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Braiding Sweetgrass
Combining Indigenous wisdom with scientific knowledge to explore the relationship between humans and nature, proposing ecofeminist practices based on reciprocity and gratitude.
- Ecofeminism
- Indigenous Feminism
- Climate Justice
Indigenous Women in Latin America: Demographic and Social Dynamics in a Human-Rights Framework
A regional evidence base on Indigenous women’s physical, economic, and political autonomy that also exposes how statistical invisibility limits rights, policy, and accountability.
- Latin American Feminism
- Indigenous Feminism
- Human Rights
Belle
Based on the true story of 18th-century historical figure Dido Elizabeth Belle, this costume drama follows a mixed-race aristocratic woman navigating her place in British high society while fighting for justice amid intersecting racism and sexism. The film explores complex themes of race, class, gender intersectionality, and female agency.
- Race and Gender
- Intersectional Feminism
- Historical Context
Seriously!
Cynthia Enloe investigates financial crashes, political crises, peacekeeping, and revolutions by asking what changes when women are treated as politically serious.
- Feminist Security Studies
- Political Participation
- Economic Empowerment
In a World...
Written, directed, produced, and starred in by Lake Bell, In a World... charts the efforts of a talented vocal coach with a husky cadence to break into the male-dominated world of movie trailer voice-overs.
- Workplace Equality
- Glass Ceiling
- Media Representation Critique
Gendering Global Conflict
Laura Sjoberg argues that gender and gender subordination are central to the making, fighting, and interpretation of global conflict.
- Feminist Security Studies
- War and Peace
- Gender Politics
A Saudi Woman Who Dared to Drive
Manal al-Sharif recounts how filming herself driving turned an ordinary act into a campaign against Saudi Arabia’s system of gendered mobility and guardianship.
- Arab Feminism
- Bodily Autonomy
- Political Participation
The Transgender Studies Reader 2
This second reader documents the expansion of transgender studies into race, disability, migration, postcolonial critique, embodiment, and media.
- Trans Studies
- Intersectional Feminism
- Queer Theory
Feminist, Queer, Crip
Alison Kafer links disability, queer, and feminist theory to challenge the ableist idea of a normal future and to imagine crip futures grounded in coalition, care, and justice.
- Disability Justice
- Queer Theory
- Feminist Theory
Caring Democracy: Markets, Equality, and Justice
Joan C. Tronto recasts care as a central public concern of democracy, asking who sustains life, who is permitted to evade care, and how markets produce a democratic care deficit.
- Care Economy
- Domestic Labor
- Economic Empowerment
We Should All Be Feminists
In this famous TEDxEuston talk, writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie shares her personal insights and definition of feminism. Through personal stories and observations, she reveals gender inequality and the negative effects traditional gender roles have on both men and women. The speech deeply explores gender injustices in society, calls for changing the way boys and girls are raised, and emphasizes that culture is created by people and therefore can be changed to achieve true gender equality.
- Feminism
- Liberal Feminism
- Patriarchy Critique
Mom & Me & Mom
The final autobiography written by the legendary poet Maya Angelou. Addressing her early abandonment by her mother, years of estrangement, and a dramatic eventual reconciliation, this work beautifully maps how one woman learned to be independent, to forgive, and to blossom into a world-renowned writer through the complexities of maternal love.
- Women's History
- Women's Literature
- Race and Gender
Making Peace with the Earth
Vandana Shiva links land, water, forest, seed, and food wars, arguing for an earth-centered political economy.
- Ecofeminism
- Climate Justice
- Capitalism Critique
Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead
A transformative call to action for women worldwide from former Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg. By addressing leadership in the workplace, the balance of domestic labor, and the affirmation of personal ambition, Sandberg ignited a global 'Lean In' movement that serves as a modern business bible for women.
- Political Participation
- Women's Rights
- Social Movements
Decolonizing Feminism: Challenging Connections between Settler Colonialism and Heteropatriarchy
Arvin, Tuck, and Morrill challenge feminist theory to confront settler colonialism, Indigenous sovereignty, heteropatriarchy, land, and the colonial relations that can be reproduced through knowledge production.
- Indigenous Feminism
- Decolonial Feminism
- Settler Colonialism
Against the Madness of Manu: B.R. Ambedkar's Writings on Brahmanical Patriarchy
Sharmila Rege curates Ambedkar’s writings on Brahmanical patriarchy, foregrounding anti-caste thought as a deeply feminist critique.
- Brahmanical Patriarchy
- Dalit Feminism
- Caste and Gender
What Do Women Want? A Critical Mapping of Future Directions for Arab Feminisms
What do women want? A critical mapping of future directions for Arab FeminismsMervat Hatem maps Arab feminist debates beyond a single program, asking how changing states, generations, movements, and transnational agendas shape the authority to say what women want.
- Arab Feminism
- Feminist Theory
- Political Participation
Gender and Sexuality in Latin America
Through rulings on citizenship, family, health, property, and violence, this casebook examines how Latin American courts expand or restrict women’s and LGBTI rights.
- Latin American Feminism
- Legal Equality
- Queer Theory
Women and Wars
Carol Cohn’s edited volume gathers feminist analyses of women, gender, armed conflict, memory, displacement, and postwar futures.
- Feminist Security Studies
- War and Peace
- Anti-Sexual Violence
Recoding Gender: Women's Changing Participation in Computing
Janet Abbate traces the historical shift from women’s high participation in computing work to the formation of masculinized professional identity.
- Digital Feminism
- Women's History
- Labor Rights
Wadjda
10-year-old Saudi girl Wadjda dreams of owning a green bicycle to race with her male friend Abdullah. This groundbreaking work is the first feature film shot entirely in Saudi Arabia and the first directed by a Saudi woman, exploring complex themes of female freedom, social constraints, and cultural transformation through a girl's desire for a bicycle.
- Gender Norms
- Cultural Identity
- Family Liberation
Arrested Justice: Black Women, Violence, and America’s Prison Nation
Arrested Justice: Black Women, Violence, and America’s Prison Nation connects punishment, gender, race, and community safety, strengthening FemRes coverage of abolition feminism and transformative justice.
- Black Feminism
- Carceral Feminism
- Anti-Sexual Violence
Are You My Mother?: A Comic Drama
A graphic memoir that delves into the author's relationship with her mother through the lens of psychoanalysis, exploring themes of artistic struggle, queer identity, and the elusive nature of maternal connection.
- Mother-Daughter Relationships
- Graphic Memoir
- Queer Theory
The Attitudes That Sparked the Arab Spring
Using regional survey data, Dalia Mogahed challenges media stereotypes about the Arab uprisings and examines how demands for dignity, accountable government, religion, and women’s rights coexist.
- Arab Feminism
- Political Participation
- Social Movements