Friday, November 07, 2003

Whatever Happened to BUST Magazine?

Remember BUST? That significant 90s artifact that everyone who is anyone read is not as omnipresent as it once was. Bust was founded in 1992 and went "from a handmade rag into a full on glossy" by the end of the decade. Memorable stories include 'The Myth of the Black Butt' and 'A Vindication of the Rights of Cunt.' Lest you think that Bust is porn, it is not: Bust is a sort of grrl power Buffy-esque feminist magazine that even men can enjoy. And I did often. I remember a withering critique they did of Lifetime television saying, basically, that all they did was run miniseries after miniseries of helpless women being victimized by evil men and in the end the courts vindicate them is not a good thing for Middle American housewives to be supporting. Arch!

I can't even find Bust on my local newstsand anymore, though, and that makes me sad. Bust was Grrly before Xena and Buffy were.

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