- 1. Queer Period Pieces Like Abbi Jacobson's "A League Of Their Own" Are A Reminder That LGBTQ Rights Are Still Under Atta
- (TV)
- ... of the Supreme Court’s ban of Roe v. Wade, anti-abortion state legislatures have wasted no time in restricting reproductive and healthcare rights. The state of Florida is being accused of using a third-party ...
- Created on 13 October 2022
- 2. 5 Great Things You Can Get From Your Local Library -- Besides Books!
- (Books)
- Libraries have always been a paradise for bookworms. But as public life emerges once again, it’s important to remember that reading material is far from the only free resource your local branch ...
- Created on 24 February 2022
- 3. For Centuries, Halloween Was a Day for Young Women to Predict Their Future Husbands: A Look At the Unlikely Romantic History of All Hallow's Eve ...
- (General)
- ... future marital status. “A very amusing game is played with mashed potatoes,” observed the Evening Public Ledger of a 1914 Halloween party. “Into the midst of the mashed potatoes a dime, a ring, and a thimble ...
- Created on 21 October 2021
- 4. Lysol's Horrifying History Of Marketing Cleaning Products As Birth Contro
- (Living)
- ... counted as pregnancy prevention, then no, there was not. In a 1933 study conducted at Newark, NJ’s, Maternal Health Center, more than half of the women surveyed who claimed to be using Lysol as a contraceptive ...
- Created on 25 March 2021
- 5. How could a woman not know she was autistic until age 31? The answer has everything to do with gender bias.
- (Living)
- ... I made up for my own parties. School recess was always confusing for me. I had no interest in running around and screaming my head off—I wanted to go to a quiet corner and read. When I did play with ...
- Created on 25 January 2021
- 6. Here's How Georgia's Stacey Abrams Saved America: Exclusive BUST Intervi
- (Feminism)
- ... They are going to raise—using their language—an “army” of 50,000 poll observers, who will ask people in line, “Are you allowed to vote here?” We’re going to have millions of first-time voters in 2020, ...
- Created on 05 November 2020
- 7. Hey 19: The Wild True Story Of America's First Women-Led Terrorist Grou
- (General)
- ... some are still at large. It was 1981 and Marilyn Buck, Susan Rosenberg, and Judy Clark had spent days casing Co-Op City, a housing complex in the Bronx. Hours passed as they watched people and businesses, ...
- Created on 30 July 2020
- 8. 9 Virtual Activities To Do Inside When Netflix Can No Longer Save You
- (Entertainment)
- ... most popular exhibits. Using Google Street View technology, the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History and the British Museum are also offering virtual tours of their facilities. The list goes on and on. ...
- Created on 18 March 2020
- 9. This Mother-Daughter Suffragist Duo Almost Got Left Out The Movement's Memor
- (Feminism)
- ... Question in African American Public Culture,” the title of which borrows from one of her speeches. Increasingly, researchers like me are using materials that have been digitized – including books like ...
- Created on 11 September 2019
- 10. Gwendoline Christie On Becoming Brienne Of Tarth, Owning Her Androgyny, And Confronting The End Of “Game Of Thrones”: BUST Interview
- (TV)
- ... bring up her stature, she clearly alludes to it. “What’s amusing is that the thing that has—touch wood—given me a career, is the thing that I was told at the beginning would prevent me from being cast ...
- Created on 17 May 2019
- 11. Mother Jones Was A Hell-Raising Trailblazer In The Fight For Workers' Rights
- (Feminism)
- ... company housing, miners set up tent colonies. Photo via Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, [LC-DIG-GGBAIN-09792] These “Coal Wars” were devastating to the country, which relied on coal ...
- Created on 30 January 2019
- 12. Mass Shootings Are Not A Symptom Of Mental Illness
- (Feminism)
- ... ill as violent criminals, we are using a vulnerable population as scapegoats for a constitutional problem. In the field of mental health, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-V ...
- Created on 26 February 2018
- 13. La Borinqueña Is The Puerto Rican Superhero We Need Right Now
- (Books)
- ... identity. More importantly, the comic book — first published in 2016 — tells an eerily prescient story about a hurricane that destroys the island, causing a total blackout and causing Puerto Ricans to ...
- Created on 17 October 2017
- 14. Women Are Disproportionately Affected By Natural Disasters, And Here’s Why
- (Feminism)
- ... entering the formal workforce. This tragedy was intensified by the collapse of a factory with a majority female workforce in the Obrera neighbourhood of Mexico City, causing about 20 fatalities. Questions ...
- Created on 29 September 2017
- 15. "Almost Adults" Is A Women-Made Comedy About Coming Out: BUST Revie
- (Movies)
- ... Mackenzie takes some time to bemoan (in cringeworthy but amusing fashion) how disappointed she is in her parents. So when Cassie selfishly makes Mackenzie’s coming-out a referendum on their friendship, ...
- Created on 12 September 2017
- 16. 11 New Books By Women To Read Right Now
- (Books)
- ... by Elena’s closest friend to adopt an abandoned Chinese-American baby bothers Mia. And then, driven by a cocktail of insecurity and mistrust, Elena attempts to excavate Mia’s well-hidden past, causing ...
- Created on 25 August 2017
- 17. This Is What Zine Culture Looks Like In 2017
- (Arts)
- ... onto a card stock master copy, then reproduce it for free by sneaking into the print room of a Midtown office where Leckert’s friend works, or by using a friend’s Staples code. “Corporate scamming,” Leckert ...
- Created on 24 July 2017
- 18. The Fascinating History Of The Easter Bunny
- (Living)
- ... company, was the first to capitalize on the German myth of the Easter hare by using colored lithographs of four white rabbits and eight colored Easter eggs to advertise their White Rabbit Easter Egg Dye ...
- Created on 12 April 2017
- 19. BUST's Top 20 Books Of 201
- (Books)
- ... describes Suzanne and the other girls in the cult as sharks, the tension builds so slowly that when the violence comes, it feels inevitable. Cline imagines the Manson Family story in a new way by focusing ...
- Created on 09 December 2016
- 20. Gladys Bentley Was The Gender Nonconforming, Lesbian Superstar Of The Harlem Renaissance
- (Feminism)
- ... want a boy,” her friend said. “There’s no better time for them to start using a girl,” Bentley replied. What Bentley described in Ebony as a “terrific burst of applause” after her first number at The Mad ...
- Created on 02 November 2016
