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Teen Vogue has just been amazing recently.

Some other great pieces:

"What It’s Like to Be a Teen Living in an Immigration Detention Center"

http://www.teenvogue.com/story/teens-living-in-immigration-d...

"How to Run for Your Local School Board"

http://www.teenvogue.com/story/how-to-run-local-school-board

"The TPP: What’s Next for America and the Other 11 Countries"

http://www.teenvogue.com/story/the-tpp-whats-next-for-americ...

And of course the classic, which put Teen Vogue on the radar for a lot of people who wouldn't read it otherwise:

"Donald Trump Is Gaslighting America"

http://www.teenvogue.com/story/donald-trump-is-gaslighting-a...

Mad props to them; they've been putting a lot of other "grown up" news sources to shame. In an ideal society, school should be what ensures teenagers turn into educated, balanced citizens who can contribute healthily to society regardless of their socio economical upbringing; but the US's school system (and many others) seem to have given up on that. Glad that Teen Vogue is trying to do their part.

I agree! The Atlantic ran a story late last year on the changes there.

"In May, 29-year-old Elaine Welteroth took over as editor from Amy Astley, who helped found the magazine in 2003. Welteroth, the digital editorial director Phillip Picardi, and the creative director Marie Suter have moved the magazine more aggressively into covering politics, feminism, identity, and activism."

https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2016/12/te...

I subscribed to Teen Vogue for their investigative journalism.

...Never in a million years did I ever think I would be writing that.

I just checked out what their subscription actually means and I am a little dumbfounded.

- "1 year of Teen Vogue in print and tablet for $5" - nice, that's cheap. But can't I do digital only?

"For delivery to a non-US address, please click here."

- Digital only "All non-US orders" - One year for $9.99

WTF

Ads. The print ad rates are set based on the subscription count. They are a big chunk of the revenue for those subscribers.

Thanks for trying to explain it to me - but I still don't get why I shouldn't find a friend in the US to get the paper issues mailed to them (to throw them away, or read them) and still only pay half of the price.

Probably the same thing as every geo-location access (i.e. Steam prices often equalling 1 USD = 1 EUR) - but I've never seen such a severe disconnect.

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