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How One Woman Overcame Slut-Shaming And Started A Movement: BUST Interview
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3 Tea Drinks That Aren't For Tea-Totallers
Trembling with caffeine jitters from the earl grey you downed this morning? Feeling a bit tense? Need a social ice-breaker? We rummaged through The Tea Book: All Things Tea to excavate what you...
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5 Darkly Funny Books About Pain-in-the-Ass Women
With TV comedies like Difficult People, The Comeback, OITNB, and Nurse Jackie racking up praise and awards in recent seasons, women who are “not here to make friends” are definitely having a cultural...
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All Your Anxieties About Your Boyfriend’s Ex, Illustrated
Leanne Shapton’s graphic non-fiction book Was She Pretty? takes its title from the question you always want to ask after hearing about your significant other’s ex. In her research, the author and...
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Celebrate Badass Women Scientists With These 3 Intriguing New Books
Intriguing new titles celebrating women in physics and forensics Dark Matter and the Dinosaurs: The Astounding Interconnectedness of the Universe By Lisa Randall(Ecco) In her brilliant and thought...
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This Intersex Character Is Leading The Way In YA: BUST Interview
I. W. Gregorio was working full-time as a urologist when the thought came to her: what if there was a young adult novel with a protagonist that wasn’t exclusively male or female, but instead, none of...
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8 Times Jane Austen Understood Your Love Life
Jane Austen knew a lot about love. She never married (although a guy did propose to her), but she was an acute observer of everyone around her. She deeply understood love, courtship, and heartbreak....
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These True Crime Books Will Fill The Serial-Shaped Hole In Your Heart
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A Fond Farewell to Harper Lee
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8 Things White Feminists Should Read For Black History Month
White feminists have a bad history of ignoring Black women at best and actively harming and discriminating against them at worst. When we do learn about Black history, it is often through a...
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Having A Bad Day? These Comics Just GET IT
Sometimes you're having a bad day and you feel that no one understands you. But there is someone who understands you, and her name is Sarah Andersen. Andersen created the popular web comic Sarah's...
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Harry Potter, Depression And Black Girl Magic: BUST True Story
A few months ago as I was flipping through channels, I stopped on Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. I’ve seen the movie and read the book several times, so I scrolled through my Twitter...
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Beverly Cleary Talks Turning 100, Writing Books About Non-Sissies
On April 12th, beloved children’s author Beverly Cleary will turn 100-- and she’s still got serious spunk. Her characters, like Ramona and Beezus Quimby, are known for their spunk, too; they’re...
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What If Ernest Hemingway Were A Woman? Great Quotes, Genderswapped
As women, we study and learn about the work of great men, knowing that they are revered by society, regardless of their hatred for us or violence done to us. Greatness has traditionally been reserved...
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Trigger Happily Ever After: The NRA’s Twisted Bedtime Stories
Ever found yourself frightened, biting your nails as a child wondering, “what would have happened to grandma if Little Red Riding Hood had been packing?” Fear no more, the NRA has found fairy tale...
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5 Women In Science You Need To Know About
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12 Life Lessons I Learned From Tina Fey's 'Bossypants'
It’s been five years since the release of Tina Fey’s memoir Bossypants, and five years later it continues to be the most important piece of literature in my life. I read it for the first time on a...
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40 Sylvia Plath Quotes And Photos To Inspire Your Inner Poetess
Sylvia Plath, poetess and patron saint of college kids everywhere discovering their feminism, we salute you! To honor the feminist icon, here are some of the best Sylvia Plath quotes to bring out your...
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7 Books We're Reading Right Now
Looking for some new spring reads to flip through as you sit in the park for the first time of the season? Check out these awesome page-turners! 1. What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours: Stories by Helen...
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10 Stunning Images Of Women Reading That Will Inspire You To Live Dangerously
Move over, Rory Gilmore. If tongues can be sharp, and words are our weapons, then women who read are dangerous. That's what Karen Joy Fowler wants to convey in the new book Women Who Read Are...
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