Rumpole of the Bailey Rumpole of the Bailey Rumpole of the Bailey is a British television series created and written by the British writer and barrister John Mortimer. It starred Leo McKern as Horace Rumpole, an elderly London barrister who defended a broad variety of clients, often underdogs. The TV series led to the stories being presented in other media including books and radio. The "Bailey" of the title is a reference to the Central Criminal Court, the "Old Bailey". While certain biographical details are slightly different in the original television series and the subsequent book series, Horace Rumpole has a number of definite
Moya Bailey Moya Bailey Moya Bailey is an African American feminist scholar, writer, and activist, notable for creating the term misogynoir, which describes the specific type of discrimination experienced by black women. She works with the Octavia E. Butler Legacy Network and is the co-founder of Quirky Black Girls, a collective for black women who do not fit the cultural stereotype. Bailey attended Spelman College for her undergraduate degree. She pursued graduate studies at Emory University in the department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. She is currently a Dean's Post-Doctoral Fellow at Northeastern University. Bailey first used the term "misogynoir" in