BUST and the Vivian Girls

One day in 1999 I was aimlessly wandering around Borders and picked up a magazine with Jenneane Garafolo on the cover.   I bought the magazine because Jenneane was funny, smart and a feminist.  I remember the excitement bubbling over me, as I sat in the back seat during the car ride home and began to look more intently at the magazine.  It was fierce, it was female, it was feminist.  And I had never seen a glossy magazine anything like this before!  I felt totally validated and in that moment I had officially fallen in love with Bust. A decade later, my love affair continues and I haven't missed an issue yet.

I even remember getting into an intense debate with an anarchist hardcore girl in college about how she was boycotting Bust since they started featuring "mainstream" advertisements.  I argued that they were an amazing independent women's magazine, who had a staff to support!

Fast forward to today. I was sick and dragging myself home from work, when I thought I saw a magazine in my mailbox.  As I walked up my front steps, I prayed it wasn't an IKEA catalog or something (I've been let down by this before.)  I reached in my mailbox and my day was instantly brighter as I pulled out my new issue of Bust. I immediately went inside and scoured the magazine, literally cover to cover.  No matter how lousy my day, I always feel better with some Bust.  In the latest issue there is even an amazing fashion spread with the Vivian Girls inspired by Nancy Drew!

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