Bust (magazine)
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| Editor-in-chief/Publisher | Debbie Stoller |
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| Categories | Feminism |
| Frequency | Every two months |
| Founder | Debbie Stoller, Laurie Henzel, and Marcelle Karp |
| Year founded | 1993 |
| 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 six times a year. The magazine is published by Debbie Stoller and Laurie Henzel.
BUST covers music, news, crafts, art, sex, and fashion 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 titled Girl Culture: An Encyclopedia Volume 1, Miranda Campbell wrote a section on Bust magazine and the consistent features of each issue which include: "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 to consumerism 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.
BUST was founded in New York City in 1993 by Stoller, Henzel, and Marcelle Karp. The trio founded BUST after meeting at Nickelodeon; 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 to Vogue, Cosmo, Mademoiselle, and Glamour, 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 the Cosmos of the world "always ended up feeling bad afterward. They support very stereotypical ideas about women."BUST started off as a zine, 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 on BUST full-time, putting out four issues a year.
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