- 1. 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
- 2. Girls Who Love Girls Who Love Music: 11 Songs Celebrating Queer Love to Listen To on Valentine’s Day
- (Music)
- ... (Elektra Records) “Samantha,” the tenth track off Chloe Moriondo’s sophomore album Blood Bunny, is young love in its purest form. An alt-rock track written by now-nineteen-year-old singer/songwriter ...
- Created on 11 February 2022
- 3. 10 Must-Watch TV Shows To Get Your Cathartic Coming-Of-Age Fix Now That ‘PEN15’ Is Over
- (TV)
- ... life and, like, a recipe for burning out.” Although I am bummed that PEN15 is over, I am pleased to say there are plenty of brilliant shows that give me my coming-of-age fix. Teen TV shows are on another ...
- Created on 19 January 2022
- 4. Emily Ratajkowski On Her Essay Collection "My Body," Her Journey to Feminism, and Why Using Your Sexuality to Get Ahead Isn't a Bad Thing ...
- (Books)
- ... Prince—images from her Instagram feed that Prince had commented on (“Were you built in a science lab by teenage boys?” he wrote on one), blown up, and printed on huge canvases that sold for $80,000 apiece. ...
- Created on 14 December 2021
- 5. How “Jennifer's Body" Smashed Its Way Through The Male Gaze And Into Queer, Feminist Cult Statu
- (Movies)
- ... the film’s major “sell.” As the film began its theatrical run in September 2009, it attracted an audience not of teen girls – who would, presumably, identify with the plights of the teenage protagonists ...
- Created on 25 October 2021
- 6. In Her Memoir "The Big Hurt," Erika Schickel Looks At Her Self-Imposed Bad Girl Image Through A New Len
- (Books)
- ... writers in New York, Schickel describes her teenage rebellion against a backdrop of elite private schools, old money, and her parents’ artistic fame. What emerges is a portrait of a young woman both privileged ...
- Created on 18 October 2021
- 7. Two New Essay Collections, "Sometimes I Trip On How Happy We Could Be" and "On Freedom," Examine American Culture and If Freedom Truly Exis
- (Books)
- ... hilarity and sincerity is her greatest skill as a writer. Even as she pokes fun at her love of white boys and gently drags her teen self for writing a poem about losing her virginity (it’s a feast of food ...
- Created on 08 October 2021
- 8. Social Media Influencer Bretman Rock is the First Openly Gay Male Model to Take it All Off on the Cover of Playboy Magazine
- (Blog)
- ... on TikTok, it’s no surprise that Rock has become such an obsession amongst Gen-Zers. Back in 2017, Time Magazine listed Rock as one of the most influential teens of the year, and he made his first cover ...
- Created on 07 October 2021
- 9. Lil Nas X Turns Dolly Parton's "Jolene" Into Haunting and Soulful Tale of Queer Heartbreak, and We're Here For ...
- (Music)
- Lil Nas X has transcended to new levels of queer cowboy greatness with his latest performance, a soulful rendition of Dolly Parton’s 1973 classic song, “Jolene.” In celebration of his debut album, ...
- Created on 23 September 2021
- 10. The Last Starlet: An Interview with 1950's Bad Girl of the Silver Screen, Mamie Van Dore
- (Movies)
- ... and music mogul Quincy Jones actually met as teenagers and quickly became sweethearts in the 1940s when racial segregation was overt, not implied. “We started to go out, making out, and going to all the ...
- Created on 08 September 2021
- 11. Happier Than Ever: Billie Eilish Dissects Her New Life As A Superstar
- (Entertainment)
- At only 17, Billie Eilish became the unofficial spokesperson for Gen Z. Teenagers fell in love with her debut album, When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? for the unfiltered rawness with which ...
- Created on 18 August 2021
- 12. 8 Excellent Books By Immigrant Authors To Read This National Immigrant Heritage Month
- (Books)
- ... expectations of a teenager. Caught between two countries and feeling like she doesn’t entirely belong in either, We Need New Names is a heart-wrenching coming of age story. 3. Happiness, Like Water ...
- Created on 14 June 2021
- 13. "How I F*ck" Host Natalie Rivera Discusses How She Started Her Own Podcast, The Importance of Sexual Pleasure, And Sex As A Human Right: BUST Intervie
- (Sex)
- ... penis. I'm just not finding anyone. Oh, you know who I would love to have on your show? Teen Mom’s Farrah Abraham! She's so interesting because she engages in so much sex work, and yet she doesn't tal ...
- Created on 13 May 2021
- 14. Hyper-Sexual: Dr. Carol Queen Explores How ADHD Can Impact Intimacy
- (Sex)
- ... ways. For one, impulsivity could have lots of sexual and relationship implications for a teen or an adult, and youthful experiences in particular can set expectations and leave marks that impact a person’s ...
- Created on 30 April 2021
- 15. 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
- 16. Lil Nas X Ignites Satanic Panic with his Haunted, Celestial Music Video for “Montero (Call Me By Your Name)”
- (Music)
- ... people, Lil Nas X experienced self-hatred in his teen years due to Christian messaging about the sins of queerness. i spent my entire teenage years hating myself because of the shit y’all preached ...
- Created on 02 April 2021
- 17. TikTok "Vanilla-Shaming," The Glorification of Sexual Violence, And What We Can Do About I
- (Sex)
- ... being blurred.” In one viral TikTok clip that now appears to have been taken down, a teenage girl displays black-and-blue bruises all over her body. “Decided to watch 365 Days with my ‘guy friend,'” ...
- Created on 02 March 2021
- 18. How Crystal Nelson’s Character in Netflix’s “Grand Army” Inspired Her to Be Her True Self: BUST Interview
- (TV)
- Netflix’s newest drama Grand Army is a scary but unfortunately realistic portrayal of being a teenager in America. One of the students at this Brooklyn high school where the show is set is Tor. Portrayed ...
- Created on 16 October 2020
- 19. How a Pin Helped Mid-Century Women Slow Down Speeding Suitors
- (Feminism)
- ... to STOP men before things “went too far.” Consider the dating advice from an “ex-wolf” presented to the young female readers of Seventeen magazine in April 1945. If a boy expected “a good night kiss…chances ...
- Created on 06 October 2020
- 20. Jenni Hensler Explores The Effects Of Abuse In a New Short Film Featuring Music By Chelsea Wolfe
- (Movies)
- ... the ants crawling all over as a way for the abuser to touch me. The black and white more jarring parts are of the effects I felt in my teen years and early adulthood. I was drawn to danger in a way ...
- Created on 05 October 2020
