- 1. Joan Didion and Me: How the Writer's "Slouching Towards Bethlehem" Showed Me The Power of a Woman's Voice, in the Literary World and Bey
- (Feminism)
- ... that suggested that his characters were simple-minded and unrealistic. Like many twentieth century women, Didion did not explicitly identify as a feminist. She openly criticized much of second-wave ...
- Created on 11 January 2022
- 2. Issa Rae To Play Spider-Woman In Upcoming Marvel Film, And We're Here For I
- (Movies)
- ... producers. Alonzo Ruvalcaba is co-producing the movie. Marvel debuted the character of Spider-Woman in 1977—15 years after the original Spider Man, and likely inspired by the burgeoning second-wave ...
- Created on 07 June 2021
- 3. Burger King’s Ironic, Misogynistic Tweet, and Why it Should Actually Matter To You
- (Feminism)
- ... spending on average 68 minutes a day meal prepping. Their male counterparts only spend 23 minutes a day meal prepping, or the length of an episode of Schitt’s Creek without commercials. Second-wave feminists ...
- Created on 09 March 2021
- 4. 5 Witchy Book Recommendations From BUST's Favorite Occult Expert Kristen J. Sollée ...
- (Books)
- ... magic practices from ancient times, medieval Europe, and the present. It also made me re-think so much of what I believed about plants. 3. Witches by Erica Jong Witches is an exemplary second-wave ...
- Created on 23 October 2020
- 5. Celebrating Women’s Equality Day: A Look Back At Where It Began
- (Feminism)
- ... only looked at as the very first Women’s Equality Day but the event that spearheaded the beginning of the second-wave feminist movement. Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division Sponsored ...
- Created on 26 August 2020
- 6. Meet The Real-Life Women Of Hulu’s New “Mrs. America,” A Series About The ERA
- (TV)
- ... movement’s greatest foes, Phyllis Schlafly. Written by Dahvi Waller of Mad Men, the trailer for this new drama showcases the highs and lows of the fight second-wave feminists took on again Schlafly ...
- Created on 03 April 2020
- 7. Everything You Thought You Knew About Women And Infidelity Is Wrong
- (Living)
- ... all those who say that polyamory is unnatural or a deviation from tradition, it’s actually very traditional! Young women in their 20s and 30s right now are continuing the conversation second-wave feminism ...
- Created on 10 October 2018
- 8. The Complicated Feminist Legacy Of "Sex And The City
- (TV)
- ... after. A year before the release of Betty Friedan’s The Feminine Mystique, widely credited with kicking off the second-wave feminist movement, Sex and The Single Girl was groundbreaking—and highly scandalous—in ...
- Created on 27 June 2018
- 9. Meet The Satanic Feminists Who Are Fighting For Social Justice
- (Feminism)
- ... explains that her harsh words for feminism were a response to aspects of second-wave feminism that Barton found “anti-male” and judgmental about women who chose to wear makeup and “other trappings of feminine ...
- Created on 21 June 2018
- 10. Whatever Happened To Those Girls Who Signed "Purity Pledges"? Hint: It's Not Go
- (Sex)
- ... downturn, and a push back against second-wave feminism—the time was ripe for the fear-mongering message of the ’80s.” It was this kind of fear-mongering education, or lack thereof, that left Jamie—the ...
- Created on 10 April 2018
- 11. How My Queer Femme Identity Is Shaped By Feminism
- (Feminism)
- I identified as a feminist long before I came out as gay. My introduction to feminism was through the second-wave movement — Betty Friedan and Gloria Steinem. And while feminism helped me understand ...
- Created on 21 June 2017
- 12. 4 New Graphic Memoirs By Women You Need To Read Right Now
- (Books)
- ... the story off with a description of her life during the ’70s—an era usually characterized by the rise of second-wave feminism. Readers quickly learn, however, that beneath that layer of liberation, lots ...
- Created on 23 March 2017
- 13. How Racism Split The Suffrage Movement
- (Feminism)
- ... And in the wake of this transition, predominantly white women’s organizations continued to take center stage as the second-wave feminists fought for women’s equality in the workplace and the right to choose ...
- Created on 20 February 2017
- 14. 10 Genderqueer Artists That Are Smashing The Binary
- (Music)
- ... is for you. Political by natural and not by purpose, the UK-based post-punk group is making waves for their anti-capitalist message, and for picking up where radical second-wave feminism left off. ...
- Created on 26 February 2016
- 15. Mayim Bialik's BUST Interview: From The Archive
- (Entertainment)
- ... should be eating more whole foods—it’s not like there’s an all-or-nothing rule. Many second-wave feminists fought to get out of the kitchen, and now women are returning to their stoves in droves. Do ...
- Created on 08 February 2016
- 16. Roasted bell Pepper hooks, And 5 More Recipes For Your Feminist Thanksgiving
- (Eat Me)
- ... honors the main dish of second-wave feminism: Gloria Steinem. The Ms. Magazine founder became the face of women’s lib in the ’70s, and now in her 80s she’s never backed down. This ham’s marinade has a ...
- Created on 13 November 2015
- 17. We Can't Stop Listening To Bikini Kill's New 'Ocean S
- (Music)
- ... Girl Style Now! In summary, it is a chance for Hanna and the rest of Bikini Kill to “revisit their movement-defining early-‘90s performance.” As riot grrrls, Bikini Kill was a part of the second-wave ...
- Created on 04 September 2015
- 18. 7 Ways Betty Friedan's Feminine Mystique Changed The Game For Wome
- (Feminism)
- ... during a time of housewives, Jell-o molds, and sedated contentment. Friedan, known for sparking the beginning of second-wave feminism, was called “angry” and “hysterical,” insults we are quite familiar ...
- Created on 20 February 2015
- 19. From The Archives: Dolly Parton's BUST Intervie
- (Entertainment)
- ... debut in 9 to 5.In 1980, after a chance run-in with Jane Fonda helped land her the part, Parton starred in this screwball comedy drenched in the ethos of second-wave feminism—as secretary Doralee Rhodes. ...
- Created on 19 January 2015
- 20. Evangeline Lilly and Cultural Anxiety with "Feminism
- (Feminism)
- ... definition of feminism would include mainly the idea of women pretending to be men, as if her only understanding of the movement comes from images of second-wave era bra-burning that might not have even ...
- Created on 12 December 2014
