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Jonita Davis is the film critic, writer, and pop culture junkie behind the online publication The Black C.A.P.E. magazine. She is also a published author, English professor, and podcaster. Her latest work is We Gon’ Be Black Today: Exploring Black Nerd Culture, out in 2023 from Chicago Review Press. Twitter:

Amanda Gokee is an Ojibwe journalist reporting on New Hamphsire for The Boston Globe. She is a graduate of Harvard University and received her master’s degree from Dartmouth College. Gokee’s work has appeared in the New Hampshire Bulletin, VTDigger, the Los Angeles Review of Books, and Atlas Obscura. Twitter:

Jenn M. Jackson is a queer androgynous Black woman, abolitionist, lover of all Black people, and assistant professor in Syracuse University’s Department of Political Science. Jackson’s intersectional cultural critique appears regularly in Teen Vogue and elsewhere, and their books Black Women Taught Us and Policing Blackness are forthcoming in 2023. Twitter:

Art Contributors

Arjuna Asa is a conceptual and portrait photographer based in Jakarta, Indonesia. His work explores the intersection of identities, the melancholy of life, and unspeakable emotions. Asa is the photographer and creative director of this issue’s cover art. Instagram: ​​

Creative support for Asa’s cover art included:

Khalik Arif Thahara
Cover Image Art Director and Set Designer

Jihan Nurmaulida and Yulia Permatasari A.
Art Assistants 

Mutia Hanifa
Stylist

Fitria Rahmadani
Makeup Artist

Talula Florist
Floral Art

Hayati Azis
Model (Persona Management)

Eleanor Shakespeare is a photomontage illustrator based in South London. Her work combines photographic ephemera with bold color palettes, handmade textures, and mark-making to suit a wide variety of contexts. She has worked with clients worldwide, including The New York Times, The Guardian, and Time. She lives with her partner, Charlie, and their gray cat, Earl, in a converted Victorian water tower. Instagram:

Dania Wright is a multidisciplinary artist whose work spans illustration, design, glass art, and animation. Her creative practice meets at the intersection of social impact and storytelling. In addition to ´óÏó´«Ã½ Magazine, Wright’s client roster includes Clorox, Southern Poverty Law Center, and Stanford University. She lives in Atlanta with her sassy poodle, Nubia Nzinga Wright. Instagram: