“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 if you are looking for a…
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 Film Symposium and again November 9th (6pm) and 12th (8pm) for…
An Essay for Donny
Excited to have this piece in the 3rd issue of Afropiq!
On Kamala Harris, Misogynoir, and the Future of the Left
I feel like humans always resist. Humans find a way to imagine and move things a little bit. Always. And if we stop thinking about things happening in our lifetime, then I think that really opens up the possibilities. So, in spite of this, I am hopeful, because I do think that even in moments…
Misogynoir in Medicine
On June 24, 1983, Byllye Avery welcomed busloads of Black women to the campus of Spelman College in Atlanta. She was in a state of disbelief. The women had traveled from Mississippi, New York, Pennsylvania — even as far away as California — for a three-day event billed as the First National Conference on Black…
#MisogynoirTransformed Book Tour
Did I mention I wrote a book? An important grad school hack that I learned after grad school is that you can and should listen to authors talk about their books via book talks! I’m still angling for a Misogynoir Transformed C-SPAN appearance but in the interim, please enjoy this conversation I had with Lee…
Provocations for the Journal Catalyst’s 5th Anniversary
I was invited to be on a panel with some really wonderful feminist STS colleagues to offer provocations in celebration of the 5th Anniversary of the journal, Catalyst. Here are my remarks, part poem, part prose, part pathos. Ma’Khia is such a beautiful name. I hate how I learned it. #SayHerName — moyazb (@moyazb) April…
Misogynoir and Meghan Markle
My book will be out May 25! Please pick it up at your favorite independent bookstore or mine.