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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.
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The Dark Side of Wellness

Influencer Lee From America was Goop personified. But when wellness became an obsession, she found herself far from the light that wellness culture promises.
Mental Health

These BTS Fans Are Making Big Moves to Improve Mental Health Resources

The BTS ARMY Help Center is partnering with Crisis Text Line to connect people to the help they need. 
Fitness

Coco Gauff Beat Naomi Osaka For Another Record-Breaking Win

She beat the defending champ at the Australian Open.
Mental Health

Demi Lovato Opened Up About Recovering After Her Overdose and Cutting Off Toxic Relationships

"Sometimes you get fooled."
Mental Health

Taylor Swift Opens Up About an Eating Disorder in Her Netflix Documentary 

She said body criticism led to a "real shame/hate spiral.”
Voices

A Day in the Life of Google's Annie Jean-Baptiste, the Woman Making Tech More Inclusive

Google's Head of Product Inclusion takes us behind the scenes. 
Sexual Health + Identity

This Senator Said a Group of Boys Could “Have a Lot of Fun” With a Reporter Trying to Do Her Job

The reporter wrote about the whole experience to make men in power think twice.
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Voices

9 Celebrities Who Have Opened Up About Failure

From Kylie Jenner to Rihanna.
Sexual Health + Identity

Beauty YouTuber NikkieTutorials Came Out as Transgender After She Said She Was Blackmailed

“Today I am taking back my own power.”
Sexual Health + Identity

Gigi Hadid Could Be a Juror in Harvey Weinstein's Rape Case

She appeared in a Manhattan court on January 13.
Voices

Olympian Kimia Alizadeh Has Reportedly Defected From Iran

The tae kwon do champ cited oppression as her reason for leaving. 
Mental Health

Learning How to Fail

Why I'm trying to fail more in 2020.
Mental Health

Selena Gomez Wants Everyone to Know About This Kind of Therapy

She's so passionate about DBT that she thinks it should be taught in schools.
Voices

Olympic Athletes May Face Consequences if They Kneel or Raise Fists During the Game

A new crackdown on a longstanding anti-protest rule makes clear that no form of political statement is welcome at the games.
Health

Justin Bieber Said He's Battling Lyme Disease After a “Rough Couple Years”

He said he struggled to get a diagnosis and find the right treatment.
Mental Health

Selena Gomez Said Mental Health Medication Has "Completely Changed" Her Life

“I realized that there was a way to get help and to find people that you trust."
Mental Health

Lady Gaga Said Taking Anti-Psychotic Medication Has Helped Her “Tremendously”

The singer got really honest about mental health, medication, and much more.
Sexual Health + Identity

Vanessa Hudgens Called the the Invasion of Privacy During Her Nude Photo Leak “F*ucked Up”

"As an actor, you completely lose all grip of your own privacy and it’s really sad."
Health

9 Kinds of Vaginal Discharge: Colors, Consistencies and More

From color to texture, you can learn a lot from your discharge.
Sexual Health + Identity

How Sexual Assault Survivors Changed the World

Chanel Miller, Emma Sulkowicz, Kamilah Willingham, and Andrea Pino on what's different in the #MeToo Era.
Sexual Health + Identity

Let These 10 High School Students Teach You How to Be a Man

They defined what manhood means to them. 
Mental Health

How to Cope With Your Stressful Family This Holiday Season

From dealing with your annoying aunt to deciding if you should spend the holidays elsewhere.
Health

Shay Mitchell Shared a Photo of Her Breastfeeding Her Baby, Proving They're “Breast Friends”

You love to see it. 
Sexual Health + Identity

The Merriam-Webster Word of the Year is “They,” and That's Huge for Nonbinary Acceptance

The dictionary called the pronoun “increasingly common.”