Mikala Jamison is a writer and editor who publishes Body Type, a newsletter about body culture and body image. She is writing her debut nonfiction book, The Forever Project, due out in 2026, and is represented by Kayla Lightner at Ayesha Pande Literary. 

Mikala won two Pennsylvania Newspaper Association awards during her tenure as the arts editor at Philadelphia City Paper, and her body culture writing has also appeared in The Atlantic, The Washington Post, Dazed, and Business Insider. She's offered her insights on podcasts such as Unladylike and Slate's How To! 

 

As a live storyteller, Mikala has performed all over Washington, D.C., and Philadelphia. In 2022 and 2024 she created and produced The Body Show for the Capital Fringe Festival. Both times, it sold out its entire four-show run and was a five-star, "Best of Fringe" pick by DC Theater Arts. 

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Mikala can be reached at mikala dot jamison @ gmail dot com.