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Brittney McNamara

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Brittney McNamara is an award-winning journalist who has been reporting on health issues, including mental health, reproductive rights, sexual assault and LGBTQ+ identity since 2014. In her current role as the features director at Teen Vogue, McNamara investigated the #MeToo movement on college campuses; reported on abortion access under the Trump administration; explored how incarceration impacts the mental health of young people; and published a series on various health issues, including bullying and vaccination. Prior to Teen Vogue, McNamara was a newspaper reporter in Massachusetts.

Mental Health

These Internet Stars Read Their Instagram Comments Out Loud — And it Made Them SO Happy

"Aww."
Politics

These 4 Students Have a MESSAGE to Donald Trump About Their Syrian Friends

"He is not our enemy."
Mental Health

This Instagram Totally DEBUNKS Hot Dog Legs

Feel free to post your thighs in any pose on Instagram this summer.
Politics

A 13-Year-Old and 7-Year-Old Were Shot at a School Picnic

They were celebrating the end of the school year.
Mental Health

This Instagrammer Posted Herself in a Bikini to Get Rid of Her Self-Doubt

She's determined to have a good summer.
Politics

Police Killed a Mentally Ill Pregnant Woman After She Called Them to Investigate a Burglary

“What is the reason to use such lethal force?”
Mental Health

Lucy Hale Called Herself Fat on Instagram and People Are NOT Happy

Body-shaming is never OK.
Politics

Muslims Leaving Ramadan Prayer Were Hit by a Van in a Reported Terror Attack

One is dead.
Sexual Health + Identity

THIS Is the First State to Allow Non-Binary Gender on Your Driver's License

During Pride month nonetheless.
Politics

This Is the Last Known Video of The Student Who Was Imprisoned in North Korea

Otto Warmbier is now in a coma.
Politics

Vladimir Putin Just Offered Political Asylum to James Comey

Uhm, what?
Spirituality

Watch Queer Muslims Get Real About Their Faith and Identity

EXTREME(LY QUEER) MUSLIMS is highlighting that intersection.
Health

The Student Just Released From North Korean Prison Has Severe Brain Damage

Potentially as a result of blood not flowing to the brain.
Politics

Democrats Are Suing Trump and Sean Spicer Isn’t Having It

”Partisan politics may be one of the motivations.”
Politics

A Girl Took a MAJOR Exam Just After She Escaped the Massive London Fire

Wow.
Sexual Health + Identity

A Transgender Woman Says She Was Forced to Use a BROOM CLOSET Bathroom at McDonald's

She's suing the company over sexual harassment when she worked there.
Health

People With Albinism Are Being "Hunted" Because of Superstition in Malawi

It's a huge danger.
Politics

These Are The People Who Died in the London Terror Attack

What we know so far.
Politics

A College Student Accused of Stealing Told Police She Did It ... For Research?

Hmm.
Politics

A Republican Congressman Was Shot While Playing Baseball

Aides were hit, too.
Sexual Health + Identity

This Lawsuit Could Reveal How the Trump Administration Investigates Campus Rape

The NWLC wants answers.
Politics

The Trump Administration Just Got Rid of a Rule Protecting TURTLES

And whales.
Politics

Sasha Obama's First Name Is Not Actually Sasha and the Internet Can't Handle It

"I am shooketh."
Sexual Health + Identity

Colton Haynes: "I Lost My Virginity at 13 to a Girl and a Guy"

"I've never said that before."