Mekita Rivas is a multicultural freelance journalist and creative consultant based in Washington, D.C. who primarily covers culture, style, and politics through the lens of gender, race, and ethnicity. She is currently a contributing editor at Cosmopolitan, and was formerly a senior fashion editor at Bustle. Her writing has also been published in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, InStyle, Architectural Digest, Food & Wine, Wine Enthusiast, Refinery29, Teen Vogue, Self, and others.

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