Lydia Wei

I'm a writer based in San Francisco. My nonfiction has appeared in The Guardian, Dazed, Pitchfork, Paste, and elsewhere. My fiction has appeared in The Rumpus.

Send me an email or find me on Instagram.

Here's some of my writing + find some of my events below.

Selected nonfiction

• Review of Fcukers, Ö, Pitchfork

• Slayyyter profile, Paste

• Namasenda profile, Paste

• "Designer Sofía Abadi is creating a hyper-femme world", Dazed

• Review of AG Cook at Brooklyn Paramount, The Guardian

• “I hate Instagram’s 20-photo carousel", Deez Links: Hate Reads

For a full archive of my Pitchfork writing, check out my contributor page. Artists I've written about include The Hellp, Tiffany Day, Eli, MGNA Crrrta, The Deep, Suzy Sheer, Cannelle, and more.

Fiction

• "THE FEMCEL CATALOG", The Rumpus

Readings, workshops, & even more fun

• UPCOMING WRITING WORKSHOP, 8/27: Writing Towards New Erotics @ Bathers Library Summer Symposium 2026 - more info here & get tickets here

• READING 4/23: "Hate Read Live!" - Georgia Room, New York, NY

 Reach out: lydia.5.wei[at]gmail[dot]com