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Adria Y. Goldman (Ph.D., Howard University) is Associate Professor of Communication at the University of Mary Washington, co-author of Black Women in Reality Television Docusoaps: Media Depictions and Reflections, and co-editor of "I Gotta Testify: Kanye West, Hip Hop, and the Church" and Black Women and Popular Culture: The Conversation Continues. Joanna L. Jenkins (Ph.D., Howard University) is the Associate Dean of Moore College. She is the author of Black Women and Advertising Ethics: A Womanist Perspective, The Convergence Crisis, and a Ted Talk titled "Reimaging the Advertising Revolution." Andre Nicholson (Ph.D., Howard University) is Associate Professor of Communication at Middle Georgia State University. He has been awarded two grants from the Association of American Colleges and Universities. He was elected to be a Governor's Teaching Fellow for the 2020-2021 academic school year. LaRonda Sanders-Senu (Ph.D., University of Tennessee) is Associate Professor of English at Middle Georgia State University. She is the author of a review of Africa in the American Imagination: Popular Culture, Radicalized Identities, and African Visual Culture by Carol Magee. She was a USG Learning Scholar Nominee in 2018.

LaRonda Sanders-Senu/Adria Y. Goldman: Introduction Clint C. Wilson, II: A Critical Perspective on Issa Rae LaRonda Sanders-Senu: The Pleasure Principle: Seeking the Erotic in the Works of Toni Morrison and Issa Rae Adria Y. Goldman: My Ho-tation, My Rules: Discussing New Sex Scripts for Black Women in insecure Andre Nicholson: "Securely" Shifting the Gaze on Black Men Ronisha W. Browdy: Hued, Humorous and Human: Interrogating the Rhetorical Significance of the "Awkward" in Issa Raes ABG Identity Joshua K. Wright: "Because of Slavery": insecures Due North Narrative and Black Female Agency David Ikard: A Cultural Studies Perspective on Issa Rae Brittany-Rae Gregory/Sharifa Simon-Roberts: Its I-Wood Now: An Exploration of Gentrification in insecure Christian Dotson-Pierson: Hella Black and Hella Proud: How insecure Reshapes the LA Narrative Emily Ruth Rutter: We Got Yall?: insecures Frieda and Issa Raes Cautionary Tales about Performative Allies Christopher K. Jackson: White Liberalism and Woke Culture: Storylines in insecure Vanne-Paige Padgett: We Got Yall: Black Feminism, Misogynoir, and Soul Work in Nonprofits Morgan W. Smalls: insecure, Issa Dee, and Facebook: An Analysis of Black Womens Conversation in Digital Spaces Joanna L. Jenkins: Big Complicated: Advertising, Algorithmic Bias and insecure Summer Jackson-Cole: A Multi-Hyphenated Lifestyle Perspective on Issa Rae Joanna L. Jenkins/Andre Nicholson: Final Thoughts: Walking Into the Next Season Like Appendix A: The Cast of insecure Appendix B: insecure Episode Titles by Season Contributors.