- 21. Ditch Your White Savior Complex: 10 More Documentaries To Watch About Racism Instead Of “The Help”
- (Movies)
- ... and violence. The Ferguson protests have a lot in common with the protests in Minnesota. This documentary is available with Hulu. American Promise (Amazon) Directors Joe Brewster and Michèle ...
- Created on 10 June 2020
- 22. A Black Trans Woman Was Attacked, and Cis Women Need to Open Their Purses
- (Feminism)
- In the midst of the civil uprising of Black Lives Matter, on June 1, 2020, a Black trans woman was attacked in Minneapolis, MN. BUST has chosen to not embed or share the video as we do not wish to provoke ...
- Created on 05 June 2020
- 23. Allies, Take Notes: Jane Fonda’s History of Activism From Civil Rights to Today
- (Feminism)
- ... the V-Day movement, a movement inspired by the Vagina Monologues by Eve Ensler to stop violence against women and girls. Fonda later founded The Jane Fonda Center for Adolecent Reproductive Health at Emory ...
- Created on 03 June 2020
- 24. Justice for Breonna Taylor: Understanding #SayHerName and Black Women's Invisibility in Police Brutalit
- (Feminism)
- ... and alleging racial violence against her followed suit. Mya Hall Image via Hari P. Close Mya Hall – Killed by police on March 30, 2015 She was a 27-year-old Black trans woman from Baltimore, ...
- Created on 01 June 2020
- 25. Two Pakistani Girls' "Honor" Killings Tied To Viral Video On Social Medi
- (Feminism)
- Most viral videos are harmless, usually a new dance craze by yet another Gen Zer on TikTok. But sometimes, videos can be detrimental. This was the case for a video taken almost a year ago in Pakistan. ...
- Created on 19 May 2020
- 26. The Horrifying Reality of Child Marriage and Why Only Three States in America Have Banned It
- (Feminism)
- Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf on Friday signed into law a ban on child marriage, making it the third state to fully outlaw marriage for children under the age of 18. The ban was unanimously approved ...
- Created on 18 May 2020
- 27. Meet Julie d'Aubigny: The French Gender-bending Opera Diva Your History Teacher Didn't Want You To Know Abo
- (Feminism)
- ... She suffered bouts of despair, unrequited love, and serious violence—once ending up in court for beating her landlord, and on another occasion, threatening to blow the Duchess of Luxembourg’s brains out. ...
- Created on 29 April 2020
- 28. I Support The Girls: This Organization Reminds Us That ‘Periods Don’t Stop For Pandemics’
- (Feminism)
- ... for learning about local need and collecting and distributing the products. So far, 8,850,000 bras and menstrual products have been collected and distributed to homeless shelters, domestic violence shelters, ...
- Created on 20 April 2020
- 29. Need A Break From Reality? Escape With These 11 YA Fantasy Books
- (Books)
- ... follow the wild interactions throughout the book. This Savage Song by Victoria Schwab Official synopsis: Kate Harker and August Flynn are the heirs to a divided city—a city where the violence has ...
- Created on 20 March 2020
- 30. Canadian #GirlDad Is Making Trips To The Beach Safer For His Trans Daughter
- (Style)
- Born out of a father’s concern over his transgender daughter’s comfort and safety at the beach, Canadian dad Jamie Alexander created a line of swim bottoms for his child and those like her around the ...
- Created on 13 March 2020
- 31. A Day Without Women: Mexico's Nationwide Stand Against Femicide
- (Feminism)
- ... it will take place one day after International Women’s Day. Gender-based violence in Mexico is extremely prevalent. According to the Mexico's National Institute of Statistics and Geography, more than ...
- Created on 06 March 2020
- 32. ‘Vagina Monologues’ Playwright, Eve Ensler, Endorses Bernie Sanders In Powerful Speech
- (Feminism)
- When the ‘Vagina Monologues’ was first performed in 1996, it was a monumental moment for the feminist movement. It gave survivors of sexual assault and violence, and women as a whole, language for the ...
- Created on 04 March 2020
- 33. States Are Calling To Ban Virginity Testing, But What’s Up With This Barbaric Practice In The First Place?
- (Feminism)
- ... a form of violence and harassment, and just flat-out sexist. If passed in New York, the legislation will prohibit medical practitioners from performing virginity tests and would result in penalties for ...
- Created on 07 February 2020
- 34. A True #GirlDad: Father of Parkland Shooting Victim Escorted Out of SOTU Address For Protest
- (Feminism)
- ... of gun violence like my daughter?” when President Trump vowed to “always protect your Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms." Guttenberg was then escorted out of the chamber and handcuffed. Guttenberg ...
- Created on 05 February 2020
- 35. Murder of Mexican Feminist Sparks Outrage, Reflects Deeper Issue in the Nation
- (Feminism)
- ... because she is someone who raised her voice for justice, for the prevention of violence against women...Her murder has refocused attention on the fact that women are constantly being murdered in this community.” ...
- Created on 03 February 2020
- 36. This Vagina Goddess Is The Best Ancient Symbol You've Never Heard O
- (Arts)
- ... in sacred play are now directed at women as aggression, hostility, and violence. We have lost Baubo and so many of the myths and rituals that can connect us to ourselves, each other, and the world.” But ...
- Created on 30 January 2020
- 37. 20 Moments from the 2020 Women's March You Might Have Missed If Your Feminism Isn't Intersection
- (Feminism)
- ... Rights and Gun Violence. All of which will heavily affect Indigenous, Black, immigrant, low-income, LGBTQ+, and disabled women the most. So, to celebrate the march, the diversity in signs and individuals ...
- Created on 21 January 2020
- 38. Jaquira Díaz On "Ordinary Girls," Home, And Telling Her Story: BUST Intervie
- (Books)
- ... boyhood. While writing Ordinary Girls, especially when I was writing about sexual violence or trauma, I wrote against these ideas. I found myself deliberately resisting this silencing, and often it ...
- Created on 03 January 2020
- 39. How Teen Marriage Opens Child Porn Loophole For A Missouri Doctor
- (Feminism)
- A doctor from St. Louis University Hospital is being charged with the production and possession of child pornography, as well as transporting a minor across state lines for sex. Dr. Ashu Joshi, 47, ...
- Created on 16 December 2019
- 40. Watch These Powerful Feminists Take A Stand Against President Piñera
- (Feminism)
- November 25th was the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. Hundreds of thousands of women gathered in cities across the world to remember the thousands of women whose ...
- Created on 02 December 2019
