Fortesa Latifi
Features Contributor
Fortesa Latifi is a features contributor at Teen Vogue. She has a Master’s in journalism from the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism & Mass Communication. She writes about identity, politics and disability. She is the author of the forthcoming Like, Follow, Subscribe: Influencer Kids and the Cost of a Childhood Online (April 7, 2026; Gallery Books). You can find her on TikTok, Instagram and Twitter.
Government
Meet the Gen Zer Behind the Fetterman Campaign’s Best Memes
Sophie Ota is the team’s digital director.
Government
The 2022 Midterms Cycle Saw Many Historic Firsts
Including wins for the first Gen Z member of Congress and first openly lesbian governor.
Government
6 Teens on What It Was Like to Vote for the First Time
“I’ve been talking about it for so long!”
Government
Inside One of the Races That Will Decide Control of the Senate
Arizona’s Mark Kelly says we have to stop treating politics like sports.
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Government
Beto O’Rourke Warns What a Third Greg Abbott Term Could Look Like
“It’ll just be a bullet train to the extreme edge of intolerance and hatred.”
Government
‘It’s Like a War’: On the Ground at the Iran Protests
This is what it’s like to be a young woman in Iran right now.
Government
What the Democratic Party Is Missing About Young Voters
We surveyed 1,173 young voters ahead of the midterms. Here’s what we found.
Sexual Health + Identity
How College Students Are Fighting For Abortion Rights on Campus
“I wish I didn’t have to do this to get people what they need, but we’re here and we exist.”
Government
Republicans’ Women Problem Is Extra Jarring in This Year’s Midterms
Abortion and misogyny are taking center stage in the 2022 elections.
Mental Health
Can TikTok Help You Figure Out Who You Are?
It's been helpful for some in determining their identity, but it can come with risks.
Politics
15 of the Most Popular Conspiracy Theories
Conspiracy theories take hold “when people feel out of control.”
Government
What’s Driving the Surge in Voter Registration?
In battleground states like Georgia, Wisconsin, and Arizona.
Sexual Health + Identity
Students at More Than 50 Schools Are Walking Out to Support Abortion Rights
October 6 is the Day of Student Action for Reproductive Justice
Health
What Young Disabled and Chronically Ill People Want You to Know
“If I look okay, I still might not be okay.”
Health
Chronically Ill TikTokers Are Showing the Reality of Being Sick
From normalizing ostomy bags to showing that chronically ill people can have full lives, they're creating community online.
Health
What It's Like to Be Young and Sick
What does it mean to be young when sickness can feel like the antithesis of youth?
Sexual Health + Identity
How These Teens Prompted Yelp to Start Warning Users About Crisis Pregnancy Centers
Gen Z for Change spammed Yelp until they started labeling the anti-abortion clinics.
Government
This Idaho Teen Won Elected Office to Fight Far-Right Education Policies
Shiva Rajbhandari, 18, will sit on Boise’s school board.
Politics
Jennifer Lawrence Pens Vogue Essay on Importance of Voting
“Democracy seats power in the will of the people, but that only works if the people assert their will."
Sexual Health + Identity
These Teens Got Together to Fight Their State's Abortion Ban
Now they're helping their peers get sex ed.
Voices
Duke Volleyball Player Rachel Richardson Called Out Racism From a BYU Fan
The fan yelled slurs at the Duke team.
Government
Young People Made Biden’s Signature Climate Bill Possible
“It shows that organizing works and activism works.”
Relationships
Demi Lovato's “29” Is Making People Who've Been in “Inappropriate” Relationships Feel Seen
TikTok users are opening up about past relationships they've come to see as age inappropriate.