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Bella, where have the hell have you been loca?! On post-grad, why I hate the club, pilates, and whatever the hell is going on in the world.

Kayla Miller
Mar 3110 min read
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drake is a loser. but maybe this is a chance for hip-hop (and good men) to prevail?
Kendrick Lamar's love for hip-hop fueling this rap beef illuminates the future possibilities for love, hip-hop, and men in our society.

Kayla Miller
Feb 168 min read
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don’t believe liars.
We shouldn't believe liars. Thoughts on the state of journalism, pathological liars, and the words of Ta-Nehisi Coates on "the lie".

Kayla Miller
Feb 106 min read
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five years of kmworded.
A letter from me to you, the wordies, on kmworded's fifth birthday.

Kayla Miller
Jan 194 min read
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my week with "undrowned" & alexis pauline gumbs
This unreleased piece from 2023 reflects my anxiety and on lessons learned from Alexis Pauline Gumbs’ critically acclaimed book, Undrowned.

Kayla Miller
Jan 98 min read
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we don’t talk anymore.
On the instagram follow to never speaking again pipeline.

Kayla Miller
Jan 35 min read
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okay so, i met angela davis.
A month ago, I had the honor of presenting Dr. Angela Y. Davis with a climate justice award. You know, just a regular Thursday.

Kayla Miller
Dec 23, 20246 min read
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why I'm coming back home after graduation.
So, what can a bougie environmentalist/writer get her hands into in her 20s in New York City? Well friends, I’m excited to find out…

Kayla Miller
Aug 20, 20246 min read
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to vote or not to vote--that is the question.
should you vote in the upcoming election? i can’t answer that for you, but i can tell you some observations i’ve made.

Kayla Miller
Jul 27, 202412 min read
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he's just not that political.
on hinge, moderates, apoliticals, and what we owe to ourselves and community in romance.

Kayla Miller
Jul 13, 20247 min read
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the mourning dove
there’s a bird that comes and sits on the back of my AC and wakes me up with its unforgivable cooing.

Kayla Miller
Jul 7, 20242 min read
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men.
i wish i wasn’t so aware of men all the time as i walk down the street. looking around as if i don’t see them, mouthing the words to the...

Kayla Miller
Jun 26, 20241 min read
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#postyourLs
is my life over because I don't have a summer internship? tune in at 6 to find out!

Kayla Miller
May 30, 20246 min read
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congrats, you're a udall scholar!
I won the Udall Scholarship, a highly competitive scholarship program that identifies leaders in the environmental field.

Kayla Miller
Apr 22, 20246 min read
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target parking lot.
On Black motherhood and why imagining the future as a Black person is a radical act, all from Target's parking lot.

Kayla Miller
Apr 12, 20245 min read
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gold cross necklace
reflecting on christianity in my life. if you’re a christian this might piss you off. if you’re not a christian, this might piss you off.

Kayla Miller
Mar 5, 20247 min read
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when i grow up (the essay)
Alright I know what I want to do but like, maybe I never thought about how. Until now.

Kayla Miller
Jan 29, 20249 min read
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magazines are the future.
Magazines are agents of social change. While many publications have moved digital, I believe that there will be a resurgence in print media.

Kayla Miller
Dec 27, 20235 min read
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some things i've learned as a student organizer so far.
Student organizing has been the backbone of so many movements. Here's what I've learned from my time learning from the best.

Kayla Miller
Dec 3, 202311 min read
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