A virtual gathering hosted by the Lounge. Screenshot courtesy of the Lounge.
The Lounge the membership-based community created by the DC-based newsletter and media group Girls’ Night In is shutting down.
The offshoot will close its virtual platform next week, and will shutter its Slack channel for members today, April 1, wrote GNI founder Alisha Ramos in a March 31 email to subscribers. All members will be refunded fees for any remaining membership cycles.
The Lounge was originally intended to be a way for GNI readers to connect and attend events together IRL, similar to other groups in the area like The Outrage or The Reclaim. The Lounge launched a beta version in 2019, and the plan was to have it officially up and running come 2020.