[4] Róisín's maternal grandfather was Abdul Haque, a socialist former member of Parliament in Bangladesh.
[5] Róisín moved to the United States at age 19 to study law at university, but dropped out to pursue a writing career.
[6] Róisín has been a freelance writer since 2010 and has written for publications including: IndieWire, HuffPost, Filmmaker,[7][8] The New York Times, Bon Appetit and The Hairpin.
[2][12][9] From 2012 to 2017 she co-hosted the pop culture analysis podcast Two Brown Girls with friend and fellow writer Zeba Blay.
She describes the collection as relating to "traumas she's experienced as a queer Muslim woman,"[16] and it explores topics including islamophobia, the experience of sexual assault, and white supremacy.