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  • Are You There God? It’s Me, Kylee—Back Again in Fetal Position

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    Kylee Kallick

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    There is a foreign object in my body and I have been in indescribable pain for the past four weeks.  This is a pain that overcomes even the strongest Ibuprofen dosages, a pain where all you can do is lay in a fetal position, moan and groan, and wonder how medically preventable this all would be if men were the ones with a uterus. I’ve scoured the internet trying to determine if my inability to do anything other than moan and groan would be classified as ‘severe,’ but am left only with fears of medical emergencies and self-diagnosis floating around…

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  • BeachLife: Redondo Beach’s Best-Kept Secret

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    Kylee Kallick

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    Redondo Beach, California doesn’t get a lot of love daily. When the BeachLife Music Festival rolls into town every year, though, setting up camp in our beloved Seaside Lagoon, Redondo Beach earns the love it deserves. 

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  • An Explanation

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    Kylee Kallick

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    “What’s your blog about?” That question stopped me in my tracks after a lengthy discussion with a British hostelmate prior to going out to the club Fucking Mondays in Madrid (It was Monday!—although technically Tuesday at that point). Despite our conversation following a path of hazing stories, questioning if God was real, and then taking a slightly misogynistic turn while talking about ‘body count,’ it was that question that stopped me in my tracks.  What is my blog about?  Transparently, that question has haunted me before. But now it was troubling even my most entrepreneurial spirits—I had passed out only…

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