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Candace McDuffie is a Boston-based music and pop culture writer. Her work has been featured in publications such as Glamour, Paper, Entertainment Weekly, WBUR, Teen Vogue, DJBooth, Forbes, Marie Claire, Bandcamp, and Vibe, among others.

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Joseph Knoop is a gaming writer for Daily Dot, a native Chicagoan, and a slave to all things Overwatch. He co-founded the college geek culture outlet ByteBSU, then interned at Game Informer, and now writes for a bunch websites his parents have never heard of.

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Austin Powell is the former managing editor of the Daily Dot. His work focuses on the intersection of entertainment and technology. He previously served as a music columnist for the Austin Chronicle and is the co-author of The Austin Chronicle Music Anthology.

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