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MIKALA JAMISON
WRITER • EDITOR • STORYTELLER
(LIFE) STORY:
Read my newsletter about body image/body anxiety/body change: bodytype.substack.com.
Mikala Jamison is a freelance writer in the D.C. area. She's worked as a reporter and editor [see LinkedIn], 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 .
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. She's working on an essay collection about body image.
Mikala is also a live storyteller, and has performed for First Person Arts in Philadelphia and for Story District, Health's Angels, Perfect Liars Club, and Smut Slam in D.C.
(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
A local cigar box juggler's eccentric, imperfect act finds an audience
Washington City Paper, 2020
DC distilleries are DIY-ing hand sanitizer
DCist, 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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