- 1. “Wednesday”’s Christina Ricci Opens Up About Mental Health, Motherhood, and Being a ‘90s Icon: BUST Exclusive Interview
- (TV)
- ... measures (including unconfirmed but heavily implied cannibalism). As adult versions of some of the surviving teens, Ricci, Lewis, Lynskey, and Cypress form an uneasy alliance as they try to figure out ...
- Created on 23 February 2023
- 2. All-Black on the Silver Screen: 11 Goth Girls in TV and Film That Led Us to The Present-Day Wednesday
- (TV)
- ... her starring role in Tim Burton’s Beetlejuice, in which she plays the morose and darkly-inclined teenager Lydia Deetz. In the film, she serves classic romantic goth looks while delivering memorable quotes, ...
- Created on 03 January 2023
- 3. Regina Hall Shares Her Thoughts On That Infamous Oscar's Night, The Meaning of Feminism, and What She Learned From Her Beloved Bulldog : BUST Intervie
- (Movies)
- ... D.C. She reveals that she actually considered becoming a nun when she was in her teens and then again at 40 after a painful breakup. “Nuns are quite radical,” Hall explains. “Back in the day, they decided, ...
- Created on 27 October 2022
- 4. Watching "Tall Girl 2" While Black: Just How Much Of A Struggle Is Being Tall, Anyway
- (Movies)
- On February 11th, Netflix released their sequel to Tall Girl, Tall Girl 2. The Tall Girl series focuses Jodi, a junior at Ruby Bridges High School, who is so close to being truly happy…if only she weren’t ...
- Created on 02 March 2022
- 5. Rachel Berry, Diane Nguyen, and Me: My Journey Through Feminist Television to Find Representation, Identity, and More
- (TV)
- ... my horizons when it comes to seeing and understanding female stories. It began with Glee, my favorite show as a teenager – a 2009 coming-of-age musical dramedy that broke barriers on how stories of sexual, ...
- Created on 25 February 2022
- 6. 8 Feminist Rom-Coms to Watch Guilt-Free During Quarantine
- (Movies)
- ... send her to a boot camp meant to alter her sexual orientation, True Directions. While there, Megan meets Graham (Clea DuVall), an unashamed and rebellious lesbian teen. Even though Megan is confused, she ...
- Created on 15 April 2020
- 7. Liv Hewson on "Let It Snow," Representation, And Feminism: BUST Intervie
- (Movies)
- ... universal. It's real and it's modern, but there's a timelessness to it. Do you hope that Let it Snow paves the way for more queer romantic comedies, especially those geared towards teenagers? I always ...
- Created on 14 November 2019
- 8. Olivia Wilde Called Out the Sexist Way We Talk About "Booksmart
- (Movies)
- ... night of partying for two ambitious and politically active girls getting ready to graduate high school. Wilde directed the film with the intention of catering to teenagers today (and not in that cringey ...
- Created on 06 September 2019
- 9. "Late Night" Gives Us Female Friendship in the Most Unlikely of Place
- (Movies)
- ... where fourteen-year-olds turn viral Youtubers overnight. In the end, Late Night really is about the female friendship between Katherine Newbury and Molly Patel. Romance takes a backseat, with a single ...
- Created on 06 June 2019
- 10. "Booksmart" Is The Feminist High School Movie We've Been Missi
- (Movies)
- ... classics like Sixteen Candles, Mean Girls, Grease, Never Been Kissed and so many others are fan favorites, but the goal is all the same: to get the unpopular girl with the hunky A-list senior. Albeit these ...
- Created on 23 May 2019
- 11. How "Crazy Ex-Girlfriend" Subverts Gender Stereotype
- (TV)
- ... winning over her ex Josh Chan, who she dated for two months at a summer camp when they were sixteen. Plus—surprise!—there’s at least two original songs per episode! Rachel Bloom not only stars in the ...
- Created on 14 February 2019
- 12. "The Long Dumb Road" Is A Fresh Take On A Road Trip Comed
- (Movies)
- The Long Dumb Road Co-written and directed by Hannah Fidell Out November 16 Generations collide in this road trip comedy directed and co-written by Hannah Fidell. The Long Dumb Road centers ...
- Created on 06 November 2018
- 13. "To All The Boys I've Loved Before" Is Netflix's Best Rom-Com
- (Movies)
- ... YA novel by Jenny Han, is stuffed chock-full with the inevitable pining, miscommunications, and big damn confessions of love you’d expect from a teen love story. But it’s the energetic, game cast and smart ...
- Created on 21 August 2018
- 14. "To All the Boys I've Loved Before" Star Lana Condor On The Return Of The Rom Com: BUST Intervi
- (Movies)
- To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before is Netflix’s newest teen rom com. Based on a bestselling novel by Jenny Han, the story revolves around a girl named Lara Jean who writes letters to her crushes that ...
- Created on 17 August 2018
- 15. What The Media Gets Wrong About OCD
- (Living)
- ... has been fourteen years since OCD was correctly portrayed onscreen. Second of all, I recently realized that none of the movies about OCD focus on women. Not a single one. As a society, we say that the ...
- Created on 16 August 2018
- 16. 25 Top Feminist Pop-Culture Moments From The Past 25 Years
- (Entertainment)
- ... Ellen Page as a pregnant teen. Cody goes on to write the screenplays for other movies about sarcastic, complicated women, including Jennifer’s Body, Young Adult, and Tully. April 28, 2011: The film Bridesmaids ...
- Created on 23 July 2018
- 17. A New "Hocus Pocus" Is Almost Here And Probably Quee
- (TV)
- ... movie. The story takes place 25 years after the original left off. Allison and Max, part of the original group of teens who fought against the witches, are married and living in Salem with a daughter ...
- Created on 20 July 2018
- 18. "Boundaries" Chooses Quirkiness Over Depth Or Humo
- (Movies)
- ... one month. The scene sets the tone for the movie: serious mental health problems are played as adorable quirks, whether that’s Laura’s compulsive animal hoarding, her teenage son Henry’s (Lewis MacDougal) ...
- Created on 22 June 2018
- 19. "Santa Clarita Diet" Star Liv Hewson On Teenage Love, Zombie Moms, And Feminism: BUST Intervie
- (TV)
- ... of being a teenager, and the importance of acting like a feminist. In Santa Clarita Diet, Liv plays Abby, the daughter of Sheila (Drew Barrymore) and Joel (Timothy Olyphant). They’re a typical suburban ...
- Created on 21 March 2018
- 20. Issa Rae is Making The '90s Black Drama We Deserve
- (Entertainment)
- ... real estate agent and Jackson, a conflicted LAPD officer recruited to the anti-gang task force. In the potential series, the couple will also have a teenage daughter, Ebony, and son, Les. Unsurprisingly, ...
- Created on 24 October 2017
