diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 236123b..c663c1c 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
     "apollo-server-env": "^2.4.3",
     "aws-sdk": "^2.726.0",
     "dataloader": "^2.0.0",
+    "dompurify": "^2.2.0",
     "emotion": "^10.0.27",
     "graphql": "^15.0.0",
     "honeycomb-beeline": "^2.2.0",
@@ -36,6 +37,7 @@
     "react-router-dom": "^5.1.2",
     "react-scripts": "3.4.1",
     "react-transition-group": "^4.3.0",
+    "simple-markdown": "^0.7.2",
     "xmlrpc": "^1.3.2"
   },
   "scripts": {
diff --git a/src/app/UserItemsPage.js b/src/app/UserItemsPage.js
index 0e02447..a9c112c 100644
--- a/src/app/UserItemsPage.js
+++ b/src/app/UserItemsPage.js
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
 import React from "react";
+import { css } from "emotion";
 import { Badge, Box, Center, Wrap, VStack } from "@chakra-ui/core";
 import { CheckIcon, EmailIcon, StarIcon } from "@chakra-ui/icons";
 import gql from "graphql-tag";
 import { useParams } from "react-router-dom";
 import { useQuery } from "@apollo/client";
+import SimpleMarkdown from "simple-markdown";
+import DOMPurify from "dompurify";
 
 import HangerSpinner from "./components/HangerSpinner";
 import { Heading1, Heading2, Heading3 } from "./util";
@@ -35,6 +38,7 @@ function UserItemsPage() {
           closetLists {
             id
             name
+            description
             ownsOrWantsItems
             isDefaultList
             items {
@@ -237,6 +241,11 @@ function ClosetList({ closetList, isCurrentUser, showHeading }) {
           {closetList.name}
         </Heading3>
       )}
+      {closetList.description && (
+        <Box marginBottom="2">
+          <MarkdownAndSafeHTML>{closetList.description}</MarkdownAndSafeHTML>
+        </Box>
+      )}
       {sortedItems.length > 0 ? (
         <ItemCardList>
           {sortedItems.map((item) => (
@@ -264,6 +273,77 @@ function ClosetList({ closetList, isCurrentUser, showHeading }) {
   );
 }
 
+const unsafeMarkdownRules = {
+  autolink: SimpleMarkdown.defaultRules.autolink,
+  br: SimpleMarkdown.defaultRules.br,
+  em: SimpleMarkdown.defaultRules.em,
+  escape: SimpleMarkdown.defaultRules.escape,
+  link: SimpleMarkdown.defaultRules.link,
+  list: SimpleMarkdown.defaultRules.list,
+  newline: SimpleMarkdown.defaultRules.newline,
+  paragraph: SimpleMarkdown.defaultRules.paragraph,
+  strong: SimpleMarkdown.defaultRules.strong,
+  u: SimpleMarkdown.defaultRules.u,
+
+  // DANGER: We override Markdown's `text` rule to _not_ escape HTML. This is
+  // intentional, to allow users to embed some limited HTML. DOMPurify is
+  // responsible for sanitizing the HTML afterward. Do not use these rules
+  // without sanitizing!!
+  text: {
+    ...SimpleMarkdown.defaultRules.text,
+    html: (node) => node.content,
+  },
+};
+const markdownParser = SimpleMarkdown.parserFor(unsafeMarkdownRules);
+const unsafeMarkdownOutput = SimpleMarkdown.htmlFor(
+  SimpleMarkdown.ruleOutput(unsafeMarkdownRules, "html")
+);
+
+function MarkdownAndSafeHTML({ children }) {
+  const htmlAndMarkdown = children;
+
+  const unsafeHtml = unsafeMarkdownOutput(markdownParser(htmlAndMarkdown));
+
+  const sanitizedHtml = DOMPurify.sanitize(unsafeHtml, {
+    ALLOWED_TAGS: [
+      "b",
+      "i",
+      "u",
+      "strong",
+      "em",
+      "a",
+      "p",
+      "div",
+      "br",
+      "ol",
+      "ul",
+      "li",
+    ],
+    ALLOWED_ATTR: ["href", "class"],
+    // URL must either start with an approved host (external link), or with a
+    // slash or hash (internal link).
+    ALLOWED_URI_REGEXP: /^https?:\/\/(impress\.openneo\.net|impress-2020\.openneo\.net|www\.neopets\.com|neopets\.com)\/|^[\/#]/,
+  });
+
+  return (
+    <Box
+      dangerouslySetInnerHTML={{ __html: sanitizedHtml }}
+      className={css`
+        .paragraph,
+        ol,
+        ul {
+          margin-bottom: 1em;
+        }
+
+        ol,
+        ul {
+          margin-left: 2em;
+        }
+      `}
+    ></Box>
+  );
+}
+
 function NeopetsStarIcon(props) {
   // Converted from the Neopets favicon with https://www.vectorizer.io/.
   return (
diff --git a/src/server/types/User.js b/src/server/types/User.js
index bdcfbd6..67072f0 100644
--- a/src/server/types/User.js
+++ b/src/server/types/User.js
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ const typeDefs = gql`
     id: ID!
     name: String
 
+    # A user-customized description. May contain Markdown and limited HTML.
+    description: String
+
     # Whether this is a list of items they own, or items they want.
     ownsOrWantsItems: OwnsOrWants!
 
@@ -158,6 +161,7 @@ const resolvers = {
         .map((closetList) => ({
           id: closetList.id,
           name: closetList.name,
+          description: closetList.description,
           ownsOrWantsItems: closetList.hangersOwned ? "OWNS" : "WANTS",
           isDefaultList: false,
           items: allClosetHangers
@@ -169,6 +173,7 @@ const resolvers = {
         closetListNodes.push({
           id: `user-${id}-default-list-OWNS`,
           name: "Not in a list",
+          description: null,
           ownsOrWantsItems: "OWNS",
           isDefaultList: true,
           items: allClosetHangers
@@ -181,6 +186,7 @@ const resolvers = {
         closetListNodes.push({
           id: `user-${id}-default-list-WANTS`,
           name: "Not in a list",
+          description: null,
           ownsOrWantsItems: "WANTS",
           isDefaultList: true,
           items: allClosetHangers
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 2604300..e897f9d 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -4694,6 +4694,14 @@
     "@types/prop-types" "*"
     csstype "^3.0.2"
 
+"@types/react@>=16.0.0":
+  version "16.9.54"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/react/-/react-16.9.54.tgz#140280c31825287ee74e9da95285b91c5a2e471d"
+  integrity sha512-GhawhYraQZpGFO2hVMArjPrYbnA/6+DS8SubK8IPhhVClmKqANihsRenOm5E0mvqK0m/BKoqVktA1O1+Xvlz9w==
+  dependencies:
+    "@types/prop-types" "*"
+    csstype "^3.0.2"
+
 "@types/reactcss@*":
   version "1.2.3"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/reactcss/-/reactcss-1.2.3.tgz#af28ae11bbb277978b99d04d1eedfd068ca71834"
@@ -8327,6 +8335,11 @@ domhandler@^2.3.0:
   dependencies:
     domelementtype "1"
 
+dompurify@^2.2.0:
+  version "2.2.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/dompurify/-/dompurify-2.2.0.tgz#51d34e76faa38b5d6b4e83a0678530f27fe3965c"
+  integrity sha512-bqFOQ7XRmmozp0VsKdIEe8UwZYxj0yttz7l80GBtBqdVRY48cOpXH2J/CVO7AEkV51qY0EBVXfilec18mdmQ/w==
+
 domutils@1.5.1:
   version "1.5.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/domutils/-/domutils-1.5.1.tgz#dcd8488a26f563d61079e48c9f7b7e32373682cf"
@@ -16302,6 +16315,13 @@ signal-exit@^3.0.0, signal-exit@^3.0.2:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/signal-exit/-/signal-exit-3.0.2.tgz#b5fdc08f1287ea1178628e415e25132b73646c6d"
   integrity sha1-tf3AjxKH6hF4Yo5BXiUTK3NkbG0=
 
+simple-markdown@^0.7.2:
+  version "0.7.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/simple-markdown/-/simple-markdown-0.7.2.tgz#896cc3e3dd9acd068d30e696bce70b0b97655665"
+  integrity sha512-XfCvqqzMyzRj4L7eIxJgGaQ2Gaxr20GhTFMB+1yuY8q3xffjzmOg4Q5tC0kcaJPV42NNUHCQDaRK6jzi3/RhrA==
+  dependencies:
+    "@types/react" ">=16.0.0"
+
 simple-swizzle@^0.2.2:
   version "0.2.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/simple-swizzle/-/simple-swizzle-0.2.2.tgz#a4da6b635ffcccca33f70d17cb92592de95e557a"