Brittany Wong

@brittanylwong

Senior lifestyle reporter @HuffPost. LA native. Follow me at Bluesky https://bsky.app/profile/brittanywong.huffpost.com [email protected]

Los Angeles, California

Joined May 2010

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Brittany Wong@brittanylwong · Dec 13

Hi friends! I'm more active on Bluesky these days --> bsky.app/profile/britta…

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Brittany Wong@brittanylwong · Jul 17

Wrote about celebrities' newfound transparency about plastic surgery and whether or not it's elevating beauty standards even further into a class issue. As the online saying goes, "you're not ugly, just poor." huffpost.com/entry/celebrit…

brittanylwong's tweet card. People are applauding celebs' newfound transparency about plastic surgery. Here's what's missing from the conversation.

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Brittany Wong@brittanylwong · 19 h

“This person ― the flying monkey ― is unfortunately triangulated into communicating with the targeted person. You see narcissist mothers sending their husbands to communicate with an estranged son, in the hopes that the dad will get the son to re-engage” huffpost.com/entry/narcissi…

brittanylwong's tweet card. Every good narc has their wingman. Here's how you can identify them.

Brittany Wong@brittanylwong · Jul 22

I may have written this but I'm still going to eat nighttime cheese. huffpost.com/entry/nightmar…

brittanylwong's tweet card. You might find this study a little grating.

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Brittany Wong@brittanylwong · Jul 16

City dwellers are just as American as those who reside in more rural areas. 80% of Americans live in or around a city. So what’s the deal with conservatives maligning cities so hard? My story today: huffpost.com/entry/trump-ag…

brittanylwong's tweet card. City dwellers are just as American as those who reside in more rural areas. Here’s why conservative politicians trash-talk them, according to political scientists.

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Brittany Wong@brittanylwong · Jul 9

Wrote about the "Love Island" Cierra exit drama, how weird it is that people don't realize "ch*nk" is a slur, and why that might be huffpost.com/entry/love-isl…

brittanylwong's tweet card. Cierra on "Love Island USA" learned the hard way that it was a slur when she was booted off the island this week.

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Brittany Wong@brittanylwong · Jul 8

When the president calls alligators “cops” and jokes that the animals are cheaper than hiring guards, he’s turning state cruelty into entertainment and making ICE officers’ work more palpable to the public. huffpost.com/entry/alligato…

brittanylwong's tweet card. "No, we’re not calling it Alligator Alcatraz. It’s a Florida concentration camp," one prominent copy editor said.

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Brittany Wong@brittanylwong · Jun 18

I spoke to Jen Hamilton about her viral video that compares Trump policies with Jesus' teachings. “I’m not trying to turn everyone liberal, I’m just trying to create a moment of pause for people who feel deeply entrenched in MAGA." huffpost.com/entry/viral-vi…

brittanylwong's tweet card. “As a Christian, I don't think you can be both MAGA and Christian,” one person wrote in the comments of the video.

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Brittany Wong@brittanylwong · Jun 13

If you're in the 'Dead Dad Club,' consider this your permission slip to feel whatever you want to feel this weekend: Sadness over the loss, joy that he was in your life for however briefly, envy toward friends who still have their dads, absolutely nothing huffpost.com/entry/how-to-g…

brittanylwong's tweet card. Here's how to deal with Father's Day if you're part of the "Sad, No Dad Club."

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Brittany Wong@brittanylwong · Jun 12

They're traumatic for everyone but I know my Latino friends are finding these ICE raids over the last week extra traumatic. I spoke to therapists who work with in Latino communities about collective trauma and how to process anxiety, sadness and fear. huffpost.com/entry/trauma-i…

brittanylwong's tweet card. If you're an immigrant — and most of us in this country are — it's hard not to feel anxiety and sadness about what's happening. We asked therapists for self-care advice.

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Brittany Wong@brittanylwong · Jun 12

Happy Loving Day! 58 years ago today, Mildred and Richard Loving -- a couple from Virginia -- won a historic legal battle in the Supreme Court to end state bans on interracial marriage. huffpost.com/entry/20-photo…

brittanylwong's tweet card. It's been 58 years since Loving v. Virginia, the Supreme Court case that ended racial discrimination for marriage.

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Akbar Shahid Ahmed@AkbarSAhmed · Jun 11

"What flag they’ll bring to the function probably isn’t top of mind for most people at these protests. 'These folks are out there trying to keep their families & friends from being illegally kidnapped by a secretive federal agency'" Vital @brittanylwong: huffpost.com/entry/mexican-…

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Brittany Wong@brittanylwong · Jun 11

“Who gets to tell oppressed people how to resist their oppression?” @HuffPost story on Mexican flags at LA protests by @brittanylwong 🇲🇽🇺🇸

BBrittany Wong@brittanylwong · Jun 11

What flag they’ll bring to the function probably isn’t top of mind for most people at these protests. “More than anything, these folks are out there trying to keep their families and friends from being illegally kidnapped by a secretive federal agency." huffpost.com/entry/mexican-…

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