I haven’t been a teen for many decades, but I always appreciated the articles I found that were attributed to Teen Vogue, even now in my seventies. There were shining examples of excellent journalism and reading them was always a learning experience. So sad to see that their politics section has been gutted. I hope all of those fine journalists will find homes elsewhere, although too many publishers have become gutless wonders under this regime. So sad to read about what has transpired.
The methodical destruction of Teen Vogue is yet another atrocity in the relentlessly atrocious, definitively ecogenocidal history of capitalism. Two suggested terms for what was done to destroy this vital publication: "Trumpification," as in reduction to glitz-clad emptiness; and "MAGATizing," as in reducing to the lowest possible common denominator of mentality.
It's horrifying to watch the billionaire class exert greater and greater control over the media we see, and media criticism like this is so important - but on this day, I'm going to take some encouragement from Mamdani's election. Because all the big New York media outlets, from the New York Times to the New York Post, were against him from the start, and pulled every dirty trick to try to stop him, but in the end the voters of New York demonstrated an ability to think for themselves. We're not helpless in the face of media manipulation and lying.
People will always find a way to talk to one another about the problems they're facing and come up with good responses to those problems, even if that discussion can't take place on the pages of the billionaire-owned media. They can't stop us.
In particular, smears directed at Mamdani - claiming he's antisemitic simply because he dared to criticize Israel - didn't work. That's important because there are political candidates won't be persuaded by the argument that such lying is morally wrong, but they might be persuaded by the practical argument that this shit won't get you elected.
I haven’t been a teen for many decades, but I always appreciated the articles I found that were attributed to Teen Vogue, even now in my seventies. There were shining examples of excellent journalism and reading them was always a learning experience. So sad to see that their politics section has been gutted. I hope all of those fine journalists will find homes elsewhere, although too many publishers have become gutless wonders under this regime. So sad to read about what has transpired.
The methodical destruction of Teen Vogue is yet another atrocity in the relentlessly atrocious, definitively ecogenocidal history of capitalism. Two suggested terms for what was done to destroy this vital publication: "Trumpification," as in reduction to glitz-clad emptiness; and "MAGATizing," as in reducing to the lowest possible common denominator of mentality.
It's horrifying to watch the billionaire class exert greater and greater control over the media we see, and media criticism like this is so important - but on this day, I'm going to take some encouragement from Mamdani's election. Because all the big New York media outlets, from the New York Times to the New York Post, were against him from the start, and pulled every dirty trick to try to stop him, but in the end the voters of New York demonstrated an ability to think for themselves. We're not helpless in the face of media manipulation and lying.
People will always find a way to talk to one another about the problems they're facing and come up with good responses to those problems, even if that discussion can't take place on the pages of the billionaire-owned media. They can't stop us.
In particular, smears directed at Mamdani - claiming he's antisemitic simply because he dared to criticize Israel - didn't work. That's important because there are political candidates won't be persuaded by the argument that such lying is morally wrong, but they might be persuaded by the practical argument that this shit won't get you elected.
https://theintercept.com/2025/11/04/zohran-mamdani-antisemitism-islamophobic-israel/