MIKALA JAMISON
WRITER • EDITOR • STORYTELLER
(WORK) STORY:
Mikala Jamison is a professional editor and freelance writer who is also a curator of discourse about bodies and body image in the modern era: She publishes the bestselling Substack, Body Type, a two-time Substack Featured Publication, to offer essays and insights on those topics. As a result of her work in Body Type, Mikala is working on her first book; she is represented by Kayla Lightner at Ayesha Pande Literary.
She's worked as a reporter and editor covering stories such as a quadruple murder case, what it's like to rappel down a 31-story building, and the necropsy of a beached whale. She's won two Pennsylvania Newspaper Association awards, and her writing has appeared in The Atlantic, New York Magazine's The Cut, The Washington Post's The Lily, and several D.C.-local publications.
Mikala is also a live storyteller, and has performed all over D.C. and Philadelphia. In 2022 she created and produced The Body Show for the Capital Fringe Festival. It sold out its entire run and was a five-star, "Best of Fringe" pick by DC Theater Arts. The Body Show has been accepted into the festival for the second time in July 2024.
(WRITTEN) STORIES:
Think your parents need therapy? These women convinced their moms to try it out
The Washington Post's The Lily, 2021
How to have a coronavirus-free chat with a friend
The New York Times Smarter Living newsletter, 2020
How the pandemic upsets our sense of place in the D.C. area
Seven Thirty DC, 2020
How local event organizers are working to create consent culture
Washington City Paper, 2019
Does money advice for women actually help?
DAME, 2019
The first holiday without a loved one
The Atlantic, 2018
Please stop asking me to be your open relationship guru
New York Magazine’s The Cut, 2018
I was failing at my relationship with money. Here’s what I did to fix it
The Washington Post’s The Lily, 2018
In the era of #MeToo, conversations about sex are more important than ever
Washington City Paper, 2017
People are getting their loved ones tattooed on them with cremated ashes
PhillyVoice, 2017
What’s it like to be poly in Philadelphia?
Philadelphia City Paper, 2015
Reviewing ‘The Rules’ and its ‘secrets for capturing Mr. Right’ 20 years later
Philadelphia City Paper, 2015
One man’s crusade against the Philly art establishment
Philadelphia City Paper, 2014
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