- 1. 2020 Sees Highest Rates of Fatal Violence Against the Trans Community in Years
- (Feminism)
- ... Green, Felycya Harris, Kee Sam, Aerrion Burnett. Photos via The Human Rights Campaign More from BUST: Rally Held For Trans Woman Found Dead In Rikers Trans Woman Whose Beating Went Viral Last Month ...
- Created on 07 October 2020
- 2. California To Allow Trans Inmates to Serve Time in Prisons Based on Gender Identity
- (Feminism)
- ... was found dead in her cell in solitary confinement at Rikers. Although the cause of death is still unknown, it is certain that the staff at Rikers Island failed to provide medical attention that could ...
- Created on 28 September 2020
- 3. Ditch Your White Savior Complex: 10 More Documentaries To Watch About Racism Instead Of “The Help”
- (Movies)
- ... Girls is available with Amazon. Time: The Kalief Browder Story (Netflix) The Kalief Browder Story is about a 16-year-old black boy who spent three years in Rikers Island jail awaiting trial ...
- Created on 10 June 2020
- 4. Corona’s a Bitch! Weinstein Tests Positive for COVID-19
- (Feminism)
- ... was being held at Rikers Island, which has multiple cases of coronavirus of both those in custody and correction officers. During his trial, Weinstein was publicly very sick and was even sent to Bellevue ...
- Created on 23 March 2020
- 5. Tisha Campbell & Tichina Arnold Fighting To Include MJ Rodriguez at Soul Train Awards Is Black Sisterhood
- (Feminism)
- This is what Black sisterhood looks like. On November 17, marked the 32nd Soul Train Music Awards which aired live on BET. For the second year in a row, it was hosted by comedic powerhouse actresses ...
- Created on 20 November 2019
- 6. Jane Fonda Arrested For Protesting Climate Change
- (Feminism)
- ... “Fire Drill Fridays” civil disobedience campaign, calling for action on climate change. A press release sent out today stated: “Inspired by the growing movement of young climate strikers, Fonda decided ...
- Created on 11 October 2019
- 7. Protesters Call For More Focus On Violence Against Trans Women Of Color At CNN’s LGBTQ Town Hall
- (Feminism)
- ... Flickr More from BUST At Least 12 Trans People Have Been Murdered This Year—And All Of Them Were Black Women Rally Held For Trans Woman Found Dead In Rikers Trans Woman Whose Beating Went Viral ...
- Created on 11 October 2019
- 8. At Least 12 Trans People Have Been Murdered This Year—And All Of Them Were Black Women
- (Feminism)
- At 4am on July 20, 29-year-old Denali Berries Stuckey was found shot to death on the side of a road in Charleston, South Carolina, Out Magazine reports. Stuckey’s death is being investigated as a homicide, ...
- Created on 25 July 2019
- 9. Civil Rights Activist Sadie Roberts-Joseph Found Dead In Trunk Of Car
- (Feminism)
- ... Held For Trans Woman Found Dead In Rikers A Woman Was Shot Five Times — Now, She's Indicted In Her Unborn Child's Death The Thousand Oaks Shooter Is Another Mass Murderer With A History Of Violence ...
- Created on 15 July 2019
- 10. Woman Who Was Shackled During Labor Earns $610,000 from City of New York
- (Feminism)
- A Bronx woman, Jane Doe, had been arrested “in Bronx County Family Court for violating an order of protection that was part of a child custody dispute with her former partner” CNN reports. However, ...
- Created on 09 July 2019
- 11. A Woman Was Shot Five Times — Now, She's Indicted In Her Unborn Child's Dea
- (Feminism)
- ... that does not mean her baby deserved to die, and that does not mean she should go to prison. Top photo via CBS Evening News More from BUST Rally Held For Trans Woman Found Dead In Rikers Tiffany ...
- Created on 28 June 2019
- 12. Tiffany Cabán, A 31-Year Old Queer Latina, Claims Historic Primary Win for Queens District Attorney
- (Feminism)
- ... of America, Working Families Party, and Decrim NY. Cabán's “people-powered” platform includes ending cash bail, prosecuting ICE, closing down Rikers Island without opening any new jails, and fighting ...
- Created on 26 June 2019
- 13. Janet Mock Makes Historic Deal To Tell Underrepresented Stories on Netflix
- (TV)
- ... be watching whatever Mock attaches her name to. Top photo via Wikimedia Commons / Juston Smith More from BUST Rally Held For Trans Woman Found Dead In Rikers This Gender-Neutral Line Is Challenging ...
- Created on 21 June 2019
- 14. Rally Held For Trans Woman Found Dead In Rikers
- (Feminism)
- ... and enraged from the harsh reality that Layleen Polanco, who was incarcerated on Rikers Island, was found dead in her cell on Friday. Folks are gathering Monday in NYC and collecting donations to help ...
- Created on 10 June 2019
- 15. Mother Jones Was A Hell-Raising Trailblazer In The Fight For Workers' Rights
- (Feminism)
- ... the lake to keep cool,” Jones recalled in her autobiography. Jones heading a protest of strikers in Denver, 1903. Mary Jones was now 34. Within the space of four years, she had lost literally everything. ...
- Created on 30 January 2019
- 16. The Herring Girls Of Barra Were Forgotten Leaders In The Fight For Working Women's Right
- (Feminism)
- ... some of the strikers. But the women did not relent, and after only two days of striking, and hordes of herring being left to stink in the harbors, the women won their strike, and returned to work. Well ...
- Created on 20 November 2018
- 17. Week Of Women: August 24-30, 2018
- (Entertainment)
- ... who face police harassment; and Jessica Perez, whose teenage son Pedro Hernandez was jailed in Rikers for over a year on charges that were later dropped. Premieres Friday, August 24. Read more on BUST.com. ...
- Created on 23 August 2018
- 18. Celebrating The Life And Legacy Of Marsha P. Johnson, Badass Of Stonewall
- (Feminism)
- ... activist Mariah Lopez (another total badass, who opened the first transgender housing unit for Rikers Island, the largest American Prison in 2014). Marsha’s funeral had hundreds of mourners and they ...
- Created on 18 September 2017
- 19. Talking ‘Mozart In The Jungle’ With Gael Garcia Bernal, Lola Kirke, Bernadette Peters, and Malcolm McDowell: BUST Interview
- (TV)
- ... us from Venice to Brooklyn to Rikers Island, with romances, power struggles, and music along the way. “I think the Golden Globe win was amazing. I definitely was weirdly having a memory while I was falling ...
- Created on 09 December 2016
- 20. Suffragette City: Meet the Young Women Behind the Suffrage Movement in the U.S.
- (Feminism)
- ... do, because I think we have done all this for women and we have sacrificed everything we possessed for them,” a satisfied but exhausted Lucy Burns later said. “Let them fight for it now.” Hunger strikers ...
- Created on 17 August 2016
