ...; Created on 18 July 2017
20. 17 Amazing Women Tell Us Why They're Voting For Hillary Clinto: (Feminism); ... leftist purity. When I look at Trump, I see him building walls while kids starve, and feel the possibility of internment camps looming. He wants to go back to those “great” times of slavery, hatred, and ...; Created on 31 October 2016

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