#moya bailey

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For the most part, I am not discussed in relationship to the word. On several occasions, I have contacted writers to ask why my contribution to this scholarship have been erased. In casual conversations in social space, I am almost never referenced, even if people do decide to mention Moya's coinage. Most people who know the word have yet to acknowledge how I am involved. While I do not expect anyone to cite my work when discussing their personal experiences with misogynoir in their lives or the lives of people they care about, when these personal experiences become public and/or paid theory, explanation, or analysis of "misogynoir" articles that erase my relationship to this word, then that erasure is also misogynoir.

Trudy in conversation with Professor Moya Bailey

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“Moya Bailey is a black queer feminist scholar, writer, and activist, notable for creating the term Misogynoir, which describes the specific type of discrimination experienced by black women.[1][2] She works with the Octavia E. Butler Legacy Network[3]and is the co-founder of Quirky Black Girls, a collective for black women who do not fit the cultural stereotype.[4]”

Wikipedia.

“Moya Bailey is a scholar of critical race, feminist, and disability studies. Her work focuses on marginalized groups’ use of digital media to promote social justice as acts of self-affirmation and health promotion. She is interested in how race, gender, and sexuality are represented in media and medicine. She currently curates the #transformDH Tumblr initiative in Digital Humanities. She is also the digital alchemist for the Octavia E. Butler Legacy Network.”

Northeastern University.

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For me naming misogynoir was about noting both an historical anti-Black misogyny and a problematic intraracial gender dynamic that had wider implications in popular culture.

Moya Bailey, in conversation with Trudy

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Parallels

I was told cite black women. We are told to cite black women. Sometimes the words and ideas of black women, when cited, become something else. Sometimes the ideas of black women wear out and wear down even though those narratives provide the clues and instructions to imagine the world anew. Often the words and ideas and brillance of black women remain unread. The words and ideas of black women go uncited.

from Worn Down by Katherine McKittrick

For the most part, I am not discussed in relationship to the word. On several occasions, I have contacted writers to ask why my contribution to this scholarship have been erased. In casual conversations in social space, I am almost never referenced, even if people do decide to mention Moya’s coinage. Most people who know the word have yet to acknowledge how I am involved. While I do not expect anyone to cite my work when discussing their personal experiences with misogynoir in their lives or the lives of people they care about, when these personal experiences become public and/or paid theory, explanation, or analysis of “misogynoir” articles that erase my relationship to this word, then that erasure is also misogynoir.

Trudy in conversation with Professor Moya Bailey

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It also became important to me to connect how misogynoir in interpersonal relationships is impacted by misogynoir in mainstream media, which impacts misogynoir and State violence, for example.

Trudy in conversation with Professor Moya Bailey

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MOYA BAILEY // ACTIVIST

“She is an American feminist scholar, writer, and activist. She is noted for coining the term misogynoir, which denotes what Bailey describes as the unique combination of misogyny and anti-black racism experienced by black women. Bailey is an associate professor at Northwestern University.”

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Who Is Moya Bailey And What Is “Misogynoir?"

Who Is Moya Bailey And What Is “Misogynoir?”

You might be reading the word misogynoir and wonder if it’s a typo, but the term was coined in 2008 by Moya Bailey, an African American feminist, and scholar, with her book, Misogynoir Transformed: Black Women’s Digital Resistance coming out this May. The term uniquely describes the kind of anti-Black racism that Black women face. The topic of misogynoir is deeply important when it comes to the…

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Why should you read Octavia E. Butler?

by Moya Bailey (TED-Ed, 2019)