Mary Wollstonecraft, it looks like you'll be getting your own stamp, you lucky lady! The Royal Mail of the UK is releasing a set of stamps called Eminent Britons, which will be released October 8th. To refresh your memory, Wollstonecraft (1759-1797) was a pioneering feminist in many respects--she helped her sister Eliza escape an abusive marriage by keeping her hidden until a legal separation was arranged, established a school at ... Read More

Ayun Halliday, BUST's 'Mother Superior' columnist, will be present at the Brooklyn Book Festival (at Brooklyn Borough Hall) this Sunday, Sept. 13th at noon to participate in a discussion called Reading to Kids, led by children's librarian Lisa Von Drasek. If you want more Ayun, she'll be reading Always Lots of Heinies at the Zoo, as well as taking Heinie-related questions at the Target Children's Area at 3:30. If you're unfamiliar with ... Read More

If you've never heard of KnittaPlease, do yourself a favor and look them up...now! Trust me, any group that yarn-bombs is worth a Google-search. The Austin, TX group, founded by Magda Saveg in 2005, is all about adding warmth to cold, lifeless concrete and steel structures with their handmade yarn creations. Not only that, Saveg and her fellow knitters are trying to redefine this craft because it is often pushed aside or seen as 'that ... Read More

Now, I don't follow tennis at all, much less keep track of player standings, but when the 70th-ranked player beats the 13th-ranked one (Nadia Petrova), even I take notice and want to see what all the fuss is about. So who is this new star that's the talk of the US Open? Melanie Oudin, 17, of Marietta, Georgia! Not only has she beat Petrova, but Russian stars Elena Dementieva (ranked no. 4) and Maria Sharapova (ranked no. 29) as well. ... Read More

Just when you thought children's toys couldn't get any weirder, a mysterious photo surfaces and pushes the boundaries of taste to whole new levels. This week, we give you the Pole Dancer Doll, a toy that is er, pretty self-explanatory. The baby-faced doll comes outfitted in a sparkly green dress with pole and light-up flashing stage to match. Unfortunately, it seems you'll have to provide the riff-tastic soundtrack yourself (Warrant's ... Read More