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15th anniversary issue of BUST featuring comedian Amy Sedaris
15th anniversary issue of BUST featuring comedian Amy Sedaris

BUST is an United States-based feminist magazine that addresses a variety of young women's interests, including celebrity interviews, music, fashion, art, crafting, sex and news. Amy Sedaris (born March 29 1961 is an American actress, Author, and Comedian. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Feminism is a discourse that involves various movements theories, and Philosophies which are concerned with the issue of Gender difference, advocate Magazines, periodicals or serials are Publications generally published on a regular schedule containing a variety of articles, generally A celebrity is a widely-recognized or famous person who commands a high degree of public and media attention Music is an Art form in which the medium is Sound organized in Time. Fashion refers to styles of dress (but can also include cuisine literature art architecture and general comportment that are popular in a culture at any given time Art refers to a diverse range of Human activities creations and expressions that are appealing to the Senses or Emotions of a human individual A craft is a Skill, especially involving practical arts. It may refer to a Trade or particular art An organism's sex is defined by the gametes it produces males produce male gametes (spermatozoa or Sperm) while females produce female gametes (ova or Egg cells; individual News is any new information or information on Current events which is presented by print, broadcast, Internet, or Word of mouth

BUST's official Web site bust.com features the Boobtique, an online shop, as well as the magazine's blog, forum and links to other interesting and BUST-y sites.

The bi-monthly women's lifestyle magazine was founded by Debbie Stoller, Laurie Henzel and Marcelle Karp in 1993. Debbie Stoller is an American Author, Publisher and Textile artist whose work includes Knitting and Crochet. Marcelle Karp, aka Betty Boob, (b 1964 is an American Feminist writer editor and television director and producer

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BUST has had a variety of cover girls and guys, including recent covers Amy Sedaris, Flight of the Conchords, Elijah Wood and Eve. Amy Sedaris (born March 29 1961 is an American actress, Author, and Comedian. Flight of the Conchords is a Grammy Award-winning New Zealand Comedy duo composed of Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement. Elijah Jordan Wood (born January 28 1981) is an American Actor.

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BUST Magazine's largest event is its Holiday Craftacular, an annual craft fair in New York City. Laura Krafft is a comedic writer and actress An ImprovOlympic and Second City alum she is a former staff writer for The Colbert Report. Ayun Halliday is the chief primatologist of the long-running Zine The East Village Inky and the author of four self-mocking memoirs The Big Rumpus No Touch The first Craftacular, described as the "craft fair with rock 'n roll flair," was held in December 2005. [1]

BUST threw its first Spring Fling Craftacular in 2008.

In addition to DIY vendors for shopping, BUST's Craftaculars of the past have also featured dancing, photo booths, open bars and craft stations. [2]

History

Debbie Stoller, Laurie Henzel and Marcelle Karp founded BUST after meeting at Viacom company Nickelodeon in 1993 [3]. Viacom ( ( short for " Vi deo & A udio Com munications" is an American Media conglomerate with various worldwide interests The trio wanted to create a new, positive, outspoken women's magazine for their generation and started the then zine photocopying and stapling issues themselves after work. A zine (an abbreviation of the word Fanzine, or magazine ziːn "zeen" is most commonly a small circulation non-commercial Publication [3]

Editor-in-Chief Debbie Stoller named the magazine BUST, because it was "aggressive and sexy and funny. " While BUST had the connotation of "breaking through and busting stereotypes," she also like that "it was a title that could belong to a men's porn magazine. "[3] The tagline is "For Women With Something To Get Off Their Chests. "[3]

As the company grew, BUST went national and its circulation grew, and in 2000 the founders sold the company to Razorfish Studios. [3]

Stoller and Henzel bought back the magazine in 2001 and have since transformed BUST into an award-winning glossy magazine with hundreds of thousands of readers around the world.

Publishers

Debbie Stoller, BUST's Co-Publisher and Editor-in-Chief, received her PhD in the psychology of women from Yale University. After working at MTV and Nickelodeon, she began BUST magazine in 1993 with business partner Laurie Henzel. MTV ( Music Television) is an American Cable television network based in New York City. She co-edited The BUST Guide to the New Girl Order, and in 2003 she penned the New York Times bestseller Stitch 'n Bitch: The Knitter's Handbook and has since released three more books in the Stitch 'n Bitch series. Stitch 'n Bitch is a phrase that has been used to refer to social knitting groups since at least World War II Debbie is frequently invited to speak about the burgeoning DIY movement she helped inspire, as well as topics related to women and the media, at universities and bookstores around the country. She has been a featured guest on NPR, The Today Show, The Early Show and many others. The Early Show is an American Television morning news Talk show broadcast by CBS from New York City, 7 to 9 a

Laurie Henzel, BUST's Co-Publisher and Creative Director, received her BFA from the prestigious Parsons School of Design. Parsons The New School for Design (abbreviated Parsons) is a Design school founded in 1896 (see below Prior to BUST, she did design production work for Rolling Stone, Spin and Nickelodeon and launched her own boutique design company, creating album and CD packages for influential indie bands and major music labels. Rolling Stone is a United States -based Magazine devoted to Music, Politics, and Popular culture that is published In Popular music, independent music, often abbreviated as indie, is a term used to describe independence from major commercial record labels and an autonomous

References

  1. ^ Issue 288 flavorpill Dec 13-19, 2005
  2. ^ Spring Fling Craftacular Preview BUST blog April 21, 2008
  3. ^ a b c d e Mediaweek July 24, 2001

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