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Moya Bailey. Quirky Black Girl. Queer Androgyne. 90s R&B Lover. Teacher. Gatherer. Mozzarella Stick Aficionado. linktr.ee/moyabailey

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Moya @moyazb.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Geeked to be in Black Feminist Theories: Transnational Approaches! I have a chapter where I talk about dandelions and misogynoir!
Cover of Black Feminist Theories: Transnational Approaches.  With text above that reads Black Feminism is for Everybody

If you think about race, gender, work, desire, culture, power or freedom, this conversation is for you.
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Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Fam, my friend Ashon Crawley (one of the co-authors of my last book, Read This When Things Fall Apart) was in a freak accident this past week. A piece of weight-lifting equipment at a gym malfunctioned and damaged his legs. Ashon's beloved dog Speckles needs care while he recovers. If you can help:
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Donate to Your favorite internet dog niece needs longterm care, organized by Ashon Crawley
your favorite internet dog niece, speckles, needs longterm b… Ashon Crawley needs your support for Your favorite internet dog niece needs longterm care
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Sarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Chicago area folks I’ll be in your town tomorrow to talk with the always brilliant @moyazb.bsky.social about A SECOND SIGHT at Women & Children First. Would love to see you there
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Book Event: A Second Sight by Sarah J. Jackson
"I have been waiting for a book like this, and I’m so glad it's here." — Clint Smith, author of How the Word is Passed
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Moya @moyazb.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Go see #IsGodIs!!! #KaraYoung is perfection!
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Moya @moyazb.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
It was a time!
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Moya @moyazb.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
Dawn doesn't get to be sore loser. McEnroe's antics were a feature not a bug when he played; Serena was called out everytime she was upset. You know it's #misogynoir when a Black woman does the same thing w/ diffirent consequences. Geno's benevolent patriarchy works until the women aren't his girls
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Moya @moyazb.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
White male privilege is Geno getting to disrepect a Black woman peer on national television as his team lost and have sports media run cover for him. #Misogynoir is Dawn getting critiqued for defending herself and her team from said abuse, all while knowing she could never behave the same way.
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Nina Metz @ninametz.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Yo Chicago ... mark your calendars for this!
Wed, April 22
7pm
Women and Children First
5233 N. Clark St.
Chicago, IL
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 16/12/2025
My friend @moyazb.bsky.social literally wrote the dictionary 😭😭😭 One of the new words in this edition of @merriam-webster.com:
misomy mi-sa-go-me, mi-\ n: a hatred of marriage - misogamist \mi-
'sä-go-mist\ " {Gk misein to hate + Eng-gamy} (ca. 1656)
'misogynist \mo-'sä-ja-nist| n: a person who hates or discriminates against women : a misogynistic person ‹But there are enough ~s who want to keep women out of ... managerial positions. —Lesa Donnelly, quoted at Washington Post> (1620)
2 misogynist adj : feeling, showing, or characterized by hatred of or prejudice against women: MISOGYNISTIC <~ comments> (1857)
misogynistic \ma-sä-ja-'ni-stik\ adj: feeling, showing, or characterized by hatred of or prejudice against women: of, relating to, or being a misogynist <~ attitude/behaviors> - misogynistically \ma-,sä-ja-'ni-sti-k(a-)lē\ adv (1821) misogynoir \ma-sä-ja-'nwär\ n.: hatred of, aversion to, or prejudice against Black women ‹... ~ in action, the crossroads of misogyny and racism ...
—Renée Graham› ‹ blend of MISOGYNY and F noir "black" (going back to OF neir, going back to L nigr-, niger, of obscure origin) | (2010)
misogynous \ma-'sä-ja-nas\ also misogynic \,mi-sa-'ji-nik, - gi-\ adj : characterized by or expressing misogyny or hatred of women: MISOGYNISTIC <~ lyrics/comments> (1825)
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\mo-'sä-ja-nē\ n: hatred of, aversion to, or prejudice against
women ‹a culture that promotes violence and ~› ‹... women also knew a thing or two about ~ in early Europe, where they were persecuted and tried
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Moya @moyazb.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
It’s Been Raining… "It's been raining, for a while now..." It's strange to have personal wins amidst grief and in a world on fire. Chicago, last chance of 2025 to watch my documentary, You Just Watch & See as part of the Chicago Short Film Festival @facetschicago on December 5, 2025 6pm CST Also…
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It’s Been Raining…
"It's been raining, for a while now..." It's strange to have personal wins amidst grief and in a world on fire. Chicago, last chance of 2025 to watch my documentary, You Just Watch &amp; See as part of the Chicago Short Film Festival @facetschicago on December 5, 2025 6pm CST Also if you are looking for a holiday gift for someone, think about the 12th edition of 
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Moya @moyazb.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
I've not had the words but so many have, including Alice. Thank you, Alice. thesicktimes.org/2025/11/15/a...
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Alice Wong, disability activist and luminary, dies at 51 - The Sick Times
Alice Wong platformed and uplifted people with Long COVID in her final chapter as a lifelong disability advocate and storyteller.
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Moya @moyazb.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
You Just Watch & See Documentary Screening in Chicago! Hello Team! I am excited to say that my short film, You Just Watch & See is having its Chicago premiere in November via two film festivals! Please join me Saturday November 1st (2pm CST) at the Greenline Performing Arts Center for the Chicago…
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You Just Watch & See Documentary Screening in Chicago!
Hello Team! I am excited to say that my short film, You Just Watch &amp; See is having its Chicago premiere in November via two film festivals! Please join me Saturday November 1st (2pm CST) at the Greenline Performing Arts Center for the Chicago Film Symposium and again November 9th (6pm) and 12th (8pm) for the Black Harvest Film Festival! Could not be more excited to attend the filmmaker talkbacks November 1 &amp; 12!
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eun song @aestheticspolitics.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Come celebrate the publication of "We Are Each Other’s Liberation" an groundbreaking anthology centering Black & Asian feminist solidarities, with me, Moya @moyazb.bsky.social and many wonderful others <3 @haymarketbooks.org haymarkethouse.org/events/black-and-asian-feminist-solidarities/
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Black and Asian Feminist Solidarities - Haymarket House
Come celebrate the publication of We Are Each Other’s Liberation, a groundbreaking anthology centering Black and Asian feminist solidarities. About the Book Emerging out of a collaborative project bet...
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Moya @moyazb.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
This. Who decided Tech bros got dibs our collective futures?
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Media@Risk @ascmediarisk.org · 01/07/2025
Join @moyazb.bsky.social and India Martin at @asc.upenn.edu next month, as they share their latest documentary film projects during BlackStar Film Festival Weekend. Each project centers the everyday magic of Black women and Black queer families’ survival. Register here: bit.ly/46pEoWD
Promotional poster for a film screening titled "Black Stars Shine Bright: Everyday Alchemy." The title appears in white text over a starry background. Below, two film strip-style images are shown: the left depicts a person being filmed through a camera screen, and the right shows another person indoors. Text beneath reads: "A Film Screening with Directors Moya Bailey & India Martin." Event details in yellow text state: "Friday, August 1st, 1:00–2:30 PM" and "3620 Walnut St. | UPenn ASC Room 500."
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Moya @moyazb.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Philly! What are you up to a month from now? Want to see my short film about my cousin Dollie and another brilliant short by my sister in cinema, India? We will be in town for #BlackStarFilmFest Register here bit.ly/3I4Jz47
Universe of stars background with the above text 

Black Stars Shine Bright: Everyday Alchemy

A Film Screening with Directors Moya Bailey and India Martin

Friday August 1st, 1:00-2:30 PM
3620 Walnut St.| UPenn ASC Room 500

overlayed in white and gold, separated by two production stills from the respective films
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Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society @signsjournal.org · 25/06/2025
New Ask a Feminist with @ninajankowicz.com, @moyazb.bsky.social, and @sobieraj.bsky.social! They analyze the harassment and abuse that women—esp. women in politics—face online and how it impedes women’s equal political participation. Check it out FREE on our website or your favorite podcasting app!
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Online Abuse and US Politics, a Conversation with Moya Bailey and Nina Jankowicz
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Moya @moyazb.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Hello, Chicago! Got Saturday plans? Join me and others as we honor the legacy of Octavia E. Butler on the solstice and the day before her actual birthday! Register here! www.eventbrite.com/e/octavia-bu...
Flyer reads: 

WOMEN & CHILDREN FIRST PRESENTS

AN OCTAVIA BUTLER BIRTHDAY BASH! JUNE 21 7PM

with

KEMI ALABI
MOYA BAILEY
SARAI BERNICE
JULIAN RANDALL
DR. NICOLE RAWLS

music by

ROY KINSEY RAMA

masks required
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Moya @moyazb.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
Feeling this more than ever today! Thanks for posting!
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Media@Risk @ascmediarisk.org · 25/04/2025
Yesterday, our visiting scholar @moyazb.bsky.social shared her phenomenal new short film 'You Just Watch & See' about the inspiring life of her cousin Dollie. Look out for 'You Just Watch & See' on this year's film festival circuit! @asc.upenn.edu
A group of people is seated in the audience in ASC room 500, with long wooden tables arranged in rows. Each person has a plate of food and a bottle of water or soda in front of them. The room has white walls, large windows on the right side, and a projector mounted on the ceiling at the front. Professor Sarah Jackson is holding a microphone and asking a question while audience members look at her.Professor Moya Bailey stands at the lectern in ASC room 500, speaking into a microphone. She is wearing a red and white geometric patterned outfit. Behind hwe, a large screen displays the Annenberg School logo and partially visible text. To the right of the screen, a banner reads 'Center for Media at Risk.'
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Media@Risk @ascmediarisk.org · 27/03/2025
Join us on April 23rd for a documentary workshop with visiting scholar @moyazb.bsky.social. Get a first look at @misogynoirinmed.bsky.social, a documentary highlighting Black-woman led solutions to misogynoir in the U.S. healthcare system. Register here: bit.ly/4idVt9c @asc.upenn.edu
Event poster for 'Documentary as Praxis: The Making of Misogynoir in Medicine' featuring Moya Bailey from Northwestern University. The background shows a group of people in winter clothing inside a wooden building under construction. Event details are listed: 'Wednesday, April 23rd, ASC Room 500, 12:00 pm.' The logo for the Center for Media at Risk is in the bottom-right corner."
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 19/02/2025
Public comment is now open for passport gender marker changes. You can go here to go to each of the three proposed passport rules, and submit comment. My suggestion: be unique, argue for trans-inclusive policies, against the constitutionality of the changes, etc. www.reddit.com/r/Passports/...
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Public comment on US passport form changes related to trans
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Moya @moyazb.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Not me and K. Dot having the same big three.
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a man singing into a microphone wearing a blue jacket that says ria on it
Alt: Kendrick Lamar rapping "Hey, Drake" into a microphone while wearing a blue jacket and the flared jeans of millenial youth during the Super Bowl 2025 half time show
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Moya @moyazb.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Humans made up everything in society, each & every bit. That means we can unmake it too. We don't have to move as if having the most 1s and 0s in your bank account qualifies you to make impulsive uninformed decisions that effect the whole world. Capitalism is a choice and we can choose again.
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Moya @moyazb.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
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a man is sticking his tongue out while standing next to a car .
Alt: a man is smiling smugly while getting into a car.
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Moya @moyazb.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
This is why I am making the documentary misogynoirinmedicine.com The cruelty is so specific.
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Misogynoir in Medicine
This 3-part documentary series from Dr. Moya Bailey, originator of the term "misogynoir and author of Misogynoir Transformed explores Black women's health experiences through birth, life and death. Th...
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Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 25/12/2024
“She was evicted from her home of 23 years in February and died in May, while homeless, just days short of her 71st birthday." There was a time in this country when evictions were so rare they sparked riots. Now people are forced out of their homes every single day, and we barely bat an eye.
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Moya @moyazb.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
youtu.be/ZdHH4-6q000?... Masterpiece by Sault Yearning for Your Love by Gap Band Green Eyes by Erykah Badu Fortune by Little Dragon
youtu.be
Masterpiece
YouTube video by SAULT - Topic
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Moya @moyazb.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
Academic turned real friends are hard to come by, especially after graduate school. Super grateful for @sjjphd.bsky.social today and everyday! It's her birthday Monday! Send her love!
A closeup picture of Sarah J. Jackson smiling
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Moya @moyazb.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
I hope recent events give ppl pause about the possibilities of electoral politics. We know that govt does the bidding of billionaires but I don't remember it being this blatent before. Govt will always be in the pocket of whoever has the most power and rn $=power when it should be ppl=power
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Moya @moyazb.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
There are three orgs I am supporting this #GivingTuesday: Allied Media Projects alliedmedia.org/donate, BEAM beam.community/donate/, and FreeFrom www.gofundme.com/f/donate-to-...
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Donate - Allied Media Projects
Allied Media Projects cultivates media strategies for a more just, creative and collaborative world. We serve a network of media makers, artists, educators, and technologists…Read more
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Digital Apothecary @digiapothecary.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Now in the sky, and excited to be here! Stay tuned for updates.
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Black Feminist Health Science Studies (BFHSS) @bfhss.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Now in the sky, and excited to be here! Stay tuned for updates.
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Moya @moyazb.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
Just watched The Piano Lesson and my girl #DanielleDeadwyler was excellent per usual! And having #Erykah cameo, just chef's kiss.
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Aaron Shaw @aaronshaw.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
A starter pack of faculty in my department (about 1/4 of us seem to be here so far). go.bsky.app/Bd13T6w
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Niels G. Mede @nielsmede.bsky.social · 12/11/2024
...@lav.io @jaysonharsin.bsky.social @couldrynick.bsky.social @brookeerinduffy.bsky.social @moyazb.bsky.social @ajoystein.bsky.social 👋 More info ⤵️ bsky.app/profile/ascm...
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Sarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social · 09/11/2024
Alright #addtoblacksky I am so happy to see you here, so happy we are quitting apartheid Clyde in numbers finally. A note that there is no algorithm here, it’s one of the great things but it means you have to find your people and follow to curate the feed you want
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Moya @moyazb.bsky.social · 10/11/2024
I've gotten a lot of followers lately. Any reason folks are finding me? If you are here to support please think about becoming a patron of patreon.com/DemitaDream and/ or patreon.com/misogynoirinmedicine/
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Get more from Let Demita Dream on Patreon
creating a book and podcast
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differences @differences.bsky.social · 01/10/2024
differences 35.2 is out now! — edited by Shoniqua Roach, "Inside the Black (W)hole" features essays from Moya Bailey, Sharon P. Holland, Amber Jamilla Musser, Chanda Prescod-Weinstein, Tiffany Willoughby-Herard, and more: read.dukeupress.edu/differences/...
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Moya @moyazb.bsky.social · 29/08/2024
www.conspiracyshewrote.com/episodes/04/... Me on Beyoncé conspiracy theories...
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Episode 4: Beyoncé’s Illuminati Mess — Conspiracy, She Wrote
Who crowned Beyoncé the Illuminati queen? Grab your red string and follow along to Conspiracy, She Wrote episode 4: Beyoncé’s Illuminati Mess.
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Moya @moyazb.bsky.social · 16/08/2024
www.yesmagazine.org/opinion/2024...
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We Don’t Need Misogynoir to Critique Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris can and should be critiqued for her political résumé—but criticism rooted in misogynoir should have no place in political discourse.
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Tropical Bird • #ProtectJho @dopegirlfresh.blacksky.app · 26/06/2024
I am so overwhelmed and TIRED. rent is due next week. adjusting to accommodate this knee injury has changed everything. please help.
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Moya @moyazb.bsky.social · 24/06/2024
Today in 1983 a historic conference took place at my future Alma Mater, Spelman College. MisogynoirInMedicine.com is a docuseries that builds on the legacy by considering Black women’s health as a critical issue for our life and times. Check out our website to learn more and support the work!!
An uppercase black colored M, lowercase, light green colored i and uppercase black colored M, in front of a white background. With the words “Misogynoir in Medicine” written underneath the letters”
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Moya @moyazb.bsky.social · 13/09/2023
@prisonculture.bsky.social Hello! Just sent you an email regarding the class!
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Moya @moyazb.bsky.social · 30/06/2023
Closing out June on the highest of notes! Delighted to be a recipient of the Sisters in Cinema awards for Black Women filmmakers and the 2023 Northwestern Ver Steeg awards, as well as host to a conversation with THE Alice Wong about disability and digital alchemy! linktr.ee/moyabailey
Five Black documentarians, smiling at the camera in very cool clothes (where I am the tallest!) above text that reads, "Sisters in Cinema Awards Over $330,000 to Black Women Filmmakers"

With bottom left, a screenshot of "Digital Alchemy - Alice Wong, Digital Spaces as Freedom for Disabled Folks June 30, 2023
/10:39"

And bottom right reads, "Moya Bailey and Mark Hersam awarded Ver Steeg Fellowship"
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Moya @moyazb.bsky.social · 27/06/2023
This smoke haze covering Chicago is out of every dsytopian anything and the heat in the south has already claimed lives. I know human kind is gonna keep on keeping on like the world is not on fire but it is just so absurd to be doing regular life through it all.
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Moya @moyazb.bsky.social · 16/06/2023
If you got it, support Zami NOBLA's Dollars for Dreams! One of their coolest projects is providing housing for elder Black lesbians through a home they own and also grow essential food for community through the garden! Join me in donating at giveoutday.org/story/Dollarsfordreams
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GiveOUT Day: Support Dollars for Dreams on Behalf of ZAMI NOBLA
Dollars for Dreams is raising funds for ZAMI NOBLA everyday during the month of June!
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Moya @moyazb.bsky.social · 31/05/2023
Misogynoir & Mermaids 1. Y'all forget TLM is originally a thinly veiled unrequitted gay love story 2. You don't have to like this version but don't be misogynoiristic about it 3. The Netflix doc about mermaids once again shows that even in our myth making, white thin folks stay at the center
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Moya @moyazb.bsky.social · 16/05/2023
@prisonculture.bsky.social I am teaching Cults, Communes, and Congregations this fall so I would love to know when you want to visit virtually so we can talk about all the things! I am going to assign your piece in the utopia project
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