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The Witch
The VVitch: A New-England FolktaleA 17th-century New England folktale from Robert Eggers, this spooky picture is more than a supernatural horror - it's an exercise in female rebellion during a time when anyone 'different' was declared a witch.
- Radical Feminism
- Patriarchy Critique
- Religious Patriarchy Critique
Freedom Is a Constant Struggle
Connecting liberation movements across different eras and regions, from abolitionism to Palestine, demonstrating the importance of intersectional analysis in contemporary social movements.
- Intersectional Feminism
- Black Feminism
- Anti-Feminism Studies
Globalization and Militarism
Cynthia Enloe links militarism to corporate supply chains, national security rhetoric, consumer culture, prisons, and global labor.
- Militarism
- Globalization
- Labor Rights
A Future for Intersectional Black Feminist Technology Studies
Noble argues for Black feminist technology studies, showing how search, platforms, and digital infrastructures reproduce racialized and gendered power rather than operating as neutral tools.
- Black Feminist Technology Studies
- Digital Feminism
- Black Feminism
Happy Hour
ハッピーアワーOver five hours and seventeen minutes, Ryusuke Hamaguchi follows four women approaching forty in Kobe as friendship, marriage, work and departure test what it takes to speak honestly and truly hear one another.
- Female Friendship
- Marriage Critique
- Emotional Labor
Earth Democracy
Vandana Shiva extends democracy to land, seeds, water, and community, showing how corporate globalization turns the commons of life into property.
- Climate Justice
- Ecofeminism
- Political Participation
My Life on the Road
A memoir by legendary feminist activist Gloria Steinem, chronicling her decades of travel and the conversations she held with the people she met along the way. It beautifully illustrates how moving, listening, and organizing can transform the world and shape the self.
- Women's History
- Social Movements
- Women's Rights
Soil Not Oil
Vandana Shiva connects industrial agriculture, fossil fuel dependence, and climate crisis, centering small farms, seed diversity, and food sovereignty.
- Climate Justice
- Food Sovereignty
- Ecofeminism
The Mushroom at the End of the World
Anna Tsing follows matsutake supply chains to study survival, cooperation, and non-linear ecological relations in capitalist ruins.
- Capitalism Critique
- Environmental Justice
- Labor Rights
3000 Nights
3000 LaylaMai Masri’s prison drama follows a Palestinian teacher who gives birth in Israeli custody, locating motherhood, collective resistance, and political imprisonment within the same carceral space.
- Arab Feminism
- Carceral Feminism
- War and Peace
Captive Genders: Trans Embodiment and the Prison Industrial Complex
Captive Genders: Trans Embodiment and the Prison Industrial Complex connects punishment, gender, race, and community safety, strengthening FemRes coverage of abolition feminism and transformative justice.
- Trans Feminism
- Prison Abolition
- Queer Theory
Servants of Globalization: Migration and Domestic Work
Centered on migrant Filipino domestic workers, Parreñas develops the international division of reproductive labor and offers a foundational account of global care chains, transnational families, and migrant women's labor.
- Migration
- Care Economy
- Domestic Labor
The Diary of a Teenage Girl
Bel Powley is a breakout as 15-year-old Minnie, a budding cartoonist and soon-to-be harlot (her word, not ours). Marielle Heller's exuberant journey through the teenage psyche has more penis drawings than a Seth Rogen comedy, and the best part? It doesn't judge.
- Female Desire
- Sexual Liberation
- Bodily Autonomy
A Warrior’s Cry Against Child Marriage
Malawian activist Memory Banda connects one girl’s refusal to collective organizing, local bylaws, and national legal reform against child marriage and coercive initiation practices.
- African Feminism
- Bodily Autonomy
- Anti-Sexual Violence
Mustang
Early summer. In a village in northern Turkey, Lale and her four sisters are walking home from school, playing innocently with some boys. The immorality of their play sets off a scandal that has unexpected consequences. The family home is progressively transformed into a prison; instruction in homemaking substitutes for school, and marriages begin to be arranged. The five sisters who share a common passion for freedom, find ways of getting around the constraints imposed on them.
- Family Liberation
- Patriarchy Critique
- Female Friendship
Disability Justice: A Working Draft
Patty Berne's Sins Invalid essay distinguishes disability rights from disability justice, centering intersectionality, leadership by those most impacted, anti-capitalism, cross-movement organizing, collective access, and collective liberation.
- Disability Justice
- Intersectional Feminism
- Race and Gender
Why I believe the mistreatment of women is the number one human rights abuse
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter delivers a powerful call to action to address the global crisis of violence against women and girls. Drawing on his decades of humanitarian work and diplomatic experience, Carter presents shocking statistics and personal observations about the systematic abuse of women worldwide, from human trafficking to honor killings, and challenges religious, political, and cultural institutions to confront their role in perpetuating gender inequality.
- Anti-Sexual Violence
- Women's Rights
- Religious Patriarchy Critique
Mad Max: Fury Road
In a post-apocalyptic wasteland, Imperator Furiosa leads a group of women escaping the tyrannical rule of Immortan Joe in search of a promised land of freedom. This action film places female resistance and sisterhood at the heart of a traditionally male-dominated genre.
- Radical Feminism
- Bodily Autonomy
- Patriarchy Critique
An invitation to men who want a better world for women
In this TEDWomen talk, Elizabeth Nyamayaro introduces the HeForShe campaign and calls on men to actively participate in the global fight for gender equality. Drawing from her personal experience and UN advocacy, she emphasizes shared humanity and collective responsibility in dismantling patriarchal systems.
- Women's Rights
- Gender Equality
- Political Participation
Why gender equality is good for everyone - men included
In this TEDWomen talk, sociologist Michael Kimmel makes a compelling case for why gender equality benefits not only women, but men as well. Using humor and research, he argues that equality leads to healthier relationships, better workplaces, and a more just society. Kimmel challenges men to become active participants in feminist progress.
- Gender Equality
- Men's Rights Movement Critique
- Patriarchy Critique
Male Daughters, Female Husbands: Gender and Sex in an African Society
Ifi Amadiume’s study of Nnobi society separates social roles such as daughter and husband from anatomical sex, while tracing how colonial rule narrowed women’s political and economic authority.
- African Feminism
- Decolonial Feminism
- Gender Politics
Compañeras: Zapatista Women’s Stories
An oral-history account of Indigenous women’s participation in the Zapatista movement and their unfinished struggle to transform political leadership, domestic life, land, health, and education.
- Latin American Feminism
- Indigenous Feminism
- Decolonial Feminism
The Second Mother
Que Horas Ela Volta?This Brazilian drama uses the conflict between a live-in housekeeper, her daughter, and an employer's family to expose domestic labor, separated motherhood, class boundaries, and women's dignity.
- Domestic Labor
- Care Economy
- Class and Gender
The Argonauts
Contemporary queen of memoir-theory fusion Maggie Nelson turns her lens on identity, desire, and family. This instant classic recounts Nelson's relationship with her partner, artist Harry Dodge. Through intimate documentation of family life and pregnancy, Nelson presents a complex portrait of modern queer motherhood with blurred boundaries.
- Queer Theory
- Trans Feminism
- Emotional Labor