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This is my first time ever doing something like this at all.

He knew I loved you guys and he immediately was like, it's them.

And I was like done.

There was like literally no other discussion.

I actually don't know how I'm going to ever do anything like this again because I don't think anything could top it.

Because you're the youngest editor-in-chief in Cosmo history. It's been really amazing. I read Cosmo for so long growing up that I feel very close to the audience. And I feel like I'm making the magazine I want to read, which is really cool. I've been in therapy since I was seven. So I'm like, I'm like very therapists. I think young people today, like I really do hear about how anxious they are and everything I read about the loneliest epidemic. And I really feel for them. And I think the best thing you can do is like find a therapist and it doesn't have to be a perfect one, but just like someone to talk to. And I love like how you guys. It just feels very you and very sacred. and how do we take this like sacred thing you guys have built and let the readers in without also giving them too much?

Like... guys, it just feels very you and very sacred and how do we take this like sacred thing you guys have built and let the readers in without also giving them too much? Like, no, that's literally so true. Taylor and I had the most fun day playing dress up. I don't often feel like I am second because Taylor literally will be like, babe, you're a celebrity. I'm like, honey, you are the celebrity. I am not, but thank you. I love you. But that's how he makes me feel. With this, I really just felt so loved and heard and seen throughout the whole shoot, throughout the whole interview. Taylor and I were reading it. We were like, oh my gosh, like, this is amazing. In love with it all. And how you were like, no, they're going to be equal parts to and Taylor in this. It's just like super important.

Hello, you cute little lemon drops. Welcome back to a very special bonus episode of The Squeeze. I'm so excited about this one because this combo goes hand in hand with Taylor and I's Cosmo interview that we did. In case you guys missed it, we have been posting it all of our social media and we'll continue to post it because I am just literally obsessed with

everything about this shoot. But this is our first ever cover story. It's my first time ever in

print, which is so exciting. This edition is now on stands and available.

I'm so excited to go to my nearest newsstand and grab one because I'm going to buy all of them.

It's truly so exciting. But this episode, we have Willa Bennett on, and she's the editor-in-chief

of Cosmopolitan and 17.

Willa is a media executive editor and cultural commentator best known for redefining legacy

magazines for a new generation. She actually began her career at 17, where she helped launch

its first ever queer vertical before moving into digital audience and social strategy

roles at bustle and GQ, becoming the first woman to lead GQ's social media strategy.

She later served as editor-in-chief at high snobiety, earning industry recognition for blending

culture, fashion, and digital commerce, and in 2024, was appointed editor-in-chief

of Cosmopolitan and 17. What is so cool about Willa Story is that she is actually the youngest

editor-in-chief in Cosmopolitan history. She's known for her sharp editorial point-of-view,

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