Misogynoir
Sign in to saveMisogynoir is a term referring to the combined force of anti-black racism and misogyny directed towards black women. The term was coined by black feminist writer Moya Bailey in 2008 to address misogyny directed toward Black transgender and cisgender women in American visual and popular culture. The concept of misogynoir is grounded in the theory of intersectionality, which analyzes how various social identities such as race, gender, class, age, ability, and sexual orientation interrelate in systems of oppression.
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18 sectionsContents
- Development of concept
- History
- Application
- Music
- Intersectionality
- Rap
- Hip-hop
- Black women in hip-hop videos
- Representation
- Mass media
- Media socialization
- Media
- Responses
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Further reading
- External links
Misogynoir is a term referring to the combined force of anti-black racism and misogyny directed towards black women. The term was coined by black feminist writer Moya Bailey in 2008 to address misogyny directed toward Black transgender and cisgender women in American visual and popular culture. The concept of misogynoir is grounded in the theory of intersectionality, which analyzes how various social identities such as race, gender, class, age, ability, and sexual orientation interrelate in systems of oppression.
==Development of concept== Bailey coined the term "misogynoir" while she was a graduate student at Emory University to discuss anti-black misogyny in rap music. It combines the terms "misogyny," the hatred of women, and "noir," the French word for "black," to denote what Bailey describes as the unique form of anti-black misogyny faced by black women, particularly in visual and digital culture. Bailey and co-author Whitney Peoples describe the elements of their neologism, misogynoir, as: