Whose voices are heard?

A Latina feminist collective uses testimonios to connect life stories, academic institutions and collaborative knowledge without erasing differences.

Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain's 1905 feminist science-fiction story turns gendered access to education, public space, and science into a speculative experiment - and asks whether knowledge will serve everyday life or militarized power.

Woolf links income, institutional access and literary value to women’s writing, leaving tensions around anger and creative independence open.

Through education, women’s status, and racial politics, Anna Julia Cooper asks who may speak for Black communities and how Black women can reshape knowledge and public life.

Sharmila Rege reads Dalit women's life narratives as historical and theoretical knowledge, asking who gets to write caste and gender into India's feminist history.

Mary Prince’s 1831 narrative links enslavement to bodily labor, family separation, marriage, and constrained freedom, while its editorial framing raises questions about testimony and authority.

Written around 1000, The Pillow Book turns lists, poems, and courtly fragments into a woman's literary authority - while revealing the elite world that both enabled and limited that voice.

Oyèrónkẹ́ Oyěwùmí questions how ‘woman’ became a universal category, tracing Western gender theory through Yoruba history, language, and colonial knowledge-making.

A biographical drama about 19th-century French writer Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette's growth and awakening. Keira Knightley brilliantly portrays this pioneering female writer who challenged gender norms, fought for authorial credit, and explored gender fluidity in her legendary life.

Greta Gerwig's 'Little Women' reinterprets Louisa May Alcott's classic novel from a contemporary feminist perspective, exploring 19th-century women's struggles between artistic creation, economic independence, and social expectations, breathing new life into the classic story.

Kaouther Ben Hania uses testimony and reenactment to examine intergenerational violence, maternal authority and extremist recruitment in a Tunisian family.

A journalism drama directed by Maria Schrader, starring Carey Mulligan and Zoe Kazan. Adapted from the non-fiction book by New York Times reporters Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey, following their investigation that exposed Harvey Weinstein's sexual assault scandal. The film deeply explores important issues including the #MeToo movement, gender politics in journalism, the power of women's testimony, and the courage needed to break silence.

Patricia Franquesa turns the digital traces of intimate-image blackmail into a documentary about consent, gendered shame and reclaiming authority over one's own story.

Through an Indigenous Peruvian woman living with inherited fear, the film examines how wartime sexual violence survives in bodies, households, music, and unequal relations of service.

Nearly 40-year-old African American playwright Radha decides to reinvent herself as a rapper after facing setbacks in New York's art world. This semi-autobiographical black-and-white film deeply explores ageism, intersectional oppression of race and gender, artistic autonomy, and middle-aged women's identity reconstruction in male-dominated industries.

Christienna Fryar’s Oxford lecture compares Ann Pratt and Mary Seacole, returning to Mary Prince and historians’ archival responsibilities.

Mexican journalist and activist Verónica Villalvazo explains the daily work of documenting feminicide and accompanying families when official institutions allow victims to disappear twice.

Lauren Bastide’s French interviews open questions about creative careers and mediation; begin with Rebecca Zlotowski in episode one.

Hannah McGregor’s feminist podcast links daily practice and knowledge; episode 4.20 with Stacey Copeland opens questions of voice and audio archives.