F Newsmagazine - The School of the Art Institute of Chicago - Art, Culture, and Politics

Jessica Barrett Sattell

Design & Tech Writer. Web Editor of F Newsmagazine + Arts Journalism Grad Student at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

Cockblock Cat

A comic by Jessica Sattell.

The Singularity is Dear

Cybertwee’s New Form of Feminist Artist Collective

Five Japanese Cats to Follow on Instagram

Our resident ailurophile shares her top picks, in honor of Japanese Cat Day.

Blame Mercury Retrograde

Mercury Retrograde is a perfect time to leave your lover. Here are F Newsmagazine's 12 different ways to break up, all based on obsolete and forgotten constellations.

Beyond Angry Girls and Punk Lyrics

Yoshitomo Nara: Drawings, 1984–2013 shows a previously under-examined aspect of the prolific Japanese artist's work.

Diamond Dogs and Digital Witnesses

St. Vincent sends off the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago's blockbuster show David Bowie Is with a talk on Bowie's influences on her songwriting and performance.

Infographic Literacy

The research and planning processes behind creating infographics go unnoticed when viewers only get to see the finished product. F Newsmagazine takes a closer look at telling stories with raw data.

Gurafiku: Japanese Graphic Design

Ryan Hageman investigates communication at the intersections of language and culture through both his work as a graphic designer and Gurafiku, his website dedicated to collecting examples of Japanese graphic design history from the 1800s to today. The ongoing research project aims to remove the linguistic barriers that keep international audiences from a rich vein of visual culture.

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