Political Critique

Maya Schenwar and Victoria Law show how electronic monitoring, house arrest, and mandated treatment can expand punishment beyond prison walls.

Mona Eltahawy connects control over women’s bodies at home, in public, and through the state, then asks what a sexual revolution can mean without flattening the Middle East into one story.

Kate Millett's groundbreaking doctoral thesis turned manifesto, Sexual Politics, established patriarchy as a political institution and is considered one of the foundational texts of second-wave feminism and feminist literary criticism.

Věra Chytilová’s surrealist Czech New Wave masterpiece follows two teenage girls, both named Marie, who embark on a series of anarchic pranks and destructive games in a world going 'bad.' Through avant-garde experimentation and radical humor, the film critiques patriarchy, consumerism, and political stagnation.