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Debbie Stoller is a New York Times best-selling American author, publisher and feminist pundit whose work includes magazines as well as books. She lives in Brooklyn, New York City, New York.

Stoller is the co-founder, co-owner, and editor-in-chief of the third wave feminist, popular culture magazine BUST, which launched in 1993, and is often credited with being one of the founders of "girlie feminism," a third-wave strategy in which traditional feminine activities and traits...especially those rejected by second wave feminists of the 1970s as being oppressive...are re-evaluated and oftentimes embraced. In 1999, Stoller co-edited "The BUST Guide to the New Girl Order," which was a compilation of the best writing from BUST magazine to that point. In 1999, Stoller formed a Stitch 'n Bitch group in New York City's East Village to teach and encourage others to knit, and began writing about her hobby and her group in BUST magazine. In 2003, Stoller authored Stitch 'N Bitch: The Knitter’s Handbook, the first of the best-selling Stitch'n Bitch series of knitting books and calendars and journals. It was followed by "Stitch 'n Bitch Nation" also a New York Times bestseller, "Stitch 'n Bitch Crochet: The Happy Hooker," and "Son of Stitch 'n Bitch." She hosts and teaches on Stitch 'n Beach cruises and Stitch 'n Bitch Tuscany.. In 2010, Stoller teamed with Red Heart to launch her own yarn line, Stitch Nation by Debbie Stoller.

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