It’s here! It’s finally here! This article took years but I think it was worth the wait! A Black feminist disability framework allows for methodological considerations of the intersectional nature of oppression. Our work in this article is twofold: to acknowledge the need to consider disability in Black Studies and race in Disability Studies, and…
Author: moyabailey
From Anita Hill to Christine Blasey Ford, what’s changed?
I was on Seattle’s NPR Station talking about what has and hasn’t changed since Anita Hill’s testimony 27 years ago. You can listen here.
What I Hear When You Say…
When I first moved to Boston, I was invited to be a part of a PBS web series that questioned assumptions about sexuality and gender, among other topics. “What I Hear When You Say… When did you become gay?” troubles the heteronormative and trans-antagonistic assumptions that sex, gender, and sexuality are binary. Because it’s been…
Essence #Woke100
The best thing about these lists is the other people on them! So geeked to be named alongside all of these amazing Black women.
Some Thoughts on the Queer Eye Reboot
“Frankly, many of these men could be better served if there were a licensed therapist among the Fab Five,” she said, referring to the nickname for hosts Antoni Porowski, Bobby Berk, Karamo Brown, Jonathan Van Ness, and Tan France, who are food, design, lifestyle, grooming, and wardrobe coaches, respectively. Some of my thoughts on the …
On misogynoir: citation, erasure, and plagiarism
This piece has been years in the making! So grateful for you @thetrudz! We, Moya Bailey and Trudy aka @thetrudz, had significant roles in the creation and proliferation of the term misogynoir. Misogynoir describes the anti-Black racist misogyny that Black women experience. Despite coining the term in 2008 and writing about the term online since…
The Flexner Report: Standardizing Medical Students Through Region-, Gender-, and Race-Based Hierarchies
I’m proud to have an article in this special issue of the American Journal of Law & Medicine. It is a treat to be published alongside scholars I really admire like Ruha Benjamin, Khiara M. Bridges, Terence Keel, Osagie K. Obasogie, Patricia J. Williams, Lundy Braun, and more! Here’s a taste: In 1910, Abraham Flexner, a leading U.S. educational…
Palimpsests in the Life and Work of Octavia E. Butler: A Palimpsest Special Issue
It’s here! Just in time for the holidays! Ayana Jamieson and I labored for two years to get this special issue out and we are so glad that it is finally here! Please enjoy! Award winning author Octavia E. Butler crafted a life as unique as any of her stories. Regarded as the grand dame…
I wrote a thing…
that’s pretty personal. I have, until recently, worked in disability studies as an accomplice, understanding myself as able-bodied and as someone who does not have physical impairments that impact my daily movement through the world. More here.
Towards a Black Feminist Health Science Studies by Moya Bailey and Whitney Peoples
Black feminist health science studies (BFHSS) is a product of Hamer’s clarion call to attend to Black peoples’ health and wellness as an integral part of social justice labor. As such, BFHSS critically intervenes in a number of intersecting arenas of scholarship and activism, including feminist health studies, contemporary medical curriculum reform conversations, disability studies,…