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1. 16 Feminist Comedians To Watch Instead Of Yet Another Straight White Dude

(Entertainment)

Male comedians get an average of 85% of stage time, according to Bitch Media—but are they 85% funnier than female comics? (Of course not!) There are plenty of feminist comedians breaking down barriers ...

Created on 10 August 2018

2. Michelle Wolf Talks To Lizz Winstead About The White House Correspondents' Dinner, Her Netflix Show, And Why She Hates Trump Jokes

(Entertainment)

... you made the news by victimizing somebody else, Wolf will tell you a little bit about yourself. As she talks about her process and the targets she chooses, it becomes clear that no matter what, funny comes ...

Created on 07 August 2018

3. This Body-Positive Swim Campaign Wants To "Celebrate Cellulite"

(Style)

...  of their caliber (the brand carries up to 3X). In the new campaign, the pool rules include: intolerance not tolerated, scars and stretch marks welcome, food-shaming not permitted, body hair appreciated ...

Created on 03 August 2018

4. The Problem With "Professionalism"

(Feminism)

... much cleavage.” My friend has a naturally larger chest and has spent a lifetime hearing unnecessary comments like this one. While this is clear case of body shaming in the workplace, this “review” also ...

Created on 02 August 2018

5. Amy Poehler Interviewed By Rachel Dratch: From The BUST Archives

(TV)

... Archie, last year. So what are your favorite and least favorite things about being a mom? My favorite thing is my kid. It’s cliché, but it’s true. A little person exists in this little body, and he’s ...

Created on 01 August 2018

6. 11 New Books By Women Coming Out In August 2018

(Books)

... Handmaid’s Tale. Gross Anatomy: Dispatches From The Front (And Back) by Mara Altman (August 21, G.P. Putnam's Sons) In this nonfiction book, writer Mara Altman examines body hair, cleavage, came ...

Created on 01 August 2018

7. Miss Eaves' New Music Video Is Pure Black Girl Magic

(Music)

...  rapper who directs her own music videos, she’s also a graphic designer and the founder of the Every Body Project, a street-style blog that is, according to their website, dedicated to combating “the negativ ...

Created on 30 July 2018

8. Hayley Williams Of Paramore, Before "After Laughter": From The BUST Archives

(Music)

... And I just wonder, Who is telling you all you gotta do is take off your clothes, and that’s suddenly art? The female body is the most beautiful thing in the world, and I can see how people say, “Well this ...

Created on 25 July 2018

9. Erykah Badu On Aging, Motherhood, And Living "One Breath At A Time"

(Music)

... into society, and how he will share his gifts with the world. And now that I’m 47, I’m moving into a different phase as well. A phase of acceptance that my bones have been used and my body is different ...

Created on 20 July 2018

10. How I Came Into My Own As A Young Black Woman In The Country Music Industry

(Living)

... t of bullshitting my way through at first. Also, nobody likes a wuss! Do your job, own your role and don’t take any shit. People say that to boys all the time, but at the time of my youth, this was new lady-informati ...

Created on 19 July 2018

11. Sandra Oh, Before "Killing Eve": From The BUST Archives

(TV)

... skirt, she looks chic but not showy and confirms the celebrity body-type stereotype: she’s diminutive, but her head looms large in person. Energetic and outgoing, she accommodates two women who want a ...

Created on 18 July 2018

12. The Anxious Women

(Living)

... me. My jeans clung to me like a wet blanket. Pinpricks broke out all over my body. My heart raced. I couldn’t catch my breath. And still those emotions gnawed at me. I felt like I was slowly being picked ...

Created on 12 July 2018

13. Alice Bag On Getting Older, Being Brash, And How Artists Can Fight Back Against Trump

(Music)

... nlock? Yes, I think we are all more powerful that we realize. Especially if we start thinking of ourselves as cells of a larger body, as parts of a community whose well being is intertwined with its sur ...

Created on 12 July 2018

14. Florence Welch, Before "High As Hope": From The BUST Archives

(Music)

... ;The London Times called her “the most peculiar and acclaimed female singer of the moment.” (She was also described as a “Viking bat-woman.”) She’s the kind of person who wears a custom Margiela bod ...

Created on 11 July 2018

15. Dancing With The Devil

(Living)

...  I got lost. I started to take on some of his unhealthy patterns, taking care of myself less, and going back to the things I swore I wouldn’t do anymore to my body, my soul. I started smoking on occasion ...

Created on 11 July 2018

16. Artist Vivek Shraya Transcends Time To Honor Her Mother In This Poignant Photo Series

(Arts)

... o remind viewers that “queer people create our gender presentations with what’s available to us, wherever we are.” In her beautiful essay to her mother, Shraya writes, “I see Dad’s body, as you wishe ...

Created on 09 July 2018

17. The Uncompromising Queer Gaze Of Hayley Kiyoko

(Music)

... .’” According to Cohen, Jill Soloway (who is nonbinary) has offered the best definition of the murky idea of the female gaze as the anti-male gaze: “[Soloway] suggested that the female gaze reclaims the  ...

Created on 09 July 2018

18. The (Damaged) Little Girl Inside the Woman

(Living)

... ld), sex didn't seem so cool. It wasn't something I wanted to be a part of. So I stayed a little girl—and my body obliged. It took me years to get through puberty. My body took its sweet time to take off,  ...

Created on 25 June 2018

19. How Depression Makes Us The World's Greatest Performance Artists

(Living)

... y circumstance and situation, is wearisome and heavy. My shoulders hurt from the added pressure, my body lethargic and slow. Over the past couple weeks, it has become safe to talk about mental health issu ...

Created on 22 June 2018

20. "My Baby, My Baby"

(Living)

... world making lots of mistakes (and hopefully growing from them). Follow her on Instagram and Twitter @emmageeklein. More from BUST My Body, On Loan From The Cosmos Tinder Therapy This ...

Created on 21 June 2018