In just over two months, America will be governed by President Donald Trump. And less than two weeks after the election, it already feels like we’re living in a dystopia — with white supremacists appointed to Trump’s staff, talk of Muslim internment camps, and Trump’s camp saying he never said things that there is actual video evidence of him saying. When Hulu announced that its adaptation of the Handmaid’s Tale was coming in 2017, people responded, “Yeah, we know.” And that’s not all — before November...

THE BUST GUIDE Happy November! Now is the perfect time to visit a bookstore or library and stock up on some new books. Here are the books featured in our October/November 2016 issue, including The Wonder by Emma Donoghue, The Mothers by Brit Bennett, and Feminist Fight Club by Jessica Bennett.  The Wonder: A NovelBy Emma Donoghue(Little, Brown and Co.)BUST Rating: 5/5 *STAFF PICK* In the latest novel by Emma Donoghue—author of the 2010 bestseller Room—Lib, a nurse trained under Florence Nightingale, thinks she’s been brought to Ireland to care...

Instagram is a place for sharing pictures of what we love—for many of us, that means uploading endless photos of our furry companions. Social media allows anyone with a smartphone to share their beloved dog or cat with the world (and it also seems to have created a digital competition over whose pet is the cutest.) Despite the fact, however, that every individual believes that their pooch is the best, the internet doesn’t have to be dog eat dog world. Back in 2011, human friends Ahmed...

via Emma Watson/Instagram Has there ever been a more perfect casting choice than Emma Watson as Hermione Granger? Our favorite teenage-witch-turned-feminist-activist recently revealed that she’s been leaving copies of Maya Angelou’s memoir Mom & Me & Mom — the upcoming book in her feminist book club — on the London Tube. According to the Guardian, Emma partnered with Books On The Underground, a program that brings new and used books to subway riders, to leave 100 books at various locations in London. She also left notes reading,...

We're all familiar with that golden spine and nostalgic illustrations — but these books aren't the children's books of your childhood. Arthur C. Gackley has put together a collection of NSFW spoofs of childhood classic covers with Bad Little Children's Books: KidLit Parodies, Shameless Spoofs, and OffensivelY Tweaked Covers, and we're bringing you a selection of them here — enjoy! Bad Little Children's Books: KidLit Parodies, Shameless Spoofs, and Offensively Tweaked Covers by Arthur Gackley © Abrams Image, 2016 More from BUST 11 Adorable Cat Photos, Just Because It's Friday This...

Image via Instagram  Black girl geeks rejoice! A new variant cover for “Invincible Iron Man #1” will feature an image of Ariell Johnson, the first ever black woman comics store owner, enjoying a coffee break in her Philly shop, Amalgam Comics and Coffeehouse, with character RiRi Williams, the 15-year-old black girl MIT-enrolled genius and Tony Stark successor. The cover is a step in the right direction for Marvel, whose representation issues have been well-documented. Johnson, now 33, had been an avid superhero fan since she discovered Storm from the X-Men...

If you thought your favorite fairy tale couldn't get any better, just add cats. Cat comic artist Yasmine Surovec celebrates both with her new book, Cat Vs. Human Fairy Tails. In it, the Little Mermaid becomes human so she can spend time with cats on land, and Sleeping Beauty finally wakes up when a purring cat climbs on her. We're bringing you two excerpts below: Rapunzel and The Ugly Kitten. Enjoy!     More from BUST These Suffragette Cats Are EVERYTHING The Criminal Case Of Victorian Cat Ladies This Is The Feminist Coloring Book...

  If you didn’t know, we are 100% on board with the adult coloring book craze, and it seems like there is no end to the creative coloring books that are coming out. One of our newest favorites is Color Me Jane: A Jane Austen Adult Coloring Book by Jacqui Oakley.   Color Me Jane contains drawings of iconic Austen scenes and characters for Janeites to lovingly color in — Elizabeth and Darcy dancing; Elizabeth getting her dress covered in mud as she heads to see Jane at...

Author Amy Dupcak recalls being an introspective child, fascinated by her own imagination. It is no coincidence that her debut collection of short stories, Dust, tumbles headlong into the dreamy space of adolescence like a whirlpool of recovered memories. Read on for a sample from Dust and to learn more about Amy’s thoughts on “strong female characters,” on older men dominating the youths of girls, and why her teachers teased her for putting her feet on her desk: Excerpt from “In Limbo” in Dust The cafeteria...

There's a new heart-warming book that captures the journey of adoption of our beloved furry friends. For over three years, fashion and portrait photographer Richard Phibbs has made portraits of dogs up for adoption for the Humane Society of New York, in an attempt to help them find their “forever homes.” The book, Rescue Me, features the best of these portraits in hope of getting more homeless dogs adopted. The book is hitting stores at a time when puppy mills — the horrific warehouses that supply most...