Best of 2021

The activist reflects on her “year of pushback.”

In 1991, the singer released "Silent All These Years," a searing ballad about sexual assault.

But as soon as she returned to the newsroom, the comments started.

With her memoir, ‘Both/And,’ Hillary Clinton's right hand finally tells her own story.

“That was the year my food career started,” she tells Bustle.

The 'Succession' actor talks beating anorexia, declining marriage proposals, and envying Meryl Streep.

At 65, she now has 12 Oscar nominations under her belt.

Plus, how the Oscar-nominated actress blew her first fat paycheck.

“Chimps don’t have weekends, so I didn’t either,” she says of her schedule in Tanzania.

The 63-year-old actor reflects on the year “everything happened at once.”

The author and educator talks about her reasons for leaving Washington, D.C.

The novel haunted the actor, even as she was living it up with her “theater mates.”

"I somehow figured out how to thrive even in the darkness that I was wrapped up in like a cocoon."

The tennis champion and activist shares what her life looked like at age 28.

“I just was ballsy, man.”

She also put out her seminal album, 'Horses.'

The star shares her beauty essentials.

The singer, actor, and model shares her skin and makeup essentials.

The social media star and entrepreneur shares her beauty routine.

And all the details on her new skin care line, KINLÒ.

The On My Block star shares her favorite beauty products.

And why she teaming up with cult British brand Ciaté London.

The singer shares her go-to makeup and skin care products.

Plus, what fans can expect from the next season of 'Queer Eye.'

The entrepreneur shares her skin care essentials and beauty routine.

The star reveals her go-to beauty products and skin care routine.

The model reveals what’s in her beauty bag.

The singer shares her must-have beauty products.

The actor reveals her skin care and makeup MVPs.

The British supermodel, mental health advocate, and face of Rimmel London shares her hero beauty buys.

The actor shares the products that keep her glowing.

The model and activist spills her skincare and makeup MVPs.

The inaugural poet reflects on her writing process and her new collection, 'Call Us What We Carry.'

In her debut essay collection, 'My Body,' Ratajkowski ruminates on the corrosive power of the male gaze.

The author of the bestselling memoir reflects on bringing her story to the small screen.

The author strives to write for pleasure.

In 'This Will All Be Over Soon,' the comedian turns her interior monologues into book form.

"I'm such a garbage mouth."

“Overlooking painful stories is still part of the problem,” says Lisa Taddeo.

“Nobody can blame me for reading Moby Dick. Right?”

One of her high school-era works was titled Summer Lovin’ — after the teen soap’s indelible mean girl, naturally.

The singer and TV host discusses taking 'Tap To Tidy' from Instagram featurette to full-length book.

"[I feel like I'm] looking back at my teenage self and saying, 'Girl, what are you doing? Don't make an ass out of yourself.'"

"I'm always looking to read something that seems very personal or intimate."

"[It] was a 90s hip hop playlist all the way through!"

The "Never Have I Ever" star shares her wellness rituals.

The star, who’s debuting her first work of fiction, spills her self-care secrets.

The basketball great reveals the “wonderful” product that helps her sleep.

The actor shares the rituals that keep her grounded.

The ‘White Lotus’ star loves eye gels and ice rollers.

The actor shares her no-frills approach to taking care of herself.

Tabitha Brown’s wellness routine involves self-talk, ashwagandha, and 'Real Housewives.'

The star of Netflix’s hit show 'Tidying Up' and new follow-up series 'Sparking Joy' shares her self-care rituals.

But this one was the most memorable.

The actor reveals her self-care practices and morning routine.

The entrepreneur shares her go-to self-care practices.

The tennis pro shares her go-to self-care rituals.

The princess of Peloton shares her favorite wellness advice and what goes into her daily schedule.

The actor-singer-producer shares her morning routine and self-care rituals.

The actor shares her very chill self-care routine.

The actor and writer shares her go-to wellness rituals.

Is this my issue, or his?

It’s time to hit the block button.

Ask yourself: Do we make life easier or harder for each other?

You are allowed to feel this way. Just don't take it out on him or his body.

You can’t force a great partner to appear, no matter how hard you work at it.

First, ask yourself what specifically it is about sex that you love and are currently lacking.

You have the power to set the tone for how big of a deal this is.

Instead of turning your brain off completely, reroute its thinking.

Your only obligation is to ask for what you need and give what you can.

Most of us aren’t very good at being direct about what we want.

Keeping things to yourself doesn’t mean you’re ashamed of them.

“We've done so much work on ourselves as individuals and as a band where it's just like, ‘I want to have f*cking fun.’”

On her sophomore album 'Valentine,' Snail Mail's Lindsey Jordan is trying to make her romanticism a little less hopeless.

Her new poetry book is a message to her younger self.

The famously low-key musician ups the ante on her latest album.

The enigmatic musician won’t join her fans in the real world — but she’ll let them cross over into hers.

With "Sweet Dream," off the singer's upcoming third album, Cara continues to turn lyrics about anxiety into anthems.

Inspired by horror movies and internet trolls, 'Screen Violence' somehow isn't a downer.

Nearly three decades into her music career, Monica is imparting life lessons before releasing her next album.

Dacus' third album 'Home Video' paints a wistful portrait of childhood and adolescence.

After two records and a memoir about grief, Michelle Zauner is back with an album of celebration.

Missy Dabice believes that emotions kept inside “do a lot more damage.”

The South Korean group just dropped their second English-language summer anthem.

You don't want to know what she was using before.

After the Alabama Shakes singer’s solo tour was cut short by the pandemic, she was forced to examine her identity outside of music.

“[It’s about] looking at your parents and going, “How much of their fate is written into me?”

“It feels amazing to be on the other side of having worked so hard for so long.”

Comfortable, but not quite the same.

What are they talking about? What is their text thread like? I want to know.

Someone would tweet the card and we all know it.

Part L.A. satire, part eco thriller, 'Something New Under the Sun' asks how we exist in a world that’s burning down.

No, that dress isn’t Forever21.

But with, like, a conscience.

Yes, the sex scene is hilarious but that is not why I am here.

The only thing film snobbery achieves is robbing you of a fun time at the movies.

It might even be preferable.

Celebrities should be out of touch. How much better than being boring.

Steve Rogers is the Captain America we want; John Walker is who we deserve.

More brutally real than its fellow 2001 release, Legally Blonde, the movie is still a feminist classic.

Zack Snyder’s Justice League is the latest film that’s almost unwatchable on your average TV.

They seem to take her move toward autonomy as some kind of personal affront.

Is there anything the reactionary right loves more than a chance to feel like they’re victims?

Too boring, too predictable.

Immersed in fan culture and the FYP, Uribe’s mock interviews are spot-on perfection and prep for her next move.

Sydnee Washington recounts her wildest times on the 2010s nightlife scene on Instagram.

Buechele's good-natured takes on life's mundane moments have been a balm for fans everywhere — married or otherwise.

Laurel Bristow, AKA @kinggutterbaby on Instagram, dispenses facts about the Covid pandemic with a dose of humor.

A review of Chanel's Water-Fresh Tint.

This baby from SkinMedica is pure magic in a bottle.

Meet the ProForm Pro 9000.

Goodbye redness and irritation.

A review of Glossier's first retinol skin care product: the Universal Pro-Retinol.

My curls are bouncy again.

Cue the nostalgia.

I use it for e-v-e-r-y-t-h-i-n-g.

It’s more comfortable than my sweatpants.

The new Bose Frames Soprano just replaced my headphones for good.

It’s taken my glow to a whole new level.

ILU, Apothecanna Extra Strength Body Spray.

Whind’s Marrakesh Light elixir is a glow in a bottle.

Stylish, comfortable, eco-friendly, I can go on.

I’m not kidding.

They’re full and shiny — even in the summer heat.

The actor on what’s ahead for the maybe-couple and the power of not turning Kai’s non-binary identity into a huge discussion.

“I feel like I’ll look back on this conversation one day and see how it aged.”

Growing up, the only depictions Kaur saw of Indian women onscreen were beauty queens or caricatures. Her role on 'Sex Lives' feels more truthful.

In 'Tick, Tick… Boom!', the Broadway actor reunites with director Lin-Manuel Miranda.

"Michelle, if you are ever to read this piece, just know I'm hot because of you."

The 33-year-old actor plays a snide mommy blogger in the Netflix thriller’s third season.

The singer-songwriter is choosing her path carefully, hoping to avoid the pitfalls of notoriety.

The singer’s debut album “Damnshestamil” is a must-listen for autumn.

The Brooklyn-born musician is sharing her 'stories from new york' with the world.

Plus, see her new Madewell campaign.

Plus, the cosmic irony of her playing a warrior mama.

The ‘Ladybaby’ star loves that her job allows her to “do everything.”

“You look at yourself, at your culture, at your race and think ‘What can I do?”

Plus, her Splash House fashion must-haves.

“He had it figured out.”

And she’s just getting started.

It’s my students, coupled with the pandemic, that pushed my thinking forward.

Pressure isn’t a privilege, but watching greatness is.

Post-pandemic, movement is more important than fitness.

Post-pandemic, we know true comfort.

We’ve gotten too good at memorializing victims of police violence.

I hoped the attention some women got for being "pretty" kept them safe. I was wrong.

History exploited Saartjie Baartman. I admired her.

Multicultural, international, mixed race partnerships are hard. Take it from my non-royal marriage.

The Constitution worked as designed, which means it didn't work for the majority of us.

I don’t want to see him either, but you can’t cancel a presidency.

I am starting to feel like cauliflower.

It's a reminder that practical concerns are more urgent than our desire to feel “back to normal.”

Exhaling after the scariest inauguration since, well, Obama's.

She's an artist, which is sooo much better.

For Black voters, GOP claims of voter fraud are a joke.