Kelcie McKenney

Digital Editor

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Kelcie is a writer, editor, and artist passionate about feminism, local activism, queer representation, and strengthening community. As Strategy Director of The Pitch, she writes and edits for Kansas City’s alternative magazine. In her free time, she manages Catcall, a digital magazine focused on women’s issues, which she founded in 2015. Kelcie advocates for more vulnerability, less catcalls and more cats, body positivity, unlearning white feminism, and Mildred’s breakfast sandwiches.

Articles

AAPI Heritage Month with Cafe Cà Phê: Saranya Tosriprasert

AAPI Heritage Month with Cafe Cà Phê: Phon Wills

AAPI Heritage Month with Cafe Cà Phê: Travis Young

AAPI Heritage Month with Cafe Cà Phê: Maddy Best

AAPI Heritage Month with Cafe Cà Phê: Madoka Koguchi

AAPI Heritage Month with Cafe Cà Phê: Jessica Nguyen

AAPI Heritage Month with Cafe Cà Phê: Chad Barnes

AAPI Heritage Month with Cafe Cà Phê: Bety Le Shackelford

Cafe Cà Phê is creating space for the AAPI community—both behind the counter and in front of it

Best of KC 2020: Justice Gatson is fighting for a better tomorrow

Our first date night out in months, courtesy of the reopened and reimagined XR Cafe

Womxn-run coworking collectives are fueling business development in KC

Trying Boudoir photography on a mission to love myself

Percheron presents the first safe cocktail experience of the summer

Tamara Day is remodeling homes on HGTV and helping us redecorate our own homes at her Growing Days Home store

Tamara Day answers The Pitch Questionnaire

Furious about the murder of George Floyd? Here’s what you can do in KC.

KC artists are being digitally erased

Instagram’s fight against female sexuality is hurting local models, photographers, and our own self-image.

The Pitch releases a digital coloring book, made by over 60 local artists

Behind the curtain at Cirque du Soleil’s KC run of Axel

Andy Goldsworthy’s Walking Wall approaches its final resting place at the Nelson-Atkins

The Pitch is throwing a live wedding on Sunday, and we want you to crash it

The Reale Womxn’s Rally aims to host a more inclusive women’s march

Trans pop star Kim Petras comes to The Truman on Sunday

By Design’s Saturday Market aims to inspire creatives of color in Kansas City

YouTubers Danny Gonzalez and Drew Gooden visit KC Friday on their We Are Two Different People Tour

KCFW: Gabriela Arslanoglu is mixing Peruvian textiles with modern styles in Saturday’s KC Fashion Week show

KCFW: Pamela Lucas on runway looks and classroom tips

KCFW: Sarah Wilson Knitwear on what it means to be The Sexy Knitter

Kansas City Fashion Week is back for its sixteenth season. We spoke with Jazmin Ayala, one of this season’s new designers.

Bedroom fails and ’90s rap: Bad in Bed Live is at RecordBar all weekend

At midtown’s Whiskers Cat Café, the future is feline

We talked to David Harbour — Chief Hopper on Netflix’s Stranger Things — about his visit to KC and what to expect from Season Three