Debbie Stoller
Editor
Bust Magazine
New York, NY USA
“If you find something that is really your passion, it'll just keep coming up in your head even when you're doing other things.”
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By Roadtrip NationDebbie Stoller
Milestones
My road in life has been direct.
She went to college and wanted to pursue multiple things, among them computer science and psychology.
Could've gone into computer engineering because she was very good at it; sometimes regrets not taking that lucrative path.
"Work is not necessarily the most satisfying thing in a person's life" so take a job that affords you freedoms to pursue other interests.
She took some feminist studies classes and figured out that this "puzzle about women" had her completely hooked.
Wrote her dissertation on the media's effect on women; got her Ph.D. from Yale University.
Took a job working in the "typing banks" at MTV, then at Nickelodeon; constantly thought "what am I doing here?"
After being inspired by Sassy magazine, she and some friends founded BUST in 1993; kept her day job to pay the rent.
Grew readership from 500 to over 300,000 readers, went from four issues a year to six issues a year, just kept expanding.
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Editor
I lead a women's culture magazine that addresses trends and issues important to young, educated, culturally aware women.
Career Roadmap
My work combines:
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Upholding a Cause and Belief
Interviewed By
Miami - New York City
Meet Sean, Tim and Christina from the University of Miami as they prepare for their roadtrip across the US. In their first days on the green RV, they meet with jazz percussionist Bobby Thomas Jr., who admonishes them to never say 'if,' only 'when.' The team then heads to New York to talk to Bust magazine Editor-in-Chief Debbie Stoller and listen to how she built Bust into what it is today.
