Marcelle Karp

Marcelle Karp, a.k.a. Betty Boob, (born 1964), is an American feminist writer, editor, and television director and producer.

Karp worked as a television producer and director for Lifetime, Fox, and HBO; and has written for Spin, Details, and Jane magazines.

In 1993 Karp and Debbie Stoller produced the first issue of Bust, "The Magazine for Women With Something to Get Off Their Chests", now seen as one of the flagship publications of third-wave feminism, mixing feminism with sexuality. Betty Boob was the name that Karp used in writing for the magazine (Stoller used Celina Hex). The two women met while working for Nickelodeon in New York City. Her 1999 book with Stoller, "The Bust Guide to the New Girl Order", ISBN , is a collection of articles from that magazine. She was forced out of Bust in 2001.

Karp was married in 2000 and also gave birth to a daughter, Ruby, that year. She was divorced in 2002.

Karp remains active. She spoke at Riot Fest in 2014, and launched Barb Magazine in 2016 is currently writing a new novel.

Marcelle Karp and Debbie Stoller envisioned publishing a magazine that would essentially attract women like themselves; “a magazine for broads who aren’t afraid of any f – words…”. Their intention was to assure the generation of young women that feminism hadn’t been given up on just yet. The two feminists however had no previous education or experience regarding publication of any sort but decided that with the help of their skillful and outspoken friends they could potentially create exactly what they intend to.

The time came when Karp and Stoller finally published their anticipated magazine – BUST. “A Day in a Life” was the title of BUST’s very first issue, with a total of 29 pages and 500 overall copies of the magazine itself. Shortly after, they began to receive requests for new issues, fan mail, and printed an extra five hundred copies because of the success.

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