Teen Vogue Staff Rebuke New EIC Alexi McCammond Over Past Anti-Asian Tweets
More than 20 staffers sent a letter to Condé Nast management about the hiring of McCammond, a former Axios political reporterJ. Clara Chan | March 8, 2021 @ 5:08 PM
Last Updated: March 8, 2021 @ 6:59 PM
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More than 20 Teen Vogue staffers sent a letter to Condé Nast management to rebuke the recent hiring of Alexi McCammond as the magazine’s new editor in chief in light of her “past racist and homophobic tweets,” according to a statement shared Monday on social media.
“As more than 20 members of the staff of Teen Vogue, we’ve built our outlet’s reputation as a voice for justice and change–we take immense pride in our work and in creating an inclusive environment. That’s why we have written a letter to management at Condé Nast about the recent hire of Alexi McCammond as our new editor-in-chief in light of her past racist and homophobic tweets,” the staff members said in a statement on Monday. “We’ve heard the concerns of our readers, and we stand with you. In a moment of historically high anti-Asian violence and amid the on-going struggles of the LGBTQ community, we as the staff of Teen Vogue fully reject those sentiments. We are hopeful that an internal conversation will prove fruitful in maintaining the integrity granted to us by our audience.”