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Brittney McNamara

Features Director

Brittney McNamara is an award-winning journalist who has been reporting on health issues, including mental health, reproductive rights, sexual assault and LGBTQ+ identity since 2014. In her current role as the features director at Teen Vogue, McNamara investigated the #MeToo movement on college campuses; reported on abortion access under the Trump administration; explored how incarceration impacts the mental health of young people; and published a series on various health issues, including bullying and vaccination. Prior to Teen Vogue, McNamara was a newspaper reporter in Massachusetts.
Culture

'Next Gen NYC' Star Georgia McCann Didn't Mean to Start a Hand-Washing Debate

“It was so polarizing too.”
Identity

Emira D'Spain Says These 'Next Gen NYC' Friendships Surprised Her Most

We caught up with the reality TV star to chat all things season 2, beauty mishaps, & more.
Identity

Why Ariana Biermann Forgave Mom Kim Zolciak for Taking Her Money as a Teenager

“A lot of people like to blame this whole situation on my mom.”
Style

Ariana Madix on Her Mental Health: "I'm Just Trying to Take It Day by Day"

The reality television and Broadway star shares tips on confidence, beauty & more.
Identity

'Love Is Blind' Is Entering Its Trad Wife Era

If you've found it tough to watch, it may be that the cast's desire for "traditional" values reflects of our winnowing rights.
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Lola Young Announces She's "Going Away For a While" After Collapsing on Stage

"It hurts me more than you know.”
Identity

What Happens When the Rapture Doesn't Come

“I would lay awake, praying to God at night just like … please don't leave me without my family."
Politics

Who Was Charlie Kirk? What to Know About the Turning Point USA Founder and His Views

Kirk was fatally shot during a campus event on September 10.
Identity

Lil Nas X Says He's "Going to Be OK" After His Recent Arrest

The artist has been charged with four felony counts after an incident involving police.
Identity

Betty Who 'Holding Space' For Reneé Rapp to Date Men Feeds a Tired Homophobic Myth

“Questioning whether an out lesbian might some day return to heteronormativity enforces long-held lesbophobic ideas.”
Identity

What You Need to Know About the New Instagram Map, Including How to Opt Out

Hint: you already are opted out.
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Research on Women's Health Is About to Get a Major (and Necessary) Boost

Right now, just 1% of non-cancer research funding is dedicated to women's health.
Identity

75 Questions to Ask Your Parents to Get to Know Them Better

Who knows? You might find out your parents are actually interesting.
Identity

Harry Styles Is Releasing a Vibrator

Need we say more?
Identity

More Plus Size Influencers Are Losing Weight. How Their Followers Really Feel

Formerly body positive influencers are losing weight, and criticizing the bodies many of their followers still inhabit.
Identity

No Plumbing? No Problem. Meet the Young People Living Out Your Actual Cottagecore Dreams in Intentional Communities

Disillusioned with societal structures, these young people are building their utopia from the ground up.
Style

The Best Place to Plan a Revolution? Join a 'Stitch and Bitch' Knitting Club

Identity

What the Supreme Court's Gender-Affirming Care Decision Means For You

We talked to doctors to find out how it might impact your care.
Identity

Why Simone Biles Apologized After Defending Trans Athletes

Her feud with Riley Gaines explained.
Identity

Banning #SkinnyTok Won't Save Us. Beating Diet Culture Will Take a Lot More Than That

“Diet culture is much like the mythological hydra; when you cut one head off of this beast, two more grow in its place.”
Identity

Alana Thompson — AKA Honey Boo Boo — Is Being Real About Her Relationship With Her Mom

"I just no longer have any expectations for her.”
Identity

Lorde's Met Gala Outfit Was an Album Easter Egg About Where She's at "Gender-Wise"

"I feel like a man and a woman, you know?”
Identity

Lorde Just Declared an IUD Summer and Fans Are Loving It

“Contraceptive queen.”
Identity

James From Love on the Spectrum Reacts to RFK's Autism Comments: 'Extremely Ignorant'

"Society has made such great progress in the last 20 to 30 years. We certainly do not wish to lose that progress."