Feminism

BUST is so honored to be a sposor for V to the Tenth happening in New Orleans next month!  On Saturday, April 12, V-Day will stage a once in a lifetime event - V TO THE TENTH - featuring international performances of The Vagina Monologues, musical guests, V-Day activists from across the globe including Kenya, Afghanistan, Iraq, The Philippines, Democratic Republic of Congo, Eastern Europe , men standing up for women and much more. ...

I love it when dudes cop to being feminist, especially hot ones! Cute Entourage star Adrian Grenier told the Guardian "I am a feminst" And I don't even think he's saying it to get laid, like he needs help!? Special shout out to Adrian and his pals for letting us shoot the Flight of the Conchords sexy pool shot at his house way back in January. woot!   ...

No matter who you end up voting for, you can't deny there is some serious hatred for Hillary out there, and it's scary. One of our writers sent this post in, and I agree with her. It also made me hungry for a sandwich. --------------------I'm stunned by the amount of offensively sexist anti-Hillary groups that exist on Facebook and their enormous memberships. Regardless of whether one supports her presidential campaign, shouldn't alarm bells go off when a large group organizes just so they can tell a...
I've read several stories on the Gulabi Gang, basically a bunch of pink sari wearing female vigilantes from one of the poorest areas in northern India, and here is another one that appears in this months Vice magazine. The story includes interviews with the gang members, like founder, Sampat Pal Devi, "First we go to the police and request that they do something. But since the administration is against the poor people of our country, we often end up taking matters into our own hands....

The Lower East Side Girls Club wants to go to V-Day in New Orleans! You can help them get there by attending their fundraiser this Thursday. All proceeds go straight to paying their costs.   ...

  Loved this so much I wish the Women's News was a regular segment. Or its own show. Or something. ...

Now I'm no Barbie expert, but having 2 daughters I have seen my share of Barbies over the years. Last night there was a commercial on TV for the lastest Barbie toy, and I swear her lips were plumer than ever! I guess that would be collagen, I dont know. I do know she gets a new face every few years, and I should not be surprised since she is just a reflection of the crazy culture we live in, but ugh, come one Mattell!...

      I'd been thinking alot about how funny Fred Armisen is when I got this link yesterday to some weird drumming cd he has coming out on Drag City, I think its a joke but maybe not? Anyway today Jezebel had a link to this hilarious video with Carrie Brownstein (from Sleater Kinney) and Fred calld Feminist Bookstore. ...

 You're invited to NYC's First Purity Ball!!!A Fundraiser for: September 26, 7 - 10 pm at The Slipper Room, 167 Orchard Streetat Stanton, Lower East Side  From the same makers of I Was a Teenage Feminist, The American Virgin examines the impact of myths, misconceptions and cultural beliefs surrounding virginity. From abstinence-till-marriage programs to teen sex comedies to hymen reconstruction, The American Virgin explores the ways in which anxiety and fascination with the concept of the "virgin" are linked to our cultural attitudes towards female sexuality. Attend...

If you're a Brazillian woman and you wind up with an unintended pregnancy, you're SOL—abortions are illegal in this South American country, although 800,000 are performed illegally every year, and result in the deaths of 4,000 women annually. However, now there's some good news: President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva yesterday announced to his thong-clad nation that he's going to subsidize birth-control pills so that they are affordable to anyone who wants them. Under his new plan, birth control pills will be...