Ancient Greek:
hedone
ἡδονή, hēdonē
Hedone?
She’s the queen of pleasure, the Greek goddess of enjoyment and bliss. The Muse of Delight. She’s about ecstasy and fulfilment and we channel that same energy in everything we do. This is a soft landing, a space that nourishes your body, mind and soul while reclaiming what pleasure means to you.
What we
believe
The erotic is power. Audre Lorde said it and we live by it. Our work is fuelled by Black and Brown feminisms, healers and activists. We move through social justice and pleasure activism to reimagine realities where wellness isn’t an afterthought, it’s the priority.
What we
do
Whatever the fuck we want. Pleasure is holistic and we weave it into everything we create. We educate, empower and hopefully spark something in you that makes you want to invest in your own joy. We listen, we engage and we build solutions shaped by what you need.
Support the community
We are a small platform with a brilliant community, but we are self-funded by our founder. Keen to help us pay our contributors, our South African Sign Language interpreter and fund future projects? Feel free to donate below!
Tshegofatso Senne is a Black, genderqueer feminist who does the most. Much of their work is rooted in pleasure, community, healing and dreaming. They write, research and speak on issues concerning feminism, sexual and reproductive health and pleasure, consent, rape culture, race, intersectional social justice and pop culture. They run their own business, Thembekile Stationery, which creates productivity tools grounded in wellness. They work with young people across the country, hosting workshops focusing on sexual health, pleasure, consent and rape culture as well as kink and BDSM. Their TEDx talk ‘Reimagining BDSM’ takes a look at the tenderness and love that reveals itself in a lifestyle often only seen through an extreme lens.
They are the founder of Hedone.
Support the community
We’re a small but mighty platform powered by an incredible community and right now we’re self-funded. Want to help us pay our contributors, support our South African Sign Language interpreter and make big things happen? Drop us a donation below. Every bit helps!