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How the US Criminal Justice System Failed Olympic Gold Medalists: the Botched FBI Investigation of Former Team USA Doctor Larry Nassar
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(Feminism)
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... center for the US women’s national gymnastics team. Open from 1981 to 2018, the Huntsville, Texas-based training camp housed thousands of aspiring teen athletes, with dozens remembering Karolyi as the ...
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Created on 24 September 2021
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The Last Starlet: An Interview with 1950's Bad Girl of the Silver Screen, Mamie Van Dore
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(Movies)
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... [studio executives] were afraid of me,” she recalls. “They wouldn’t put me on certain shows because they didn’t want women copying me and being independent.”
And as her screen time grew, her voluptuous ...
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Created on 08 September 2021
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The recent Taliban takeover is terrifying for Afghan women and girls—here's wh
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(Feminism)
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... being women and children, signaling a heartbreaking disaster for the rights and well-being of women and girls under Taliban rule.
Prior to American intervention in Afghanistan, the Taliban ruled the ...
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Created on 18 August 2021
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New York Governor Andrew Cuomo Resigns, but Not Without Putting His Foot in His Mouth, With Contradictory Statements and Non-Apologies
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(Feminism)
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On Tuesday afternoon, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo resigned following the conclusion of a state investigation that found the disgraced governor to have “sexually harassed multiple women and violated ...
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Created on 10 August 2021
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A Fitting Finale To Pride Month: Kataluna Enriquez Becomes First Openly Transgender Miss USA Contestant After Being Crowned Miss Nevada
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(Feminism)
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On June 27th, 28-year-old Kataluna Enriquez made LGBTQ and pageant history. Ending Pride Month with a bang, the Filipina-American became the first transgender women crowned Miss Nevada. Not only does ...
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Created on 07 July 2021
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The Supreme Court Declined To Hear The Case Of Gavin Grimm, Securing A Major Win For Trans Rights
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(Feminism)
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... school board instituted a policy in which restrooms are “limited to the corresponding biological genders.”
Under this new policy, Grimm was mandated to use either a private bathroom or the women's restroom. ...
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Created on 30 June 2021
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Gia Woods Is The Queer Persian Pop Princess Of Our Playlist's Dreams! Her New Song "Enough Of You" Will Have You Dancing All Summer Long: BUST Intervi
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(Music)
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... Her Creative Process, And Being Co-signed By Timbaland: BUST Interview
Megan Thee Stallion, MARINA and More: 4 Songs Out This Week That Will Make Your Summer Playlist Complete
Here Are Five Black Wome ...
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Created on 17 June 2021
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8 Excellent Books By Immigrant Authors To Read This National Immigrant Heritage Month
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(Books)
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... collection explores the lives of Nigerian women both at home and abroad, as they navigate relationships, family, sexuality, class, and struggle to build lives for themselves in places both new and old. ...
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Created on 14 June 2021
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“Gender Equitable” French Cities Are Mapping Out Budgets With a New Lens. Why Isn’t the US?
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(Feminism)
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... to promote gender equality.” Basically, a committee sits down and analyzes how spending in different areas of a city benefits men and women differently. If there is an imbalance, the committee finds a ...
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Created on 08 June 2021
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Naomi Osaka Announces That She Won't Be Doing Press At French Open For Mental Health Reason
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(Feminism)
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... Grand Slam champion and No.1 Women’s Tennis Association player Naomi Osaka made headlines after her announcement on Instagram, in which she stated that she would not be attending any press for the upcoming ...
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Created on 27 May 2021
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Texas is Using Private Citizens to Enforce Its New Unprecedented "Heartbeat Bill" That Can Ban Abortions As Early As Six Week
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(Living)
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... local police officers monitoring abortion clinics and women’s healthcare centers, the law says, “Any person, other than an officer or employee of a state or local government entity in this state,” can ...
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Created on 20 May 2021
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5 Righteous Reading Recommendations From Olaronke Akinmowo Of The Free Black Women's Librar
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(Books)
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Olaronke Akinmowo, an interdisciplinary artist based in N.Y.C., started The Free Black Women’s Library in 2015 to foster community by encouraging readers to take from and add to her growing collection ...
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Created on 11 May 2021
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Dressed to the Maxi: The “Dangerous” History of One of Fashion’s Favorite Coats
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(Style)
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If you want further proof that women are damned if we do and damned if we don’t when it comes to fashion, look no further than the maxi coat of 1969. Women were on the tail end of a decade-long joke ...
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Created on 11 May 2021
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In Honor of AAPI Heritage Month, Read These 10 New and Upcoming Works By AAPI Authors
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(Books)
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... Hotel, Violet Kupersmith’s new novel is described as “part puzzle, part revenge tale, part ghost story.” Weaving several stories into one, the novel follows two women from two different time periods, and ...
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Created on 10 May 2021
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In The Wake Of The Vanessa Guillén and Asia Graham Cases, Here's What Is Being Done To Address Sex Crimes in the U.S. Militar
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(Feminism)
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The United States military prides itself on protecting the nation and preserving tradition. The prevalence of sexual assault cases in the armed forces, however, reflects a struggle to protect its own ...
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Created on 14 April 2021
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CNN’s Brooke Baldwin Reveals Why Her Future Is Feminist On BUST’s “Poptarts” Podcast
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(Poptarts)
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... issues like gun violence. On April 6, she will be releasing her first book, HUDDLE: How Women Unlock Their Collective Power. And on her inspiring episode of BUST’s Poptarts podcast, she talks candidly ...
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Created on 01 April 2021
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Struggling With Loneliness One Year Into The Pandemic? These 9 Simple Tips Can Help.
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(Living)
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... Voice of Domestic Violence. Volunteering for any cause allows you to help yourself and your community while building your resume. Another organization, the National Organization for Women, focuses on ...
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Created on 31 March 2021
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Lysol's Horrifying History Of Marketing Cleaning Products As Birth Contro
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(Living)
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... into the human body (through injection, ingestion, or any other route).”
But in the early-to-mid-20th century, Lysol instructed American women to do just that. Before 1960, Lysol was widely marketed ...
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Created on 25 March 2021
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Looking At The Groundbreaking "Eye to Eye: Portraits of Lesbians," Decades Later: BUST Intervie
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(Books)
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... to them makes them feel joyful to look at.
I don't think it's joy. I think it's strength. I think what you're seeing is that all the women who were courageous enough, in this moment, to be public about who ...
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Created on 12 March 2021
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Does "The U.S. vs Billie Holiday" Give Holiday’s Legacy The Justice It Deserves?
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(Movies)
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... But, with the currently shifting nature of the biographical film category, especially as it pertains to Black women exercising increased creative control over their own cinematic narratives, I was left ...
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Created on 04 March 2021
