T.S. Mendola is a queer Southern Jewish writer that can’t escape Philadelphia. She’s the editor of the anthology Strange Fire: Jewish Voices from the Pandemic (Ben Yehuda Press, 2021) and writes on abortion, sex, and culture. Find her work at The Rumpus, The Times Literary Supplement, Elle, Eater, LARB, and The Huffington Post, or catch her on Twitter @tsmendola.