BUSTMENU×HomeMagazineCurrent and Past IssuesOn Newsstands NowDigital EditionSubscribeCustomer ServiceBack IssuesiPad AppSubscribeShopBUST BoobtiqueEmailCraftacularInfoAboutAdvertiseContactEvents CalendarSubmit to BUSTSponsorsWhere to Find BUSTBUST Internship ApplicationWebtern ApplicationEvents/Marketing InternshipSubmit Sex QuestionsDonateDonateLogin/RegisterMy ProfileHomeMagazineCurrent and Past IssuesOn Newsstands NowDigital EditionSubscribeCustomer ServiceBack IssuesiPad AppSubscribeShopBUST BoobtiqueEmailCraftacularInfoAboutAdvertiseContactEvents CalendarSubmit to BUSTSponsorsWhere to Find BUSTBUST Internship ApplicationWebtern ApplicationEvents/Marketing InternshipSubmit Sex QuestionsDonateDonateLogin/RegisterObama Attempts To Protect Planned Parenthood On His Way Out The DoorBy Jen Pitt In Feminism On Dec 15, 2016Long gone are the days of bipartisan support for important funding measures that impact the country as whole, like in 1970 when Nixon, yes, Nixon, passed the Title X Program. Under the Public Health Services Act, Title X meant to aid low-income and uninsured people gain access to family planning and health services. This included but was not limited to abortions. Planned Parenthood, which emerged as the leader of these services, also provided breast and cervical cancer screenings, pregnancy and fertility aid, and STD…Read moreWomen Are Committing Suicide In Aleppo To Avoid RapeBy Kelly Walters In Feminism On Dec 15, 2016The war-torn city of Aleppo has been facing violence and destruction for nearly six years, but this week things took an extreme turn when pro-government troops executed over 80 innocent civilians. Thousands of citizens are still trapped in the city – either in collapsed buildings and under rubble, or by government forces. Now, Syrian rebels are reporting that women are taking their own lives in order to avoid being sexually abused by troops. Abdullah Othman, the head of one of Aleppo’s largest rebel groups said…Read more5 'Cute, Violent And Gross' Holiday Gifts From Tuesday BassenBy BUST Magazine In Style On Dec 15, 2016Tucked away in a peaceful, sun dappled plaza in L.A.’s Chinatown is Friend Mart (970 N Broadway #105, friend-mart.com), a brand-new shop full of things you’ve probably coveted on Instagram, from Rachel Howe’s Small Spells tarot decks to Sara M. Lyons’ “Whatever Forever” patches to ’zines like Got a Girl Crush. “It’s exciting because I get to pick it all, so it’s like Tuesday’s personal Christmas wish list,” says illustrator and shopkeeper Tuesday Bassen, known as much for her own badassness as for the badass girls she…Read moreAbortion Doesn’t Lead To Mental Illness — But Being Denied An Abortion MightBy Erika W. Smith In Feminism On Dec 15, 2016One of the most common “facts” anti-choicers use to defend their positions is that abortion leads to depression and other mental illness. Well, it turns not the opposite is true. A new study shows that abortion does not lead to men