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A very cool reason to bop around the English countryside. Thank you to @theoxfordunion for the invitation—it was such an honor.

Life outside 💕

What a ride. I’m hanging up Helen’s heels after 6 years in the job of a lifetime, and in the end, for all the stuff you saw, it’s the invisible parts I loved the most: the brainstorms with so many big brilliant brains, the 3am nights editing features down to the deadline, the exhilarating tightrope walk of balancing the art of the brand/the science of the business. I’m so proud to have been Cosmopolitan’s fifth editor-in-chief and to have contributed a chapter—thanks to the wildly talented team I’ve had the privilege of leading—to its legacy. The beauty of this job is that you get to run headlong into the future with it, and I am thrilled to see where @willahbennett goes. Today is my 38th birthday, and I feel such dazzling gratitude to have been where I’ve been and to think about where I go next. Thanks to all of you who have come along for the ride.

Ashley Park is my fave not just because she’s smart and honest and cool but also because she fought off a ghost to do this interview. Woman after my own heart 👻❤️. (Read it today on Cosmo dot com)

G👀d m👀rning from @dovecameron’s iconic new coverrrr 🕊️

Yes we Cannes (especially when we have new dad of the century holding down the fort 👉👉👉👉👉👉👉👉👉👉📸)

New cover HOT off the presses 💥 Tyla may have risen fast but she is here to stay…and make a statement. See @amberasaly ‘s pics and @elainewelteroth ‘s interview for proof.

I. LOVE. THIS. COVER. @sabrinacarpenter, you’re a dream. 💋

Back at work/in action/to Burt (📸: moms’ night out with @kristenradtke_ )

Last week we named @victoriamonet “the sound of now,” and last night the Grammys agreed with a Best New Artist win. I love what she said to @annabeliwegbue in her cover interview about the nomination, considering she’s been making music since 2009: “I had to wait for this, and when I say wait, I don’t mean sitting on my hands—I had to climb. It’s giving Mount Everest.” Congrats to her and her fellow cover stars, @kimpetras and @kaliuchis, on leading the music industry to where it should go 💪

Our first-ever digital issue with our first-ever 60+ cover star and a first-ever national survey of older women’s sex lives, all to explore what deserves so much more spotlight and celebration than it gets. My undying gratitude to all who participated in this project (@lisarinna! @kinseyinstitute! @horseymfk! @janeseymour!), to @ilovecreatives for building us the coolest UX we’ve ever seen, to @ky_brand for being the perfect launch partner, and most of all to the @cosmopolitan team for characteristically kicking ass. See it all at link in bio 🍑💦

I interviewed @alexandracooper for our new cover(s—there are two! 👉), and my god this woman is fun. Also: holds nothing back. Link in bio to read!