Peyton Dix

Peyton Dix
Peyton Dix stands in front of a step and repeat. She has brown skin and long chestnut boho braids. She is wearing a knit camisole and a long ivory skirt.
Dix at Essence Festival 2025
Born
Los Angeles, California, USA
Alma materEmerson College
OccupationsWriter, social media strategist, podcaster
Years active2016–present

Peyton Dix is an American writer, social media strategist, and podcaster. She worked for The Outline, Paper, InStyle, and MAC Cosmetics in social strategy. Dix co-hosts the podcast Lemme Say This with Hunter Harris.

Life and career

Dix was born and raised in Baldwin Hills, Los Angeles.[1] She received her bachelor's degree from Emerson College, where she met her best friend and later collaborator, Hunter Harris.[2] At Harris' encouragement she started a fashion column for the student newspaper.[3]

Dix's first professional writing and social media job was at The Outline.[2][4] She went on to work in social media at Paper and later became the head social media editor.[3] Dix next worked at InStyle as a special projects editor.[3] She briefly left media to work at MAC Cosmetics as a global social director, before becoming a full-time freelancer.[5][3]

In May 2024 she and writer Hunter Harris launched the pop culture podcast Lemme Say This on Wondery.[3][6] The podcast went on hiatus in October 2025 until it was relaunched in April 2026 by President Barack and Michelle Obamas' Higher Ground Productions media company.[6] In June 2026 Dix and Harris interviewed Michelle Obama on the podcast.[7]

Dix has resided in Brooklyn since 2016.[3] She is queer.[1] She wrote a piece for Vogue about how she considers her queer identity in relation to her lesbian grandmother.[8]

References

  1. 1 2 Jelly, Spread the (2025-05-28). "Getting Sticky with Peyton Dix and Alisha Keyes". Spread the Jelly. Retrieved 2026-06-06.
  2. 1 2 "Social Media Strategist Peyton Dix Wants To Be The Rihanna Of Her Own Life". Into The Gloss. Retrieved 2026-06-06.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Why Hunter Harris and Peyton Dix Recommend Quitting Your Dream Job". ELLE. 2024-07-31. Retrieved 2026-06-05.
  4. ↑ John, Sarah (2025-02-13). "Writer and social strategist Peyton Dix on the value of peer pressure – The Creative Independent". thecreativeindependent.com. Retrieved 2026-06-05.
  5. ↑ Cuby, Michael. "Peyton Dix Is Starting Her Solo Act". Byline. Retrieved 2026-06-06.
  6. 1 2 Spangler, Todd (2026-04-20). "'Lemme Say This' Pop-Culture Podcast Is Returning Under Pact With Obamas' Higher Ground (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 2026-06-05.
  7. ↑ Kurtz, Judy (2026-06-02). "Michelle Obama says she 'could not be a Real Housewife,' but Andy Cohen offers 'open invitation' to reunion shows". The Hill.
  8. ↑ Rivera-Amin, Lakshmi (2026-06-04). "Required Reading". Hyperallergic. Retrieved 2026-06-06.
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