- 1. Child Marriage in America: How Courtney Stodden and Other Girls Are Being Forced To Marry Their Rapists
- (Feminism)
- ... The heavily pregnant teenager stuffed herself into a borrowed, chalk-colored prom dress in lieu of a wedding gown, and made the six-hour drive from her hometown of Little Rock, Iowa, to Missouri, where ...
- Created on 12 November 2021
- 2. Hashing It Out: #MeToo Trailblazer Tarana Burke Opens Up About Her Message of Solidarity and Writing Her Remarkable New Memoir, Unbound
- (Feminism)
- ... how an R. Kelly is possible?” Burke was first drawn to organizing by close-to-home events like the murder of Brooklyn teen Yusef Hawkins by a white mob, and the arrest of five now-exonerated Black and ...
- Created on 14 September 2021
- 3. Woman With A Plan: Actor/Writer/Director Natalie Morales Makes Media Made For US
- (TV)
- ... film is breaking new ground. Teen quest movies, particularly dude-centric ones, aren’t new (see: Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, Superbad, and 2019’s female-led Booksmart). But Plan B is rooted in a major ...
- Created on 21 May 2021
- 4. Reclaiming The Lens: 10 Women Filmmakers Spearheading The New Wave in Black Cinema
- (Movies)
- ... Pariah, a coming-of-age tale about a young teen coming to terms with their sexuality, really put this writer-director on the map when it premiered at Sundance Film Festival in 2011. In 2015, Rees went ...
- Created on 22 April 2021
- 5. Meet Crystal Cheatham, The Queer Christian Activist Who's New Bible App Delivers Inspiration Without Persecutio
- (Living)
- ... Christianity, making space for different beliefs, questions, and answers. Readers are straight, gay, parents, teens, liberals, conservatives, atheists, ex-evangelicals, and everything in between. “Our ...
- Created on 01 April 2021
- 6. Kyra Sedgwick Explains How Her Career In Hollywood Has Always Been Informed By Feminism on BUST’s “Poptarts” Podcast
- (Poptarts)
- Consummate New Yorker Kyra Sedgwick started off in showbiz in 1982 on the classic soap Another World and quickly became a bonafide movie star in films including Oliver Stone's Born on the Fourth of ...
- Created on 19 February 2021
- 7. Meet the Next Generation of Superstar Activists: Exclusive BUST Interviews
- (Feminism)
- ... determined to try to figure out what I could do as a young person with limited resources.” As a teen, Burley, now 32 and Head of Youth Engagement and Skills for the Global Business Coalition for Education ...
- Created on 15 February 2021
- 8. This Teen Scientist Invented Technology That Will Help Feed The World
- (Living)
- This past August, when the Regeneron Science Talent Search announced the recipient of its top honor, it wasn’t just college recruiters who took notice. The winner, 17-year-old Lillian Kay Petersen of Los ...
- Created on 12 February 2021
- 9. “I Am Greta”: A Look Inside The Life Of A 17-Year-Old Global Climate Activist - BUST Movie Review
- (Movies)
- ... after her first school strike, Thunberg is tired of hearing these words. The Hulu original documentary I Am Greta, directed by Nathan Grossman, gives audiences an intimate look at the teenage climate ...
- Created on 16 November 2020
- 10. How One Woman Changed The Video Game World Forever
- (Entertainment)
- ... But despite her seeming unwillingness to revisit her past, it is important to tell her story, and make sure her groundbreaking work isn’t lost to history. Mystery House As a teenager, Roberta was ...
- Created on 09 October 2020
- 11. Women Won Big At The Emmys, Here Are BUST's 10 Favorite Moment
- (Entertainment)
- ... be. 8. Yahya Abdul-Mateen II's Gratitude for Black Women Yahya Abdul-Mateen II won a golden statue for his role next to King in “Watchmen.” He dedicated his award to all the Black women in his ...
- Created on 21 September 2020
- 12. These Teen Councils Are Fighting For Inclusivity in the Art World
- (Arts)
- ... Now, several youth programs are working with their local museums to foster inclusivity in the art world. The Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago’s (MCA) leadership program, Teen Creative Agency (TCA), ...
- Created on 15 September 2020
- 13. The 100th Anniversary of (Some) Women's Suffrage: Did YOUR state support women's right to vote? Check this state-by-state history of the fight for suffrage in Ameri
- (Feminism)
- ... to ratify the Nineteenth Amendment. And while this is, surprisingly, progressive for West Virginia, this state has still never had a female governor. Kentucky Kentucky was at the forefront of the ...
- Created on 18 August 2020
- 14. Maisie Richardson-Sellers On "Kissing Booth 2" And Representation On And Off-Screen: BUST Interview ...
- (Movies)
- ... The Kissing Booth, which dropped this past week on Netflix. In the follow-up to this popular teen romance flick, Richardson-Sellers plays the role of Chloe, the world-traveling, ambitious Harvard student ...
- Created on 27 July 2020
- 15. You Should Know These 5 Queer Womxn Fighting for LGBTQ+ Rights Today
- (Feminism)
- ... and I’m still so elated and honored to be a tiny piece of it. Starting tomorrow at 2 pm EST, thirteen art institutions around the world will stream it for 48 hours. Which I’m..pretty sure is unprecedented? ...
- Created on 30 June 2020
- 16. Apparently Americans Were Much Happier 50 Years Ago
- (Living)
- The United States has been a little bit of a dumpster fire recently. Between the pandemic, the innocent Black lives being taken, the revolution, and the wit of Gen Z, who pranked the president over ...
- Created on 22 June 2020
- 17. “Black Parade” by Beyoncé Is the Activism Anthem We Need Right Now
- (Music)
- ... energy is particularly fitting, as it was released on Juneteenth: the holiday observing June 19, 1865, when the enslaved in Texas were informed of their freedom, two-and-a-half years after the Emancipation ...
- Created on 22 June 2020
- 18. The UK’s New Bill Will Ban the “Rough Sex Gone Wrong” Defense
- (Feminism)
- December of 2018 witnessed an ugly trial following the murder of British backpacker Grace Millane, whose killer claimed that her death was an “accident” resulting from her consent to be strangled during ...
- Created on 18 June 2020
- 19. Badass Superhero Nicole Maines Makes Variety’s Power of Pride List
- (Entertainment)
- ... Bit, where Maines depicts a teenager who stumbles upon a ring of queer vampiresses who use their deadly powers to rid the streets of predatory men. And off-screen? You can find Maines advocating for ...
- Created on 16 June 2020
- 20. 10 Documentaries and Movies About Police Brutality and Racism White People Must Watch
- (Movies)
- ... teenager Jordan Davis because he was playing his music "too loudy" in his car, the case made national headlines and started a conversation about racial prejudice in Florida. Director Marc Silver explores ...
- Created on 03 June 2020
