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Alani Vargas

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As seen in: Parade, Parade Magazine, The Arena Group, IMDb, MSN, MSN Canada, Yahoo Entertainment, Yahoo Life, Business Insider, MSN India, MSN South Africa, Yahoo Canada, Yahoo News and
Covers:  Lifestyle (sex and relationships, wellness, trends, makeup, internet, culture, etc.) and entertainment (pop culture, fandoms, television, movies, LGBTQ, and more)
Doesn't Cover: Diet fads, dieting, fashion
Senior Editor, Lifestyle @parademagazine • @dorianawards member 🎙 @heroesofgalaxy @SeriouslyCallMe 🌈 Mean Lesbian Union Prez (she/her)

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Alani is a journalist and is the Associate Editor, Lifestyle at Parade.

She graduated from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism in 2018. She was recently freelancing full-time, contributing to The Daily Beast, Static Media, The Chicago Reader, and INTO. She also attended the 2023 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, UT with the Sundance Institute's Press Inclusion Initiative, writing film reviews for The Playlist.

In the past, she's contributed to The A.V. Club, writing for t…

Alani Vargas’s Journalist Portfolio

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How It Feels to Get a Bariatric Surgery Referral

How It Feels to Get a Bariatric Surgery Referral

One of Alani's latest freelance pieces and it's for Vogue.com.

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The "Fear Street" Trilogy Refuses to Bury Its Gays

The "Fear Street" Trilogy Refuses to Bury Its Gays

Alani's latest freelance piece and this one's for Bitch Media. It's about the tropes the 'Fear Street' trilog…

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Halloween Is the Gayest Holiday - and Everyone Is Finally Catching Up

Halloween Is the Gayest Holiday - and Everyone Is Finally Catching Up

I was doing my typical TikTok scroll one day, and the sound of Jessica Lange's infamous voice saying, "That's…

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In "You" Season 3, Love Quinn's Storyline Is a Missed Opportunity

In "You" Season 3, Love Quinn's Storyline Is a Missed Opportunity

This article contains spoilers for Season 3 of the Netflix series You. If someone presented an elevator pitch…

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Gordon Allport's Insight: How Laughter Helps Us Navigate Life's Challenges

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By Alani Vargas Verified
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Powered by Yahoo Scout. Yahoo is using AI to generate key points from this article. This means the info may not always match what’s in the article. Reporting mistakes helps us improve the experience. Key takeaways Powered by Yahoo Scout. Yahoo is using AI to generate key points from this article. This means the info may not always match what’s in the article. Reporting mistakes helps us improve the experience. While he might not be a household name, Gordon W.
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Quote of the Day: Psychologist Gordon Allport on Humor Being the Best Way To Fight Life’s ‘Tangles’—‘We Have No Appropriate Sword Other Than Laughter’

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Allport was a founding figure in personality psychology, taking an opposite approach to Freud’s. Bettmann / Getty Images While he might not be a household name, Gordon W. Allport was a significant figure in the field of psychology.
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Quote of the Day: Jane Austen on Being ‘Proud Without Being Vain’—‘Pride Relates More to Our Opinion of Ourselves’ Original

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Today’s quote comes from the 19th-century writer of ‘Pride and Prejudice.’ Hulton Archive/Getty Images Probably one of the most well-known female authors of all time—or just authors in general, if we’re being honest—Jane Austen left her mark on literature and history through her witty and revolutionary novels portraying normal people in everyday life. As Britannica reported, she was one of the first to write novels with “distinctly modern character[s]” in this way.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

Life writer for Elite Daily

Who's your favorite fictional journalist?

Kara Danvers (I love Melissa Benoist's Supergirl)

Who do you wish followed you?

Victoria Pedretti? Not sure.
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