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Lex McMenamin
News and Politics Editor
Lex McMenamin is the news and politics editor at Teen Vogue and a GLAAD Award-nominated writer covering politics, identity, movements and culture. They have been published in New York Magazine, the BBC, Them, the Nation, i-D and elsewhere.
This Texas Democrat Fled the State to Block Trump and Greg Abbott's Redistricting Effort
"It's one thing to fight against my community and try to silence us. It's a whole ‘nother thing if we just lay down and take it."
The Tea App Markets Itself As a Safe Whisper Network. It's Just More Digital Surveillance
The biggest red flag is that the Tea app seems to be an attempt to quick-fix on an individual level what is a structural problem — that is, misogyny — via surveillance culture.
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What It Looked Like at a Fascist-Free Pride Music Festival in NYC
Beneath a bridge in Brooklyn, in the final days of pride month, LadyLand attendees dressed out and danced to FKA twigs, Eartheater, and more.
The Democratic Party Needs to Learn from Zohran Mamdani's Guts and Backbone
Zohran Mamdani did something different, and it made all the difference.
What the 2020 Protests Can Teach Us About Protesting Today
“It is up to us to change everything. But, against the doomers, I believe in this moment we may be uniquely poised to do so.”
Students Are Protesting For Palestine — And Being Punished — At Graduations
“There was just never any point where I was not going to say something,” one punished student told their student paper.
A Biden-Era Instagram Account Run By a Hill Staffer Is Now Posting Through Trump Chaos
Dear White Staffers anonymously helps organizers boost issues and federal workers leak stories.
ChatGPT Is Everywhere — Why Aren't We Talking About Its Environmental Costs?
One estimate found that a single ChatGPT search uses 10 times the energy of a normal Google search.
Radicalized White Men Like the FSU Shooter Are the Real Threat to College Campuses—Not Peaceful Student Protesters
"The alleged gunman is a quintessentially American school shooter."
Yellowjackets Showrunners on S3 Finale: 'How Could They Possibly Ever Re-Find Normalcy?'
“For me, it's a lot of fun to watch someone go really dark.”
Liv Hewson Wants You to Keep Watching Yellowjackets After Season 3 Finale
“I'm Van too,” Hewson tells Teen Vogue.
This New Documentary Gets at What the Columbia Encampments Were Actually About
"We were like, 'Wow, we're sitting on a movie that is ready to go, that debunks everything that Trump is saying.'"
Students Are Getting Swept Up By ICE. Here’s What Professors Are Doing About It
"We have ICE on our streets abducting people because Donald Trump or Marco Rubio don't like their speech. That's crazy."
Yellowjackets Sophie Nelisse & Jenna Burgess Agree Melissa Looks Like G-Flip
"Her being a lesbian was never really a doubt in my mind."
Jasmin Savoy Brown Thinks Yellowjackets Watchers Must Have Some 'Weird Ass Dreams'
The actor tells all about Yellowjackets season 3.
The Story Behind the Most Powerful Speech at the Oscars, From Palestinian and Israeli Filmmakers
“No Other Land reflects the harsh reality we have been enduring for decades and still resist.”
Hunter Schafer Speaks Out After Getting Passport Misgendering Her: "F*ck This Administration"
In an 8-plus-minute video, Schafer connected the passport to “historical rises of fascism and everything this new administration represents.”
Sophie Thatcher Isn’t the Final Girl. She’s Just Getting Started.
“I’m being perceived… that’s kind of f*cking me up.”
A Year Without Nex Benedict
"We are saying that the rhetoric is just as damaging as the bullet or the blow."
"Resist, Obstruct, Protect Our People": Maxwell Frost Has a Plan for Taking on Trump
"Why is a single Democrat voting to confirm any of these Trump Cabinet nominees?"
Everything We Know About Trump's Executive Order on Gender-Affirming Care for Trans Youth
From what it says to what it means for you.
The TikTok Ban Only Makes Zuck and Elon Happy — And Infuriates Young People
Politicians have blamed everything from pro-Palestine sentiment on the app to "data privacy," but users suspect it's all about the money.
Dean Spade Wants You to Think About Your Dating Politics
“All of our movements are made of groups and collaborations that are only as strong as our relationships."
Lambrini Girls Have No Patience for TERFs, Nepo Babies, or Industry Gatekeepers
The British punk rockers say it's "impossible" not to write about real sh*t when the world is “horrible and terrifying.”