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Features @TeenVogue . State school alum x2. Also in @nytimes @washingtonpost @cosmopolitan @Slate etc. Rep’d: @mina_hamedi
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a former child influencer tells me about the cost of a life lived online – the first menstrual period turned into a sponsored post, the pressure to appear perfect, the endless work, the confusion of what was real and what wasn't
for
@Cosmopolitan
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I just interviewed a grown child of a mommy blogger and I just have to say we're not ready for the stories that are going to emerge in the coming years
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sorry, weird barbie can't be bought, she must be made <3
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taking my niece and nephew to disney today and we stopped to get coffee and croissants and when we got back in the car my 4yo nephew said quietly “was that disneyland?”
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someone once said “preexisting conditions is a capitalist way of saying medical history” and I’ve never forgotten it
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I just interviewed a grown child of a mommy blogger and I just have to say we're not ready for the stories that are going to emerge in the coming years
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interviewed a trauma therapist for a story and she said "the strength of a trauma diagnosis is that it externalizes the source of a pathology – it’s saying ‘something terrible happened to you’, not ‘something is wrong with you'" and I'll be thinking about that for a long time
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one time I was changing for a barre class and one woman said to another "you look so thin, what have you been doing?" and the other woman was quiet for a moment then said "I have cancer"
every time i overhear someone compliment someone by saying how skinny they are i want to break something very beautiful, like a feral animal
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I just can't stop thinking that able-bodied people would be much more cautious about COVID and more worried about long-haul COVID if they had *any* idea what it felt like to be so out of control of your own body. your health is not guaranteed
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the thing about chronic illness is that your body decides for you what kind of day you're going to have
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this story is coming out this week 👀
I just interviewed a grown child of a mommy blogger and I just have to say we're not ready for the stories that are going to emerge in the coming years
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these children are so related to me (two hours of activity before they wanna go home)
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the day the queen died, I had ketamine treatment and halfway through I asked my friend who was sitting with me "is the queen dead yet" bc I had seen tweets that it was coming, etc. and my friend, who is Not Online, thought ketamine made me psychic
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more context bc ppl love him: his 6yo sister said “no that was united states of espresso” and he said “oh. i thought dat was disneyland” then started eating his croissant
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@codina_h
@Phil_Lewis_
I wrote this story and something that really struck me from interviews was a source who said "at least child actors are famous for their *characters* not for being themselves"
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I will never stop talking about what it means to a chronically ill person to have a compassionate doctor who believes them
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something we don’t talk about enough is how chronic illness/disability makes ur body public property. pain is so fucking personal but u have to wear it right on ur sleeve for anyone to believe you
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"Nothing they do now is going to take back the years of work I had to put in.”
I talked to a young person whose life has revolved around her family's YouTube channel about what she wishes her parents – and others – would do differently
@TeenVogue
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when I was 18 I left an angry voicemail for a dude I was seeing and he used it as an intro for a rap song and when I called my mom crying she said "if it's a bad song no one will ever know and if it's good u'll be famous"
this is my holiday present to you all <3
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hey editors let me write about how in 2023 every person feels like they owe social media a statement on current events
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@ValerieComplex
@Phil_Lewis_
I'm the writer of this story and the main source, Claire*, 16, is planning future no-contact while another source, Cam, 24, doesn't speak to her mother anymore
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UPDATE:
@0liviajulianna
has fundraised over *TWO MILLION DOLLARS* for abortion funds off a sitting Congressman body-shaming her
ppl would do well to learn the lesson here: don’t mess with
@0liviajulianna
&
@genzforchange
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Rep. Matt Gaetz body-shamed
@0liviajulianna
to his 1.4 million twitter followers and now she's raised $1.4 million in abortion funds in reaction
I talked to her about how her childhood love of pro wrestling comes into play
@TeenVogue
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read this in the meantime:
"Nothing they do now is going to take back the years of work I had to put in.”
I talked to a young person whose life has revolved around her family's YouTube channel about what she wishes her parents – and others – would do differently
@TeenVogue
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it felt like I had walked into the worst scene in a movie. it was excruciating. and made me think about the things we praise in each other
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According to Rep. Matt Gaetz, body-shaming a teenager is behavior befitting a congressman. According to
@0liviajulianna
, the best way to respond is raising *ONE MILLION DOLLARS* for abortion funds.
Lesson learned: don't mess with
@genzforchange
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if you refuse to stay at Airbnbs anymore & are going back to hotels, let’s talk for a story 👀 DMs open
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you know what they say – when a sitting Congressman body shames you to 1.4 million Twitter followers, turn it into **$555,000** in abortion donations
or at least that’s what
@0liviajulianna
&
@genzforchange
did
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BREAKING: Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, 83, said she will run for reelection in Congress as Democrats work to win back the majority in 2024.
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one time someone said being a journalist is like choosing to do homework every day for the rest of your life and I'm still thinking about it
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reporters: be gentle with your sources. be mindful of their trauma. tell them they control the interview and can tell you when they need to stop. notice their cues. these are their lives, not just stories
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and I can't blame the woman who asked how the other woman had gotten thin because who among us hasn't asked that? but wow. the clarity with which I saw my own body issues and those of the culture we all live in, in that moment...!
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Olivia Julianna loves Texas, Fleetwood Mac, and the color olive green. She could spend hours listening to J. Cole and making TikToks. But what she loves most of all is when politicians underestimate her.
I profiled
@0liviajulianna
for
@TeenVogue
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stunningly, I recently spoke to a young man whose sister died in the Parkland shooting and who has family members who are *still* staunchly pro-gun. he told me "people think it will change if it happens to them but it happened to us and it didn't change a thing"
NEW from
@ujohnnyg
: Relatives of Uvalde shooting victims were saddened by Beto’s defeat.
One grandmother: “There’s nothing I can do that’s going to make a difference. The only thing that is going to change people’s minds is when it happens to them.”
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more personal essays. more more more. let’a go, pretend it’s 2014-2017 again and get to typing
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new from me: Gen Z Voters Say They're Opting Out of 2024 Election –
young voters helped Biden win in 2020 but in 2024, many are choosing to sit out, citing Gaza, what they see as broken promises, and "a collective vibe of hopelessness"
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reminds me of a line I loved from
@suleikajaouad
's book where she said a diagnosis offered "an alternative explanation: which meant my fatigue was of me, not about me, a distinction for which I was grateful"
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read this also in the meantime:
“Day in the life of a boss baby,” a voice says over a video of an infant crying. "My mommy set me down for two seconds which was more than enough. I want to be held 24/7."
my latest for
@washingtonpost
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in my first for
@nytimes
(!!), I talked to disabled & chronically ill ppl about what it's like to date while sick – and how they decide when to divulge their diagnoses
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this is my husband's text to me every day around noon
Have a proper lunch ! And be calm !
Franz Kafka, 1913.
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UPDATE:
@0liviajulianna
used Rep. Matt Gaetz's body-shaming, her childhood love of wrestling, and her social media panache to raise **$300,000** and counting in abortion funds
I talked to Olivia about it all for
@TeenVogue
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I asked
@BetoORourke
what a third Greg Abbott term would look like for Texas
His answer? “It'll just be a bullet train to the extreme edge of intolerance and hatred.”
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@MarisaKabas
@srtalmadge
husband went to get mine and it was $1,800 – I texted him a coupon and it was $0. makes so much sense :) super cool system :)
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being a journalist is weird bc you call a source back just to be like "wanted to confirm – was your porch made out of wood?"
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just spoke to
@BetoORourke
who said he’s following the lead of young women in the fight for abortion access & the surge in voter registration brings him hope– "folks could be tempted to despair or give up and instead they're choosing to do what's necessary"
story tk
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@ElviraSR_
some I’ve spoken to are either under 18 or have siblings under the age of 18 who they want to protect
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they are. I have interviewed hundreds of students. they are traumatized, both by the preparation for and the specter of gun violence in school. it is unconscionable to make them live this way
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when Rep Matt Gaetz body-shamed her to his 1.4 mil Twitter followers,
@0liviajulianna
used it to raise *$250,000** & counting for abortion funds
I talked to Olivia about it (and how her childhood love of professional wrestling is involved) for
@TeenVogue
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on tiktok, ppl are sharing their stories of being teenagers targeted for romantic relationships by adults – to the tune of demi lovato's new single "29"
one told me she wishes she could tell her teenage self her bf was a predator
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ableism is a hell of a drug and all your chronically ill/disabled friends are watching you write us off as collateral damage !!!!!!!
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according to Rep. Matt Gaetz, body-shaming a teenager is behavior befitting a congressman. according to
@0liviajulianna
, the best way to respond to that is raising $168,000 for abortion funds
I talked to Olivia for
@TeenVogue
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I talked to
@sophieota
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@JohnFetterman
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@TeenVogue
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my best friend lives down the hall from me and my husband, in the same apartment building. my sister and her family live down the street. creating our own little world has changed my life & mental health so incredibly. we are meant to live communally !!!
Many people are prepared to move for a new job, to be with a romantic partner, or even just for an adventure,
@ffoxpack
writes. So why not move to be closer to your friends?
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+ read this also in the meantime:
I wrote about
#medicalmoms
, parents of disabled & chronically ill children who post their kids in the hospital and set explanations of their disabilities to trending songs – they say it raises awareness, critics call it exploitation
for
@washingtonpost
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who literally cares where people get book recommendations? they’re reading!!!
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so much of “wellness” is really just a crossover between capitalism and eating disorders
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Cam, who says their mom shared intimated details with 10k followers on Facebook, now advocates for protections for children of influencers – where the law is noticeably lagging behind the culture, leaving kids w/out legal protection
@TeenVogue
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++ read this in the meantime from me for WaPo:
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"not a girl's girl" is honestly the sickest diss
Ethan Slater’s estranged wife Lilly Jay breaks her silence in new statement to Page Six, blasting Ariana Grande:
“[Ariana’s] the story really. Not a girl’s girl. My family is just collateral damage.”
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@iconawrites
@TeenVogue
I truly believe we will look back at this time without legal protection in astonishment but you’re right, it will be too late for so many kids
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I hope you read this story and I hope it makes you think about what it's going to be like for kids to grow up and google their names and see posts about their first menstrual cycles or photos of them being potty-trained
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@TeenVogue
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there is a radical change taking place in the momfluencing world – creators with millions of followers are removing their kids from accounts – like Bobbi, who said "I’ve decided to make it my job to entertain people but it’s not my kids’ job"
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@katimcf
once I had a doctor very respectfully note my weight loss and ask if it had been purposeful (this is not sarcastic at all! I felt super cared for)
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if I look like I’m okay, I’m in pain. if I look like I’m in pain, I’m in agony. that’s what being forever sick is
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I talked to
@umichvoter
, a 22yo student who helped raise over $500k in donations for
@JohnFetterman
by tweeting about that strange Dr. Oz "Biden is to blame for high prices of crudité" video
latest
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.
@BetoORourke
named
@0liviajulianna
as among Texas women who have been instrumental in fight for abortion access – alongside Jane Roe and Sarah Weddington, Roe's attorney
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I've pitched this as a trend story so many times. let me write about it. it's fascinating to think of how millennials all started with their ringers on loud/vibrate and gen Z is like lmao, no notifications plz
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@mollytaft
@TeenVogue
I did this interview and it was heartbreaking. when Kyle said she feels like she's still in that room ––
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no, the pizza box didn't get Andrew Tate arrested – a months-long investigation into his alleged role in human trafficking did:
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@BattleTram
@ValerieComplex
@Phil_Lewis_
it doesn’t apply to children of influencers and family vloggers or those on reality tv
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also…. I don’t think able-bodied people can conceptualize what it’s like to be sick *all the time* bc if they could, they’d have masks on
I find it so strange that people think continuing to wear a mask on a plane or choosing to eat outside (examples in this piece) means you are somehow not living a full life.
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in today's episode of The Kids Are Alright,
@genzforchange
used bots to prompt Yelp to warn users about crisis pregnancy centers, which masquerade as repro health clinics but actually pressure ppl into continuing their pregnancies
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nah you're not ready for the stories I have coming out next month
I just interviewed a grown child of a mommy blogger and I just have to say we're not ready for the stories that are going to emerge in the coming years
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working on a feature for
@TeenVogue
about what it means to be young & sick
what is it like to be chronically ill/disabled in your youth? I want to talk to you about it <3
DMs open/email: Fortesa_Latifi
@condenast
.com
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~finally some personal news~ simply thrilled to be joining
@TeenVogue
as a features contributor! teen vogue is home to so many of the stories I'm most proud of and I can't wait for what's next. here we go!
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(it was apparently not a good song. my best friends had a download of it on their iPods in college to play at parties but I haven't been able to find it in years. if I ever find it I will never tell any of you <3)
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the absolute dream of my life – I’m writing a book!!! 📚🤍
shoutout to my angel agent
@minahamedi
, my parents for putting up with me reading books under the table during dinner, and everyone who has taken the time to read all the words I try to find a place for
@GalleryBooks
🫶🏼
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What it's like to be the child of a January 6 insurrectionist one year later –
from the POV of 19yo Jackson Reffitt who turned his dad into the FBI and 19yo Helena Duke who says she's "grieving a parent who is still living."
My latest for
@TeenVogue
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every time I tweet about chronic illness I feel so buoyed by how many of you understand this too. I'm sorry you get it but I'm glad not to be alone
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For
@AptTherapy
, I talked to chronically ill people about how they make their homes a comfortable space to spend so much time.
Included: a robot vacuum, a shower chair, and signs that bring a little joy ("I like my coffee hot, just like I like my wife")
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.
@0liviajulianna
told me this morning that
@staceyabrams
once said "just because you have nothing doesn't mean you do nothing" and those are the words she lives by
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reporting this story made me remember being in high school and college and feeling unsafe turning down men bc they might retaliate or get angry or just tell ppl we had sex anyway. and now they have this wildly easy tool at their disposal to make it seem real. it's numbing
A woman said she turned down a man at the gym and he made a deepfake video of them having sex, then showed it to other guys at the gym and posted it online. He got banned from the gym but she doesn't feel safe there anymore either. by
@fortesalatifi
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I wrote about spoon theory and how a chronically ill body forces you into constant calculations for
@washingtonpost
. I hope you read it. and I hope you feel less alone in your sick body or you understand someone else's better
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@byadamrhodes
it was a truly absurd moment and in my ketamine journal, I have this stoned scrawl "queen dead" lmao
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actually, three stories + a documentary. I have been busy. stay tuned
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I wrote about
#medicalmoms
, parents of disabled & chronically ill children who post their kids in the hospital and set explanations of their disabilities to trending songs – they say it raises awareness, critics call it exploitation
for
@washingtonpost
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This is my dad, the new Minister of Health of Kosova. Full-circle doesn’t begin to describe it – he’s headed back to his home to do the most good he can.
My grandparents were illiterate farmers and their son is now the Minister of Health. I couldn’t be more proud
The new Minister of Health, Rifat Latifi, has both international expertise & knows Kosovo's healthcare system inside out.
•Educated in Prishtina, residency in Yale
•Led telemedicine teams in 🇽🇰,🇦🇱
•Director of Surgery, Westchester Medical Health & NY Medical College, New York
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Your son or your sister or your mother dies and conspiracy theorists warp their lives and deaths into something unrecognizable –
How do you mourn? I wrote about it for
@TeenVogue
's Conspiracy Nation:
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huge news in the influencer world: Illinois has officially become the first state in the country to protect children of influencers and their earnings.
story for
@TeenVogue
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watch the documentary (in which I talk to the grown child of a mom influencer, the former nanny of an influencer family, and current family vloggers) here:
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