The liberal circular firing squad continues.
The time, Cancel Culture came for Alexi McCammond, the new editor of Teen Vogue magazine. Yes, Teen Vogue.
McCammond, a former reporter for Axios, was hired on March 5 as the magazine’s news editor. By Monday, she had been hauled before the tribunal of political correctness.
Her staff apparently revolted after discovering tweets McCammond posted in 2011 that they considered, well, revolting.
Back then she wrote stuff like, “now googling how to not wake up with swollen, Asian eyes…”; and complained that one of her teachers was a “stupid Asian” after she got a low grade. The outraged Twitter mob also brought forth tweets in which McCammond used “gay” and “homo” as slurs.
McCammond had apologized for those tweets in 2019.
Ironically, that year McCammond, whose father is black, was featured in an article about black journalists who were complaining that former President Donald Trump was a racist. During an appearance on MSNBC, she whined that it was “an incredibly difficult time to be a person of color, to be a woman of color.”
This week her underlings at Teen Vogue protested that it was an incredibly difficult time to be her employee.
More than 20 of them issued an open letter on March 8 saying, “(W)e’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.”
They further said they had issued a letter to the leaders of Condé Nast, which owns teen Vogue, expressing concern about her “racist and homophobic” tweets.
“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.” They added that they were hopeful that an “internal conversation” would “prove fruitful in maintaining the integrity granted to us by our audience.”
On Tuesday, McCammond apologized again and seemed to have the support of her employers.
An unnamed spokeswoman told NBC News, “Throughout her career, she has dedicated herself to being a champion for marginalized voices. Two years ago she took responsibility for her social media history and apologized.”
But then came Wednesday.
That day, Ulta Beauty, a longtime Teen Vogue advertiser, announced that it was withdrawing an ad purchase reportedly worth seven figures, Breitbart News reported.
“Diversity and inclusion are core values at Ulta Beauty — and always have been,” an Ulta spokesperson said in a statement. “Our current spend with Teen Vogue is paused as we work with Condé Nast to evaluate the situation and determine next steps regarding our partnership.”
Much like Drew Brees seeking redemption after criticism for voicing support for the American flag, McCammond issued another apology.
She expressed regret for the pain she has caused, hope that the staff would her desire for “better, happier, safer days ahead,” and said she would soon produce a plan committed to “uplifting and reflecting the true complexities and beauties” of the Asian-American community.
Suffice to say, if McCammond was a conservative, she’d have already been canned.
But the collapse of the Ulta deal will test how much wokeness the wokest among us can stand in the face of pure market forces.
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