She has published writing in The New York Times, The Village Voice, Harper's Bazaar, Criterion, and others.
[1] She has contributed writing to The Atlantic, The New York Times, The Village Voice, The New Republic, and other outlets.
[2][3][4][5] Frequent topics of her analysis include feminism and representations of Black people in film and television.
[9] Bastién has cited Angela Carter, Toni Morrison, and James Baldwin as the greatest influences on her work.
She appeared on a 2018 episode of the podcast This Movie Changed Me, produced by On Being Studios, to discuss the film.