Penda Smith (she/her)

Sex+ Editor

Things I love: my family, friends, smoothies with strawberries, blueberries, bananas, and matcha, sleeping in, reading, writing, lavender scented candles, jill scott's "the way", cats, bubble baths, dancing, deep tissue massages, nature grazing, stretching, soul food, and world-building spaces where pleasure can live.

Favorite writers: Audre Lorde, Aurielle Marie, Ajanae Dawkins, bell hooks, Brittany Rogers, Carl Phillips, Danez Smith, Imani Davis, Imbola Mbue, I.S Jones, Lucille Clifton, Luther Hughes, Jesmyn Ward, Ross Gay, Tawanda Mulalu, Teju Cole, Toni Morrison, Zora Neale Hurston, and so many more.