cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/38501280
Over the years, many who read the news in the USA were surprised to find a magazine, ostensibly for teenagers, became one of the last bastions of mainstream press resistance.
A holdout from the earlier purges at other organizations, it was silenced this week.
I find this noteworthy USA news because it helps chronicle the ongoing collapse of the commercial press in the country.
Teen Vogue has now been folded into Vogue, and all politics reporters, all Black women and all trans people working there were fired on Monday (11/3/25) morning.
That is, none of the people who made Teen Vogue a surprisingly effective civics communication vehicle remain with the magazine.
Hey Americans please educate yourself about “Gleichschaltung der Presse” - it happened in 1930s Germany, too.
This is fascism in action.
EDIT: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gleichschaltung wikipedia entry on the topic
it happened in 1930s Germany, too.
I really wish Americans had more than one data-point for fascism. Preferably something more recent than a century ago.
Apartheid South Africa. Pinochet’s Chile. Hinduvista India. You can even flog the Russians again. But please. I’m begging you. Read literally any other history book. Fascism is not simply When Hitler Happens.
You’re so optimistic! I wish my fellow Americans actually had even one data point. America invented most of the techniques of oppression and tyranny that we exported abroad and renamed fascism. But Foucault and his boomerang have always been correct, it’s just colonialism brought home to recolonize the imperial core.
Americans haven’t read a single history book if they can help it, and proudly so, while the only progress made on oppression has been finding new and ever more complex ways to dissipate and disguise it.
American invented most of the techniques of oppression and tyranny that we exported abroad
So easy to forget that The International Jew was distributed by Ford Motor Company.
Americans haven’t read a single history book if they can help it
We’ve got stacks on stacks of history books. Airports and coffee shops are full of them. But when you’re getting your histories from Sean Hannity and Anne Coulter, of course you’re going to view the world through a kaleidoscope of fascist hysteria.
Apartheid South Africa and Pinochet’s Chile are different methods of oppression, though. South Africa was a post colonial state which declared independence to maintain local laws. Chile was a socialist government overthrown by the military.
I can see using fascist Italy and post Soviet Russia as examples, though.
Especially cause some americans seem to idolize hitler these days, comparing our actions to hitler could speed up the collapse as some republicans want to be like hitler.
This is business in action. (which, in many instances is the same thing)
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The quality of search engines has dramatically declined (or my skills using said search engines 🤷♂️). Everything is coming up German. Would you provide more details about what this is so that I can find resources?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gleichschaltung
I will edit my original post too, apparently there is no fitting translation in English (yet). You’ll probably have a word for it in 20 years then after this period finally comes to an end.
apparently there is no fitting translation in English (yet)
I posit it will be referred to as Project 2025, because at first glance that’s what this reminds me of.
Like Hollywood movies’, it’s a remake of those pre 2nd ww years when fascism and nazism were on the rise. Historians and we can observe first hand how it unfolds transition from democracy.
All black and trans people fired? Sounds like a ripe lawsuit.
What’s the over under on the courts giving a shit after the thousands spent on legal costs?
That is something I did consider and am not exactly hopeful about.
Teen Vogue has been drawing conservative ire for years, and is unfortunately one more casualty in a long firing line of progressive youth publications, especially ones with a liberal view on teen sex education.
These journalists were astoundingly influential to a generation. I hope they end up on another platform so they can continue.
Until then, the well for quality journalism geared toward teens/teen girls is damn near dry, but here are a few (great) dregs:
https://buzzsawmag.org/ - Written, edited and published by students of Ithaca College, in the states. Mostly entertainment and pop culture with some science, politics and teen issues.
https://ourbodiesourselves.org/ - started by feminists in the 1960’s to address the astonishing lack of sexual health education for women. Began as an often-updated print publication, now fully online. Focus is on sexual and reproductive health, includes stories from women around the world. Posts infrequent articles.
https://womensenews.org/ - Independent web publication that reports on stories about women and girls from around the world. Features a “Teen Voices” section.
Teen Vogue was amazing. What a stupid reality to live in
Fashion industry is elitist and racist af. Not a surprise they purged the Black staffers first.
Remember Coco Chanel collaborated with the Nazis, this is a well known and documented fact and she is still venerated by the fashion industry. The only thing unrealistic about The Devil Wears Prada is that the boss wasn’t throwing racist slurs casually around
I hope they consider reforming independently. Value comes from the workers and they were valuable. I’d definitely contribute/pay for them.
I’m an over 50 male and I really liked Teen Vogue. They often presented articles dealing with social justice. I felt as if it gave me a peak into how younger generations are affected and deal with this crazy world.
Here is the last article showing up in my RSS feed: https://www.teenvogue.com/story/amid-snap-benefits-suspension-more-young-people-will-go-hungry
