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"First One In" Is A Feminist Take On The Classic Sports Comedy
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(Movies)
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... backstabs, and backhanded comments, First One In serves up a tongue in cheek female-driven satire on sports comedies. Ripping into the world of real estate agents and Connecticut country club dwellers ...
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Created on 11 September 2020
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Sarah Cooper, Trump’s Worst Nightmare, Is Getting Her Own Netflix Special
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(Entertainment)
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Sarah Cooper has made a name for herself over the past few years as a comedian, but she really blew up this year with the help of TikTok. She posts humorous videos of herself lip-syncing to Donald Trump ...
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Created on 14 August 2020
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Less Manipulation, More Representation: Popular TV Shows Pull Episodes with Offensive Caricatures
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(Feminism)
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... tant manager. The show employed satire to expose unacceptable behavior and deliver a message of inclusion. Today we cut a shot of an actor wearing blackface that was used to criticize a specific racist Eur ...
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Created on 29 June 2020
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Natasha Lyonne On Millennials, Maintaining Independence In Relationships, Healthy Adult Friendships, And "Russian Doll": BUST Interview
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(TV)
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... Clea DuVall, her co-star in 1999’s But I’m a Cheerleader, a cult classic satire about conversion therapy. “Clea’s a mom and everything so I think that, selfishly, I am always trying to seduce her into ...
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Created on 04 February 2020
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"I Am Homosexual": Celebrating 20 Years Of Team Spirit In "But I’m a Cheerleader"
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(Movies)
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... in Season 4 and DuVall as Abbi’s girlfriend in the final season).
But I'm A Cheerleader, however, did not initially receive much love from the gay community nor the mainstream press. A satire about conversio ...
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Created on 29 June 2019
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Badass Comedian Emily Duke is Everything: BUST Interview
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(Entertainment)
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... her toes more times than one in the pee-ridden kiddie pool that I’m assuming is the New York comedy scene, doing everything from stand-up, to writing satire, to having her own web series, to (yup, I’m ...
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Created on 24 June 2019
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How Georgian and Regency Literature Shaped Society's View Of Cats
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(Books)
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... Shelley). Instead of satire or fictional tales, the author of the piece examines the nature of animals from a scientific and philosophical standpoint.
“That some animals not only display wonderful sagacity ...
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Created on 08 May 2019
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How "Crazy Ex-Girlfriend" Subverts Gender Stereotypes
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(TV)
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... renchant and sociological satire, and an emotionally poignant drama. She has left behind a wildly creative and uniquely progressive body of work that has cemented her legacy as a fiercely feminist icon o ...
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Created on 14 February 2019
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Are You Kidding Me? James Deen To Appear In A Film Called "Consent"
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(Entertainment)
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... did some bad stuff.”
Beyond the notion of an accused rapist and abuser being in a film called Consent, which sounds like a bit of Juvenalian satire, Stagliano’s reasoning brings up another pressing issu ...
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Created on 01 February 2019
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"Corn Fed" Writer Melanie LaForce On Anxiety, Writing, And Coming Of Age In The Midwest
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(Books)
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... ch funder will stumble across my online masturbation satire. It’s just easier to keep the lives separate.
In the book, you discuss having anxiety from an early age. But growing up as a Gen Xer, I do ...
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Created on 31 January 2019
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Week Of Women: January 18-24, 2018
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(Entertainment)
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... and the interview was covered by everyone from the Hollywood Reporter to USA Today to Jezebel. Listen here.
MOVIES
Egg
Directed by Marianna Palka, Egg is a satire on motherhood starring Chris ...
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Created on 17 January 2019
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The Belladonna Co-Founder Caitlin Kunkel On “New Erotica for Feminists”
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(Books)
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... k the following links to learn more about New Erotica for Feminists: Satirical Fantasies of Love, Lust, and Equal Pay; The Belladonna; and Caitlin Kunkel.
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The Belladonna Dishes Out ...
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Created on 20 December 2018
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"Days Of Awe" Is A Surreal Satire Of Suburban America ...
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(Books)
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Days of Awe: Stories By A.M. Homes (Viking)
With Days of Awe, writer A.M. Homes returns to the style that first launched her career: satirical fiction that casts a critical eye at suburban America ...
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Created on 29 October 2018
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14.
9 Witchy Books To Read This Halloween
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(Books)
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... to biting satire, The Power is both a feminist manifesto and an indictment of our time.
A Secret History of Witches by Louisa Morgan A Secret History of Witches follows the women of the Orchir ...
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Created on 26 October 2018
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Ling Ma's “Severance” Is A Zombie Apocalypse Novel That Will Stay With You
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(Books)
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... been promised a generous payout if she works until a certain date. But it's more than that, too—with the world falling apart, what else is she supposed to do? It's a satire of 21st century capitalism, b ...
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Created on 13 August 2018
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Tina Fey, Just Before "Mean Girls": From The BUST Archives
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(TV)
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... al satire. I need to have a couple of other moves up my sleeve.
Story by Emily Rems
Photos by Ramona Rosales
This interview first appeared in BUST's Spring 2004 issue. Subscribe now.
More ...
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Created on 20 April 2018
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The Belladonna Dishes Out Feminist Comedy And Satire: BUST Interview ...
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(Entertainment)
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When the news makes you feel like crying, read The Belladonna. The Belladonna is a website that publishes comedy and satire by people who identify as women or other marginalized genders. It was founded ...
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Created on 19 February 2018
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"Saturday Night Live" Has Never Had An Asian Woman Cast Member — And That Needs To Change
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(TV)
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... given the show’s attention to political satire. But Du disagrees that an Asian American man would be limited to playing Asian roles, especially when white cast members have played people of color.
“I ...
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Created on 07 February 2018
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BUST's 10 Best Bets For February And March 2018
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(Entertainment)
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... dark satire stars Kristin Scott Thomas as a politician whose celebratory soiree becomes the dinner party from hell, thanks to her guests played by Patricia Clarkson, Cherry Jones, Emily Mortimer, and Cillian ...
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Created on 01 February 2018
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The Real Story Of "Tokyo Rose"
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(Living)
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... anda with more than a telling nod: "Here’s the first blow at your morale!" (Iva wasn’t known for subtle satire.)
All in all, Iva took part on several hundred broadcasts over three years. Durin ...
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Created on 22 January 2018
