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A headshot of J. Wortham. Their face is squished in between marigold flowers. They have glowing brown skin and glasses. They are smiling widely.

Season 3: Bonus Episode

J Wortham

J Wortham

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Bonus episode! This special episode was recorded live this summer at the 2023 BlackStar Film Festival. Maori and guest co-host, multimedia artist, Rashid Zakat interviewed NYT Magazine writer and community care worker J Wortham. The three discussed technology beyond screens and devices, the safe space created at Beyoncé’s Renaissance Tour, and J’s forthcoming book, Work of Body. And get ready for lots of astrology talk!
A headshot of J. Wortham. Their face is squished in between marigold flowers. They have glowing brown skin and glasses. They are smiling widely.

J Wortham (they/them) is a sound healer, reiki practitioner, herbalist, and community care worker oriented towards healing justice and liberation.

 

J is also a staff writer for The New York Times Magazine, and co-host of the podcast ‘Still Processing,’ They occasionally publish thoughts on culture, technology and wellness in a newsletter.

 

J is the proud editor of the visual anthology “Black Futures,” a 2020 Editor’s choice by The New York Times Book Review, along with Kimberly Drew, from One World. J is also currently working on a book about the body and dissociation for Penguin Press. J mostly lives and works on stolen Munsee Lenape land, now known as Brooklyn, New York, and is committed to decolonization as a way of life.

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