How to Use misogynoir in a Sentence

misogynoir

noun
  • Cracking farcical jokes about alopecia is ableist misogynoir at its finest.
    — Akilah Sailers, Essence, 30 Sep. 2024
  • In many ways, these women benefit from the misogynoir that harms Black women.
    — Melania Luisa Marte, refinery29.com, 23 Feb. 2022
  • Some Black women have pointed out that Rock's career is rife with examples of misogynoir.
    — Alia E. Dastagir, USA TODAY, 29 Mar. 2022
  • The misogynoir, which has a history of running rampant on the show, then manifests across social platforms from fans.
    — Giana Levy, refinery29.com, 23 July 2024
  • Combating misogynoir both online and offline during this fraught election season will be no easy feat but there are several things that can be done.
    — Janice Gassam Asare, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024
  • Rock reverted to tiresome misogynoir that, at this point, is just exhausting and repetitive – not provocative.
    — Tayo Bero, refinery29.com, 9 Mar. 2023
  • Aaaaand, of course, the celebration has already been cut short thanks to a frustrating mix of homophobia, misogynoir, and book purists.
    — Aja Romano, Vox, 18 June 2024
  • Twitter threads and think pieces about Donald Glover and Drake’s potential misogyny and misogynoir come to mind.
    — Seija Rankin, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Apr. 2023
  • Beyond the courtroom, the trial brought out the cancerous misogynoir within hip-hop and its online community.
    — Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2022
  • However, some churches across the country have also fostered an environment of greed, misogynoir, and bigotry.
    — Aramide Tinubu, Essence, 29 Dec. 2022
  • Despite rampant misogynoir, the women cleared the mail accumulation within a record three months while stationed in England and did it again in France.
    — Anika Reed, USA TODAY, 20 Dec. 2024
  • In my assessment, misogynoir – or contempt for Black women – is a major yet unacknowledged factor in the eviction crisis.
    — Shawnita Sealy-Jefferson, The Conversation, 29 Jan. 2025
  • A lot of the abuse, experts say, can be attributed to misogynoir — a particular type of misogyny experienced by Black women.
    — Maria Sherman, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Aug. 2023
  • The lessons that Perry wants to convey, too often riddled in misogynoir, are directed almost exclusively to the Black women who watch his films.
    — Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com, 1 Mar. 2022
  • The berating and belittling of rank-and-file employees and the network’s reliance on music videos glorifying drugs, violence, and misogynoir.
    — Ruth Umoh, Fortune, 20 Sep. 2023
  • Another of Fight the Power’s bright spots sees both men and women take hip-hop to task for its misogyny, admitting that the deluge of ‘90s slurs and misogynoir were a blight on the genre.
    — Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 31 Jan. 2023
  • The other reality is resilience is not always enough for Black women to overcome the challenges of social, systemic and institutional misogynoir.
    — Marissa Evans, Los Angeles Times, 26 Dec. 2023
  • The press and the public's relationship to Markle has been rooted in misogynoir since the moment her relationship with Prince Harry became public.
    — Alanna Bennett, refinery29.com, 14 Mar. 2025
  • However, the misogynoir June experiences is so overt and dangerous that the viewer is forced to question her decision to work in her field, while sympathizing with her obsession to uncover the truth.
    — Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 10 Jan. 2024
  • Editor’s picks People often use trans as an insult or dig, especially at Black women with sharp jaws or broad shoulders — a specific type of misogynoir intended to humiliate.
    — Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 26 July 2023
  • For Brown, whose recent work on Black athlete women draws attention to the existence of misogynoir within the realm of sports, Griner’s Black, lesbian womanhood must be acknowledged.
    — Nana Afua Yeboah, Essence, 21 July 2022
  • Since the announcement that Biden was exiting the race and that Harris would be the presumptive nominee, much of the conversation surrounding Harris has been laden with misogynoir and anti-blackness.
    — Janice Gassam Asare, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024
  • Where its first season explored how hip-hop was marginalized by American culture, this new season focuses on who gets marginalized within hip-hop — kicking off with an episode about misogynoir in relation to the Tory Lanez trial.
    — Vulture, 22 Mar. 2023
  • Bailey coined misogynoir to describe the unique discrimination experienced by Black women; the term was then popularized on Tumblr through its discussion by other women writers and academics.
    — Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 1 Feb. 2022
  • Instead of being celebrated, Turner's story of survival was used as fodder to exemplify the music industry’s insidious practice of misogyny and misogynoir.
    — Taylor Crumpton, refinery29.com, 26 May 2023
  • After reporting Lanez to police and speaking up about the incident on social media, Megan Thee Stallion suffered a wave of harassment and misogynoir from the hip-hop community and beyond.
    — Christi Carrasstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2023
  • A lot of people in the fashion industry are calling out the industry’s hypocrisy for rightfully boycotting Kanye West following his antisemitism and misogynoir, but not boycotting Kim Kardashian for this.
    — Aamina Inayat Khan, StyleCaster, 17 Mar. 2025
  • As previously said, legal action was taken because of the cover-up of issues relating to abuse of power, misconduct, mismanagement, bullying, harassment, misogyny and misogynoir amongst other concerns.
    — Stephanie Petit, People.com, 26 Mar. 2025
  • Even beyond the drama, another glaring issue with Love Is Blind 3 is its unspoken misogynoir, specifically in the way that the Black women seeking love on the show were used as bait for viewers, only to be tossed by the wayside.
    — Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com, 31 Oct. 2022

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