McKenzie Schwark

McKenzie Schwark is a health and wellness writer and editor whose work focuses on chronic illness, sexual education and reproductive rights. Her writing often explores the body through the lens of queerness and illness, and she has argued for sex education that teaches pleasure. For Le Wand’s Pleasure Guide, she wrote about finding pleasure during illness.

She has worked as a breaking news contributor for Teen Vogue’s health and wellness section and as a staff writer at Project Consent, covering sexual assault and consent. Her work has also appeared in SheKnows, Tinder’s Swipe Life, Bitch, BUST, The Rumpus, Catapult and Medium’s Elemental. She has worked as a copywriter and content strategist for menstrual and reproductive health brands, and has taught a Writing Workshops course on writing the queer body.