Cover Stories:
Olivia Rodrigo at the Crossroads (Teen Vogue)
Barbie Ferreira: Inside Her Euphoric Rise (them.)
Christopher Briney Insists He Can Be a ‘Piece of Sh*t’ (Teen Vogue)
Sadie Sink Is Ready for It All (Teen Vogue)
A New Generation of Pretty Little Liars Takes on the Horrors of Being a Teenage Girl (Teen Vogue)
Maggie Rogers Is Right on Time (Teen Vogue)
Marsai Martin and Nico Parker (Teen Vogue)
Elle Fanning’s Singing Debut in “Teen Spirit” Was a Lifelong Dream (Teen Vogue)
Danielle Macdonald for Young Hollywood 2019 (Teen Vogue)
Grace VanderWaal on Growing Pains and Figuring Out What She Wants in Her Life (Teen Vogue)
Pop Culture Reporting:
As BTS’s Reach Expands, an Army of Dedicated K-Pop Translators Grows (The New York Times)
How Comic Fans Got Their Faith Back (The Atlantic)
Chappell Roan and Her Fans Might Change Celebrity, Toxic Fan Culture Forever (Teen Vogue)
Ophelia Explained: How Taylor Swift Reimagines Shakespeare and Continues Ophelia’s Legacy (Teen Vogue)
These Musicians Are Reshaping Sound — and Visualizing the Future (Teen Vogue)
Dolly Parton: “Always Keep Something Just For Yourself” (Fast Company)
Underneath Chappell Roan’s Hannah Montana Wig? A Pop Star for the Ages (Teen Vogue)
Vampire Weekend’s Rostam Batmanglij Is Pop’s Secret Ingredient (Fast Company)
Music Festival Lineups Are Still Too Male. Here’s What’s Being Done About It (Teen Vogue)
Dounia Is the Former Plus Size Forever 21 Model Curing Your Musical Boredom (Teen Vogue)
The Bold Type Stars Know the Show Has Some Plot Holes (Teen Vogue)
“The Good Place” Creator Michael Schur Has an Idea of Who’s Going to Make It to Heaven (Esquire)
Julien Baker’s brand of sad rock ‘n’ roll reflects Memphis roots and a self-awareness all her own (Nashville Scene)
This 19-Year-Old Ran a Taylor Swift Fan Account From Inside an Israeli Military Prison (Teen Vogue)
Op-Eds/Essays/Criticism/Reviews:
Switchfoot, Relient K and the Fall of Christian Rock (Nashville Scene)
The Life of a Showgirl Album Review: A Taylor Swift Who Is Unafraid to Fail (Teen Vogue)
Taylor Swift Tortured Poets Department Album Review: Who’s Afraid of Taylor Swift?(Teen Vogue)
Olivia Rodrigo’s “GUTS” Album Isn’t About Girlhood. It’s About What Happens Next (Teen Vogue)
Why Sabrina Carpenter & Chappell Roan’s Pop Stardom Feels So Satisfying (Teen Vogue)
Taylor Swift Midnights Album Review: The Ghosts That Keep Us Up at Night (Teen Vogue)
“Thank U, Next” Is a Theme of Our Political Present, Too (Teen Vogue)
Taylor Swift’s “Miss Americana and the Heartbreak Prince” Is a “Euphoria”-Esque Discussion of Political Life in 2019 (Teen Vogue)
Selena Gomez Is Singing the Same Songs Over and Over, But Aren’t We All? (Teen Vogue)
I Was One Of The First 45 Fans To Hear Lorde’s “Melodrama” (Fast Company)
Taylor Swift Goes Pop, Returns To Singing About Living In a Big Ol’ City (Nashville Scene)
Lana Del Rey’s Honeymoon Is The Lana-iest Record Yet (Bust)
Payless Is the Perfect Store for Large-Footed Ladies Like Me (Racked)
Business/Technology:
How Kylie Jenner Built A Makeup Empire Out Of Her Most Famous Asset (Fast Company)
Inside Bozoma Saint John’s Plan To Steer Uber Forward (Fast Company)
Here’s What It Takes To Win The Grocery Wars (Fast Company)
Hmbldt Gives Medical Marijuana A Dose Of Predictability (Fast Company)
McDonald’s And Taco Bell Are Fighting For Millennials’ Hearts, Wallets, And Stomachs (Fast Company)
Why A Controversial Sex-Ed Advocate Created An App Called Hookup (Fast Company)
Poetry:
“a hearing” and “well really” (The Mantle)
“The Bad Place” (Public Pool)
“Things I’ve Dreamt Since Donald Trump Was Elected President” (Sara Benincasa’s The Stories)
“Auvillar” (One Trick Pony Review)
“A Devotion” (The Phoenix)