Patrice Peck
Patrice Peck is a journalist and storyteller whose work centers on amplifying underreported stories, conversations, and ideas at the intersection of race, culture, and identity. She is the former senior opinion editor at Cosmopolitan Magazine and her bylines can be found at The New York Times, The Atlantic, Vogue, ELLE, Wired, and more.
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Latest from Patrice Peck
Isn’t It About Damn Time to Let Lizzo Be?
Lizzo, as a singular superstar, faced impossible expectations going into this year’s Met Gala, which celebrated controversial and infamously fatphobic designer Karl Lagerfeld. But we should remember: She’s a human, not a signpost.
Quinta Brunson Missed the Quiet-Quitting Memo
The hustle never stops for the multi-multi-multi-hyphenate behind Abbott Elementary. For Cosmo’s final issue of the year, we asked the 32-year-old to explain what it takes to succeed in television, why her team calls her the best boss ever, and how she plans to spend her much-deserved winter hiatus.
2022 Midterms Guide: The 7 Key States Where Zillennials Have the Power to Sway the Vote
Party at our place. By which we mean the polls.
What’s It Like to Provide Safe, Illegal Abortions? Ask Jane, a Radical Group That Rewrote the Rules Pre-‘Roe’
Ahead of the new HBO documentary The Janes, three former Janes reunite for the first time in decades for an exclusive conversation with Cosmo, sharing their thoughts on the possible overturn of Roe v. Wade and their faith in millennials and Gen Zers to carry their torch.
In Case It’s Not Obvious, LGBTQ+ Americans *Still* Don’t Have Basic Protections in 29 States
Activist Tanya Asapansa-Johnson Walker believes the historic Equality Act will save lives: “People are falling through the cracks.”
First the Police Failed Lauren Smith-Fields. Then the Media Finished the Job.
The racial disparity in media coverage fuels the falsehood that Black women’s lives are disposable.
