Janicia Francis

Janicia Francis (she/they) is a cultural critic, storyteller and podcast producer from the Bronx. In 2014 they launched the groundbreaking womanist race nerd podcast Tea with Queen and J. creating audio content, live events, and trainings that explore race, class, gender and sexuality through a non-academic queer Black femme lens. They are Senior Producer of Michael Harriot’s comedic, Black History podcast Drapetomaniax: Unshackled History for Pharrell’s Othertone production company, and have produced podcasts in collaboration with Kirk Franklin, Sony Music Entertainment, Bose, and Spotify. Janicia’s mission is to create work that facilitates the dismantling of imperialist white supremacist patriarchal capitalism in all of its forms.