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Kit Warchol

@kitwarchol

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writer of things (LA Times, Food & Wine, ELLE). creative strategist for brands’ things. pilates things, too.
newsletter: @kill___fee.

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take pilates w/me in northeast LA on saturday mornings. details at kitwarcholstudio.com/pilates and linked in bio. everybody; every body welcome. by @kitwarchol

Bought every copy left at the silver lake 7/11. The cashier was confused. But the thrill of a byline — in ink! — in the @latimes weekend edition is indescribable. by @kitwarchol

In 2015, I took a $30,000 pay cut — down to ~$50k in the least affordable city in the U.S., while still paying off student loans — to bet on myself as a creative.

I went into editorial direction at a girlboss-era media platform, then later at women-focused tech startups. That era was exciting and underpaid and exactly what I needed. At night, I freelanced — copywriting, anonymous bylines — whatever made life in Los Angeles work and kept my creative brain buzzing.

By 2018, I hit six figures for the first time (all those freelance clients x a full-time salary finally compounded).

In December 2021, I went fully independent, and in 2022, I out-earned every full-time job I’d ever had. My next few years were the best of my career financially: $140k, $165k, $180k. And the bylines finally matched: Fast Company, Coveteur, Food & Wine, ELLE Magazine.

2025 was humbling, but I still believe that a creative life is worth it. And I’ve found through trial and many errors that you don’t need to sacrifice everything to make a creative living.

Next week, I’m launching a newsletter called KILL FEE about the business of being a career creative.

It’s going to include the strategies + tools I’ve unearthed, the mistakes I’ve made, interviews with curveball creatives who have made it work, and all sorts of other antics.

If you’re also building a creative life and believe that shouldn’t mean missing out on ꩜ actually living that life ꩜ — oh boy, it’s a newsletter for you.

First issue lands May 28. Link in bio to subscribe or, if you’re a fast typer: kill-fee.beehiiv.com/subscribe by @kitwarchol

New article on what happens when the @littlefish_echopark lovebirds @anna_sonenshein and @siqniqqy get married. (Hint: lots of tacos, @quartersheets cake, and friends who have become family.)

These gorgeous film photos by @maddiedeutch.

Link in stories + bio to read. by @kitwarchol

One year of teaching @sapphirepilates.

*not an April fools’ joke. by @kitwarchol

A few more photos just arrived from @linacaro 👼 by @kitwarchol

January 31, 2018. Some years I’ve ignored this date, preferring to remember him on his birthday or literally any other day. But something about this year hits different.

When he died, the local newspaper called him “the loudmouth reporter with a heart of gold.” He was that and also a rad dad. And he would’ve been out in his community yesterday and every day of this year, like every other year, a notebook in hand, fearless (sometimes to a fault) and fighting for the people.

I’m finding that grief doesn’t shrink, let alone vanish, but it does slowly expand to make space for both the memories and what comes after.

Glen spent his life living. Simple as that and also incredibly rare. Seeing these photos reminds me to keep fighting for a life like that.

Plus, he looks like such a baddy with that turquoise pinky ring. by @kitwarchol

one year married. wedding outtakes. sequins. cheeseboards. al pacino at colombo’s. friends, family, olive oil cake. i love this love. 🪩 by @kitwarchol

honey 🌕

santa barbara > paso robles > cambria > madonna inn > los olivos > solvang > santa ynez > los alamos by @kitwarchol

Went to Chicago to meet my new dog niece, eat good food & see some art, architecture, and a collection of miniatures. Learned that you can buy a purebred Monk and that Lake Michigan has natural sand. Glad to be home, though, in my city that won’t back down. ♥️ by @kitwarchol

37 seemed like a nondescript year, but it’s opening up well. Thank you for humoring my Gemini whims. by @kitwarchol

honk if you love Martin. this lil’ aries-texan-martini-slingin’ boy is celebrating another orbit around the sun today. happy bday, my eternal goofball. 🍸 💗 by @kitwarchol