Bayana Davis

She/Her/Hers

Co-Founder & Editor In Chief

Black Girls Create

Participates in 7 items

Bayana Davis is a proud Ravenclaw/Hufflepuff hatstall born and raised in Oakland, California. She is the co-founder and Editor in Chief of Black Girls Create and co-host of the podcast #WizardTeam. She is a fierce advocate of critical fandom, the increased representation of Black women in media, time travel, dragons, and avoiding the AI apocalypse. You can generally find her fangirling on Twitter at @yana_hallows.

Sessions in which Bayana Davis participates

Friday 9 August, 2019

Time Zone: (GMT-06:00) Central Time (US & Canada)

3:15 PM

Revisiting Ilvermorny

1 hour, 3:15 PM CDT - 4:15 PM CDT

Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center - Occamy Room (D170/172)

Roundtable

Natasha Winters, UNspoiled! Podcast (Participant)

RoShawn DiLodovico, UnSpoiled! Podcast Network (Participant)

Bayana Davis, Black Girls Create (Participant)

Robyn Jordan, Black Girls Create (Participant)

What would an American wizarding school (or more likely, schools) actually look like if our unique history as a nation and our indigenous peoples’ ...

4:30 PM

#WizardTeam Live: What Really Happened to Hedwig and other #WizardTeam Canon

1 hour, 4:30 PM CDT - 5:30 PM CDT

Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center - Owl Room (D171/173)

Podcast

Bayana Davis, Black Girls Create (Participant)

Robyn Jordan, Black Girls Create (Participant)

#WizardTeam is a weekly Harry Potter podcast for true Potterheads. Each week Bayana Davis and Robyn Jordan do a close reread of the books ch...

Saturday 10 August, 2019

Time Zone: (GMT-06:00) Central Time (US & Canada)

2:00 PM

Hagrid, Half-bloods, and Squibs: One Drop Rule?

1 hour, 2:00 PM CDT - 3:00 PM CDT

Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center - Unicorn Room (D167/174)

Panel

Delia Gallegos, Black Girls Create (Participant)

Porshéa Patterson-Hurst, The Harry Potter Alliance (Participant)

Jasmine Rose Schmitt, University of Texas at Austin (Participant)

Bayana Davis, Black Girls Create (Participant)

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3:15 PM

Potterheads of Color Meetup

1 hour, 3:15 PM CDT - 4:15 PM CDT

Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center - Unicorn Room (D167/174)

Meetup

Ashley Hamel, Ashley Trix & the WZRDS (Participant)

Bayana Davis, Black Girls Create (Participant)

Constance Gibbs, Black Girls Create (Participant)

Robyn Jordan, Black Girls Create (Participant)

Are you a Potterhead of Color looking for a safe space to be nerdy with other fans of color? Come to this meetup to hang out and discuss your exper...

4:30 PM

Critical Fandom

1 hour, 4:30 PM CDT - 5:30 PM CDT

Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center - Unicorn Room (D167/174)

Panel

Robyn Jordan, Black Girls Create (Participant)

Bayana Davis, Black Girls Create (Participant)

Constance Gibbs, Black Girls Create (Participant)

Maggie Brevig (Participant)

Abby Ritter, Mischief Management (Participant)

Delia Gallegos, Black Girls Create (Participant)

In recent years, the Harry Potter franchise has made some controversial decisions that left some fans confused or even upset. How do we cont...

Sunday 11 August, 2019

Time Zone: (GMT-06:00) Central Time (US & Canada)

2:00 PM

Spotlight: Paul Harris

1 hour, 2:00 PM CDT - 3:00 PM CDT

Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center - MainStage (Exhibit Hall E)

Interview

Bayana Davis, Black Girls Create (Moderator)

Paul Harris, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Participant)

When choreographer Paul Harris was first studying dance, he couldn't have imagined that he'd one day be using those skills to choreograph a duel in...

3:15 PM

Creating Voldemort: The Statue of Secrecy and Wizard/Pureblood Privilege

1 hour, 3:15 PM CDT - 4:15 PM CDT

Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center - Unicorn Room (D167/174)

Panel

Bayana Davis, Black Girls Create (Participant)

Constance Gibbs, Black Girls Create (Participant)

Delia Gallegos, Black Girls Create (Participant)

Voldemort’s philosophies and actions are extreme, but did wizarding society make it easy for him to thrive? In this panel, we will talk about the S...