Inspired. Inspiring.
Insatiably Curious.
Revelist is a mobile-first media publication delivering quality content to millennial women. From fashion and beauty inspiration (no matter your size), to sex and relationship advice, to smart and savvy breaking news and personal essays, our mission is to create a digital support system for women everywhere, whether that means uplifting your mood, making your life easier, or presenting you with fresh perspectives.
Revelist surfaces the things you want to know and the things you never knew existed — with lots of LOLs in between.
meet our team
April Walloga
Co-Founder & Editorial/Video Director
Prior to cofounding Revelist, April edited Business Insider's lifestyle vertical and was the managing editor of Jane Pratt’s beauty site, xoVain. She is passionate about uplifting women everywhere in ways big and small. Her heroes are Nora Ephron and Don Draper.
Mandy Velez
Co-Founder & Editorial Director, News & Identity
Mandy comes to Revelist by way of A Plus, a media company founded by Ashton Kutcher, and The Huffington Post. She's also written about issues pertaining to women for Refinery29, Cosmopolitan.com, Latina.com, and Harvard’s Nieman Journalism Lab, usually with TMI anecdotes from her personal life. When she's not in the newsroom or fighting social injustice, you can find her with her pet bunnies, deciding between the Crema or Valencia Insta filter.
Kirthana Ramisetti
Co-Founder & Editorial Director, Entertainment
Prior to joining Revelist, Kirthana covered entertainment for the New York Daily News. She has also written about pop culture for Entertainment Weekly, The Wall Street Journal, Newsday and TheAtlantic.com. Her favorite pop culture trend is the revival of '90s TV shows, even though she feels she'll come to regret this.
Alle Connell
Senior Editor, Beauty & Fashion
Originally from Perth, Western Australia, Alle comes to Revelist by way of xoVain, Daily Makeover, and StyleCaster. She has dedicated her life to truth, justice, and perfect lipstick. Alle lives in Brooklyn with her boyfriend and dog, and kindly invites you to get on her level.
Evette Dionne
Senior Editor, News & Identity
Evette Dionne is Revelist's senior news and identity editor. She is a Black Feminist culture writer, editor, and scholar. Her work on race, feminism, and popular culture has been published in multiple publications, including the New York Times, Bitch Magazine, and Refinery29.
Logan Tittle
Senior Video Editor
Before Revelist, Logan was a host and producer for The Huffington Post's video network. Now as Senior Video Editor (she was told 'Grand Master' wasn't an option) she's happy getting to tell entertaining and impactful stories through moving pictures. She's thrilled to be talking to women about women in an empowering way. She's also very happy about bacon.
Shaunna Murphy
Senior Editor, Entertainment
Shaunna Murphy is a Brooklyn-based TV (and sometimes movies!) reporter and editor. Prior to joining the Revelist squad, she was an entertainment editor for MTV News. She got her start at Entertainment Weekly's bustling Los Angeles bureau, and usually spends her free time taking boxing lessons, thinking about "Vanderpump Rules," and trying to get Pottermore to sort her out of Gryffindor and back into Slytherin where she knows she belongs.
Mel Stanger
Senior Editor, Lifestyle
Melissa "Mel" Stanger wrote for Levo League and Business Insider before joining Revelist as the senior lifestyle reporter. She covers sex and dating, travel, and food and drink, and is especially devoted to getting more women interested in (and drinking!) craft beer. In her spare time, she volunteers with female writers' mentoring organization Girls Write Now. A graduate of Sarah Lawrence College, Mel currently lives in Brooklyn.
Lauren Gordon
Managing Editor
Lauren Gordon got her start as the assistant editor at a local publication in her hometown of Philadelphia called Philadelphia Row Home Magazine. It was there she quickly discovered her love of food and writing. After taking the leap to NYC, she began working at The Daily Meal as the Entertain Editor, and she eventually took on the role of Managing Editor. Lauren loves to write about body positivity, puppies, people and of course food. She has an intense amount of Philly pride and can often be found on her couch in Brooklyn crafting.
Rachel Paoletta
Reporter, News & Identity
Before becoming a News and Identities reporter at Revelist, Rae Paoletta was a writer at MTV News, covering social justice and politics. She worked at NBC and National Geographic Channels during her time at NYU, where she majored in history. A native Long Islander, Rae is a life-long Billy Joel fan and general music enthusiast.
Emily Shugerman
News & Identity Reporter
Originally from Seattle, Washington, Emily came to Revelist by way of Ms. Magazine. She is a proud graduate of Occidental College and former editor-in-chief of The Occidental Weekly. Her favorite topics include politics, feminism, and mental health. She’s also very, very down to write a review of any vegan food you want to send her way.
Jessica Torres
Reporter, Fashion
Jessica Torres is a plus-size blogger, body positive advocate, and stylist. A journalism graduate of New York's Lehman College, her mission is to help fuel the worldwide body acceptance movement, make plus-size fashion fun, and look super edgy while doing it.
Brittany Fowler
Assistant Producer
Brittany started her professional career in the PR industry as an account coordinator for fashion and beauty clients. After reaffirming editorial was her true passion, she interned for Business Insider's lifestyle vertical and then landed at Revelist as thier lifestyle intern. Many studio hours later earned her the assistant producer role. When Brittany isn't filming or photographing you can find her either lifting weights or wine glasses. Or eating cheese.
Victoria McNally
Entertainment Reporter
Victoria McNally is a giant nerd, which is useful in her career as an entertainment reporter. She got her start as a writer at Geekosystem/The Mary Sue and now comes to Revelist by way of MTV News. You can also find her past work at publications like Fuse, Blastr, and Den Of Geek. She hates the DC vs. Marvel debate (although if she had to pick one it would be Marvel, sorry Batman), and has more opinions about Sailor Moon than you would probably care to hear expressed aloud.
Christina Drill
Entertainment Reporter
Christina Drill is Revelist's entertainment reporter focusing on pop music, celebrity, and internet things. Her non-fiction has appeared online at New York Magazine, Salon, Narratively, and Fusion, among other places, and her chapbook of poetry was published by Five/Quarterly in 2014. Before Revelist, Christina worked at Girls Write Now managing the Digital Media Mentoring program, and before that, she taught creative writing workshops at Writopia Lab. Christina is a die-hard Beyoncé fan, and knows every single Nicki Minaj verse ever recorded by heart.