Synopses & Reviews
Both a literary magazine and a chronicle of girl culture,
Bust was born in 1993. With contributors who are funny, fierce, and too smart to be anything but feminist,
Bust is the original grrrl zine, with a base of loyal female fans all those women who know that
Glamour is garbage,
Vogue is vapid, and
Cosmo is clueless. The
Bust Guide to the New Girl Order contains brand new, funny, sharp, trenchant essays along with some of the best writings from the magazine: Courtney Love's (unsolicited) piece on Bad Girls; the already immortal "Dont's For Boys"; an interview with girl-hero Judy Blume; and lots of other shocking, titillating, truthful articles. A kind of
Our Bodies, Ourselves for Generation XX, The
BUST Guide to the New Girl Order is destined to become required reading for today's hip urban girl and her admirers.
If you're looking for advice on how to attract a man or for weight-loss tips from the world's thinnest models, this is not the book for you. But if you want to have some broad-minded fun, become a Bust-carrying member of the New Girl Order. NOW!
Review
"You have Rules women, who believe in that Mars-and-Venus, men-and-women, two-world, two-sensibility thing. And then you have BUST women, who don't do things by halves." GQ
Review
"Bust is feminism without the ism. Thoughtful articles sit happily alongside wicked parodies...Well-crafted and insightful, it combines the literacy of traditional writing with the uniquely personal prose of the zines." Wired
About the Author
Marcelle Karp, a.k.a
Betty Boob, is an award-winning television producer (Lifetime, Fox, HBO) and a contributor to
Spin,
Details, and
Jane, as well as one of the co-founders of
Bust.
Visit Bust Online: www.bust.com.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Our Womanly Ways
Thanks for the Mammaries: The Rise and Fall of My Boobs
A Fine Spine
Me and My Cunt
Sex, Lies, and Tampax
A Visit to the Museum of Menstruation
Myth of the Black Butt
My Left Hand
She Ain't Heavy, She's My Lover
2. Feminists Fatale: BUST-ing the Beauty Myth
The ABCs of Fashion
Girl's Fashion Tips for Boys
Gotta Git That Stick
The Joy of Slacks
Growing Out of Layers
The Mysterious Eroticism of Mini-Backpacks
Vogue vs. Harper's Bazaar: It's a Catfight!
Be a Model, or Just Act Like One
3. Sex and the Thinking Girl
Betty and Celina Get Wired: Part I
Betty and Celina Get Wired: Part II
More Than a Blow Job: It's a Career
How to Be as Horny as a Guy
Lesson Number One
One Sick Puppy
Fear of a Black Cat
My Friends Don't Touch My Boobs
Boy-dello
Waste: A Short Story
4. Men Are From Uranus
Fear of a Boy Planet
Girlfriend, Listen Up
The Curse of the Mama's Boy
Both Sides, Now
Watching Him Fuck Her
Manthing
Don'ts for Boys
Talking Dick with Cynthia Plaster Caster
My Brother, Myself
My Keanu: A Fantasy
Thurston Moore: BUSTiest Boy in America
5. Growing Up Girl
Dear Diary
Electra Woman and Dyna Girl
One Girl's Vise
Stealing Beauty
Wayward Warden's Wicked War Against Womanhood
The World Moves
Making It
Falling from Grace
6. Yo' Mama, Yo' Self
What to Expect When Your Best Friend Is Expecting
Two Girls and a Baby
Abortion Story
Tie Me Up, Tie Me Off
Motherhood Lite: The Joys of Being an Aunt
We Are Family (I've Got All My Goddesses with Me)
One's Not Enough
Mother-to-Wannabe
7. Media Whores
That Cosmo Girl
Ladies' Night: A Parody
"Women's Network," My Ass
Bitch on Heels: Confessions of a Pop Culture Junkie
Bring Me the Head of Melanie Banderas
Dancing to the Tiger Beat
Desperately Seeking Farrah
A Vindication of the Rights of Cunt
8. Herstory: Girl on Girls
Bad Like Me
Gloria Stein-Mom
Pirate of a Lady
Tura, Tura, Tura: An Interview with Tura Satana
She's Gotta Have It: An Interview with Nina Hartley
Oh, Yoko
Would You Want This Man to Be Your Dog?
Are You There, Judy? It's Me, Tori
Bibliography
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