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Press
Santa Cruz Sentinel – UC Santa Cruz preps for biggest Festival of Monsters yet (3 Oct 2023)

Parents.com – Blerd’s Paradise: Finding Community Helped These ‘Black Nerds’ Find Themselves (2 Oct 2023)

Bookstacked – The Harry Potter fandom: What’s next for trans fans and allies? by Saul Marquez (31 Jul 2020)

Variety – What J.K. Rowling’s Anti-Trans Views Could Mean for ‘Fantastic Beasts’ Franchise — and ‘Harry Potter’ Fans by Adam B. Vary (10 June 2020)

Stop Everything! ABC Radio National – (Doctor) Who is she? (07 Feb 2020)

The Guardian –‘Too touchy-feely’? Our panel on Jodie Whittaker’s first series of Doctor Who (10 Dec 2018)

USA Today – ‘Dumbledore’s Army’: How ‘Harry Potter’ inspired a generation of young activists by Hannah Yasharoff (12 Sep 2018)

Bello Collective – The First Best Podcasts of 2017 (8 Jan 2017)

Buzzfeed – The Harry Potter Fandom Is At a Crossroads by Alana Bennett (20 Nov 2016)

The Establishment – Johnny Depp’s Entry Into The World Of Harry Potter Is A Disgrace by Claudia Morales (3 Nov 2016)

BBC World – ‘Having Hermione look like me is amazing’ by Sarah Holmes (23 December 2015)

NPR – Black Actress To Play Hermione In Harry Potter Play by Alexandra Starr (21 Dec 2015)
Features
Fandom Made Me with Sabrina Cartan – Black Nerds Create Co-Founder Bayana Davis on Black Magical History Month & Tolkien Black Folks (26 Feb 2023)

NPR – The magic of being a Black nerd in Black History Month (02 Feb 2023)

That’s What I’m Tolkien About

Drunk Middle Earth History – The Messy Life of Feanor (with Black Nerds Create) (24 Oct 2023)

I Am No Man – The Women of Tolkien (25 Apr 2023)

The Rings of Power – Season 1, Episode 3: Adar (with Black Nerds Create) (13 Sep 2022)

The Silmarillion – Chapter 6: Of Fëanor and the Unchaining of Melkor with Black Girls Create (19 April 2022)

Ralph Bakshi‘s Lord of the Rings (1978), Part 1 – with Black Girls Create (23 Nov 2021)

Ralph Bakshi‘s Lord of the Rings (1978), Part 2 – with Black Girls Create (30 Nov 2021)

The Hobbit: Chapter 4, Over Hill & Under Hill – with Delia of Black Girls Create (23 Mar 2021)

The Return of the King, Book V, Chapter 9: The Last Debate – with Black Girls Create (30 Jun 2020)

Into the Archives: A Fanfiction Podcast – Bonus Episode 1.5: Beginning Your Fanfiction Journey with Delia Gallegos (04 Apr 2021)

The Moment Pod – 3.06 – Let me take it from the top. Hello, I’m the Doctor. With Delia Gallegos (22 Mar 2021)

Pod and Prejudice

Pride and Prejudice 2005 (Part 4) with Robyn Jordan (23 Feb 2021)

Pride and Prejudice 2005 (Part 5) with Robyn Jordan (09 Mar 2021)

Potterless

Episode 166 – Crimes of Grindelwald (Part 1) w/ Bayana Davis & Robyn Jordan (1 Mar 2021)

Episode 167 – Crimes of Grindelwald (Part 2) w/ Bayana Davis & Robyn Jordan (8 Mar 2021)

Episode 64 – Deathly Hallows Ch. 11 w/ Bayana Davis & Robyn Jordan (11 Feb 2019)

Episode 65 – Deathly Hallows Ch. 12 w/ Bayana Davis & Robyn Jordan (18 Feb 2019)

Goblet of Wine Ep. 61 – Order of the Phoenix 10 & 11: Umbridge’s Femininity ft. #WizardTeam (15 Feb 2021)

Sailor Moon Fan Club Ep. 37 – Black Girls Create Editor & Whovian Constance Gibbs (23 Nov 2020)

The Gayly Prophet (Hashtag Ruthless Productions)

62A. An Ode to Sirius Black: POA 19 with #Wizard Team (20 Oct 2020)

62b. Eff Snape Forever: POA 19 with #Wizard Team (20 Oct 2020)

Meddling Adults – The Case of the Ghost’s Dry Cleaning Bill w/ Bayana Davis & Robyn Jordan (09 Sept 2020)

Doctor Who: Verity! Extra! – Fan Activism w/ Robyn Jordan (15 Jul 2020)

Sartorial Geek of the Week: Constar24 (31 Aug 2020)

Hard NOC Life: Zoom NOC Life (4 May 2020)

Heart + Hustle #116 – Life as a Writer ft. Connie Gibbs of Black Girls Create (26 Mar 2020)

Harry Potter and the Sacred Text

Women of Harry Potter: Blessing Luna with Robyn Jordan of #WizardTeam (27 Jan 2020)

Women of Harry Potter – Angelina Johnson with Bayana Davis (14 Oct 2019)

Boundaries: Percy and Padfoot (Book 5, Chapter 14) – with Bayana Davis (06 Dec 2018)

Your Biggest Fangirl – Episode 50: The Magical Ladies We Fangirled Over at LeakyCon Boston – Part 2 (04 Nov 2019)

Reality Bomb

Episode 063 (14 Nov 2018)

Episode 065 (21 Jan 2019)

The Librarian Is In Podcast – “Hermione Was Black. Dumbledore Was Gay.” The Librarian Is In Podcast, Ep. 36 (19 Apr 2017)

The Nerds of Color

MuggleNet
Mentions & Blog Posts
Game Industry – BLERDCON 2021 RETURNS TO CELEBRATE BLACK NERD CULTURE (28 Jul 2021)

The Nerd Daily – 9 Harry Potter Podcasts To Check Out (15 Feb 2021)

Rebecca Farren Blog – Doctor Who: Revolution of the Daleks Review (11 Jan 2021)

Winter is Coming – Eddie Redmayne: Both Sides of J.K. Rowling Debate Behave in “Disgusting” Ways (29 Sep 2020)

She Lit – Black Fantasy YA Authors Discuss How They Are Revolutionizing the Genre (8 Apr 2020)

Fanatical Fics

Episode 69. The Second Valentines Special: Another Valentines’ Disaster/Your Valentine Awaits (14 Feb 2020)

Episode 78: The Ethan Sisters (Part 2) (08 Jun 2020)

The Code – Listen Up: Wizard Team, A Harry Potter Podcast (19 Jul 2017)