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Teen Vogue editor-in-chief Alexi McCammond is parting ways with the publication. - Staff at the magazine condemned tweets mocking Asians McCammond posted in 2011.
- Ulta Beauty $4 at Condé Nast due to the fallout from McCammond's tweets.
Alexi McCammond, Teen Vogue's incoming editor-in-chief, has parted ways with the publication after backlash from staff about years-old tweets.
"My past tweets have overshadowed the work I've done to highlight the people and issues that I care about - issues that Teen Vogue has worked tirelessly to share with the world - and so Condé Nast and I have decided to part ways," McCammond said on Twitter.
Her move to the Condé Naste-owned magazine from Axios was announced earlier in March. $4 first reported on her resignation.
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On March 8, 20 members of Teen Vogue's staff issued a $4 condemning "racist and homophobic" tweets McCammond sent in 2011. One tweet read: "Now googling how to not wake up with swollen, asian eyes…," according to $4.
McCammond previously issued a public and internal apology for using hurtful and "inexcusable" language on March 10, but still referred to herself as the incoming editor-in-chief of Teen Vogue.
Makeup retailer Ulta Beauty $4 at Condé Nast due to the fallout from McCammond's tweets.
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McCammond's tweets mocking Asians resurfaced during a surge of
Anti-Asian hate crimes increased by 150% in 2020 from the year prior, according to an $4 at California State University, San Bernardino. $4 said the "alarming" level of anti-Asian hate crimes could stem from former President Donald Trump's legitimization of xenophobic attacks, such as calling COVID-19 the "China virus."
Six Asian women $4 on March 17 during a shooting of an Atlanta-area massage parlor.
Condé Nast was not immediately available for additional comment.