Longtime readers of Bust—the six-year-old, pop-culture-savvy feminist zine with the provocative name—may be surprised by the newest issue: It's big, glossy, and turning up in places the news-print version never reached. Ordinarily, this might be cause for alarm, but it's clear when reading it that the new format is, as the editor's note purports, simply a way to reach more people. Glossy pages and all, Bust won't be mistaken for Glamour any time soon. Organized around a central theme, Bust's 12th issue collects diverse stories addressing the subject of money to generally satisfying effect. Cover subject Ann Magnuson contributes a funny piece on getting rich and staying poor, while interviews with Bastard Out Of Carolina author Dorothy Allison, comedy entrepreneur Caroline Hirsch, and ex-Bikini Kill frontwoman Kathleen Hanna all prove enlightening. But the real strength of Bust lies in its essays, most of them smart, well-written, and invested with personality. That a fine look at economic slumming from the perspective of someone who never had to fake her poverty appears a page away from a call for tolerance from a writer who never tried to hide her affluence says something about the variety of perspectives found in its pages. Self-confessed "serial employee" Angela Kelley writes one of the issue's best pieces, an account of the different jobs available to young women written by someone who seems to have held each of them. Funny and informative, it works well alongside Rita Lin's account of becoming yuppie scum and Gloria Stymied's (note: not her real name) insider account of the dark, financially strapped years of Ms. The freewheeling editorial attitude doesn't always work. Tori Galore's (note: not her real name) starry-eyed piece on the WNBA might as well end with the words, "You go girls!," and it's difficult to discern why Dr. Tali Edut's (note: not a real doctor) "gynatrological" predictions have a place at all. But Bust's editors have packed their magazine with so much material that a few weak pieces hardly matter. Their approach practically guarantees something for almost anyone, but the results surpass the enjoyment assured by the law of averages. As good as Bust generally is, it would be a shame if it got lost in the glut of women's magazines. Seek it out and you'll see why.