We Need Teen Magazines Again and Not Just for Nostalgia

This week, I was scrolling through Instagram, as usual, when I saw the same two photos of Oke Intunu and Emily Zirimis, taken at different times. They had shared a picture of their IDs at Condé Nast, accompanied by a poignant caption: The end of an era, we’ll miss you Teen Vogue. Not knowing what had happened, I started digging. Condé Nast announced it would merge Teen Vogue with Vogue.com. As a major fashion enthusiast, and with an older sister who used to buy magazines every Wednesday and subscribe to receive them, I realized that today’s youth no longer have magazines to escape reality, or sources tailored to their interests an