Feminist TheoryVideos

In this video essay, oliSUNvia critiques the cultural backlash against 'choice feminism' and the rise of stay-at-home girlfriend discourse. She argues that autonomy must include the right to make non-normative or traditionally feminine choices without being dismissed as brainwashed or anti-feminist. Through nuanced commentary and community responses, the video explores the tension between agency, internalized norms, and feminist respect for individual paths.

In her TEDxShivNadarUniversity talk, Srishti Pandey starts from the everyday life of a disabled woman to challenge inspiration narratives and connect ableism with sexual autonomy and access.

Loretta J. Ross distinguishes public call-outs from invitations to dialogue: the latter can support accountability and change, but must not make harmed people responsible for endless patience and emotional labor.

At TEDxJohannesburgWomen, Pumla Gqola recalls encountering feminism amid South Africa’s anti-apartheid struggle and considers how joy and imagination sustain collective action.

Yuderkys Espinosa Miñoso examines how coloniality shapes feminist knowledge and challenges the assumption of a universal experience of ‘woman’.