Bust is a bi-monthly United States-based women's lifestyle magazine. It was founded in 1993 by Debbie Stoller, Laurie Henzel, and Marcelle Karp.

Content

Bust covers music, fashion, art, crafting, sex and news from an independent ("indie"), New York-centric, post-feminist (or Third Wave Feminist) perspective.

History

Debbie Stoller, Laurie Henzel and Marcelle Karp founded Bust after meeting at Viacom company Nickelodeon in 1993.Mediaweek July 24, 2001 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.
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 liked that "it was a title that could belong to a men's porn magazine". The tagline is "For Women With Something To Get Off Their Chests."
As the company grew, Bust went national and its circulation grew, and in 2000 the founders sold the company to Razorfish Studios. Stoller and Henzel bought back the magazine in 2001.

Events

Bust Magazine sponsors the Holiday Craftacular, an annual craft fair in New York City that began in December, 2005, and added a Spring Fling Craftacular in 2008.