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| Editor-in-Chief | Tara Finley |
|---|---|
| Categories | Feminism |
| Frequency | Quarterly |
| Publisher | Erin Domash |
| Founder | Debbie Stoller, Laurie Henzel, andMarcelle Karp |
| Founded | 1993 (1993) |
| Company | Street Media, LLC |
| Country | United States |
| Based in | New York City |
| Language | English |
| Website | bust |
| ISSN | 1089-4713 |
Bust is a women's lifestyle magazine that is published four times a year. The magazine was started byDebbie Stoller and Laurie Henzel and is currently published byStreet Media LLC.Bust covers music,news,crafts,art,sex, andfashion from an independent ("indie"),third wave feminist perspective. The magazine's slogan is "For women with something to get off their chest."
In the book titledGirl Culture: An Encyclopedia Volume 1, Miranda Campbell wrote a section onBust and its features, including "Real Life: Crafts, Cooking, Home and Hearth" which encourages readers to make their own items instead of buying them, "Fashion and Booty" which suggests clothing, accessories, and other novelty items readers might be interested in purchasing, and articles on car maintenance featuring auto technician Lucille Treganowan.BUST magazine promotes a balance of contributing toconsumerism as well as encouragement of independence from consumerism. The magazine also features articles on issues about sex in which they encourage women to embrace their sexuality and each issue also includes an erotic short story.[1]
Many mainstream and indie actors, directors, comedians, and musicians have appeared on the cover.[2]
Bust was founded in New York City in 1993[3][4] by Stoller (using the alias "Celina Hex"),[5] Henzel, andMarcelle Karp (using the alias "Betty Boob"). The trio foundedBUST after meeting atNickelodeon;[6] they wanted to create a positive and outspoken women's magazine for their generation. "Our intention," Stoller said, "was to start a magazine that would be a real alternative toVogue,Cosmo,Mademoiselle, andGlamour, something that was as fierce and as funny and as pro-female as the women we knew." She said the women she knew who read theCosmos of the world "always ended up feeling bad afterward. They support very stereotypical ideas about women."[7]BUST started off as azine, with Stoller, Henzel, and Karp photocopying, stapling, and distributing the issues themselves after work and on weekends. After receiving positive feedback on their zine, Stoller, Henzel, and Karp left their jobs to work onBUST full-time, putting out four issues a year.
Stoller named the magazineBust because she wanted a name that was "provocative, funny, and also sexy."[8]
Bust won aFirecracker Alternative Book Award in the 'Zine category in 1997.[9]
Bust was purchased by Razorfish Studios in August 2000; one year later, afterSeptember 11, Razorfish Studios went out of business.[6] Stoller and Henzel later boughtBust back from Razorfish Studios. Bust was purchased by Street Media, LLC in 2022.[10]
Bust sponsored the Holiday Craftacular,[11] an annual craft fair in New York City that began in December 2005, and added a Spring Fling Craftacular in 2008.
On July 25, 2013Bust held 'The Bust Magazine 20th Anniversary Extravaganza' in Brooklyn, New York. To commemorate the magazine's 20th anniversary, they held the 'Golden Bra Awards'.[12]
Stoller and Henzel are the authors ofBust'sDIY Guide to Life, consisting of more than 250 of the bestDIY projects from the magazine's then 15 years of publication. There are guides for a wide range of things from gardening, to weddings, and sex projects, organized by category.
Stoller and Karp are also the authors ofThe Bust Guide to the New Girl Order which was published on August 1, 1999, by Penguin Books. The book has eight topics on female issues and includes the best writings from the magazine. There are essays about girls' culture, such as women in media, sex, fashion, growing up, and relationships with boys.[13]
Bust cofounder Debbie Stoller (Celina Hex)...