Yaniya Lee's programming-related essay Glitch and Figure is a VTape publication and a continuation of Lee's research into Black film and video practices.

The essay discusses the importance of BIPOC vision and the unwillingness of white communities to participate in dialogues regarding race and queerness. Lee outlines the struggle of Black artists in their pursuit of the arts through white-owned institutions and organizations that refuse to speak their language.

Through the work of Buseje Bailey and ariella tai, Lee follows how mainstream whiteness affects beauty standards, voices, artistic practice, and the way we view gender and sexuality through glitch aesthetics.