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Kailynn Johnson

Kailynn Johnson is a journalist based in Memphis, Tennessee. She is a full-time reporter at the Memphis Flyer, an alt-weekly newspaper. She also freelances for publications including Refinery 29, Bustle, Black Girl Nerds, and more.

Politics

HillmanTok University Is Your Free Crash Course in Black History

Class is in session.
Sexual Health + Identity

This Podcast Brings Rarely Heard Conversations About Abortion to Light

"I think that’s how we think abortion should be talked about – among friends, and it’s just normal."
Culture

Mainstream Culture Villainized Hoochies. Black Women Are Reclaiming Them

“There’s freedom in being able to call yourself something that many people on the outside of the culture might have considered a negative."
Government

Tennessee’s Drag Ban Will Affect the Next Generation of Queer People

Visibility shows young LGBTQ+ people that “all are welcome here,” one drag performer says.