A Woman Who Makes This Statement Today Needs Revolutionary Courage

I want to live in a community with men and women, with children, animals and plants so that I am not continually forced to hide my actual being from the others. Perception and contact are forces of life that are as elementary as breathing. If these are possible, then I love...

Sabine Lichtenfels

Imagine The Most Beautiful Future: What Do You See?

"Trust is the basis on which life heals. There is no deeper vision than the vision of a world in which trust reigns between all beings."

5 min

Misogyny and the Healing of the Masculine

My new home of West Asheville is in the news. A local coffee shop, Waking Life Espresso, closed its doors after its owners Jared Rutledge and Jacob Owens were outed for hosting a misogynistic blog. In addition to repulsive and degrading comments about women and details of...

Charles Eisenstein

Bill Nye: Can We Stop Telling Women What to Do With Their Bodies?

The Science Guy argues that most anti-abortion legislation is derived from outdated beliefs that predate smart science by fifty centuries.

5 min

From Jenner to Dolezal: One Trans Good, the Other Not so Much

By far the most intellectually and politically interesting thing about the recent "exposé" of Spokane, WA, NAACP activist Rachel Dolezal’s racial status is the conundrum it has posed for racial identitarians who are also committed to defense of transgender identity. The...

Adolph Reed Jr.

Instead of Defunding Planned Parenthood, Can We Defund War?

Stacey Johnston

"Robin Hood In Reverse" - Bernie Sanders Explains Income Inequality

Bernie Sanders talks about the one issue the billionaire class wants us to avoid discussing.

8 min

Walk of No Shame With Amber Rose

Amber Rose takes pride in her stride. Don't let anyone call it a walk of shame!

2 min

Stereotypes: A Short Film about Labeling People

A very short but shocking film about the stereotypes we live with everyday in our society.

2 min

5 Questions to Ask Yourself If You Think Your Partner Is Toxic

“Despite it all, I loved him – and that love was not enough.” How can you tell if your partner is healthy for you? Here's some guidance that can help.

Melissa A. Fabello

Feminist: Stories From Women’s Liberation (2013) (trailer)

Structured as a personal journey of rediscovery by filmmaker Jennifer Lee, this documentary brings the momentous first decade of secondwave feminism vividly to life. Its trajectory starts with the earliest stirrings in 1963 and ends with the movement’s full blossoming in...

2 min

Worried Your Partner Is Emotionally Abusive? Check Out These 7 Warning Signs

There’s a misconception that abusive partners always use physical violence, which can make it hard to tell if your partner’s abusive.

Emma Rust

Welcome to Britain. Undress From the Waist Down, Please.

In the 1970s, women from the Indian subcontinent who migrated to the UK to join their spouses were routinely subjected to virginity testing examinations. A poet and a filmmaker from Bristol, UK have made a short film, Borders, about the women's experience.

E Mizon

Human (2015)

What is it that makes us human? Is it that we love, that we fight? That we laugh? Cry? Our curiosity? The quest for discovery?

382 min

Dominique Christina Delivers The Fiercest Poem You'll Ever Hear

Dominique Christina performs "Karma".

4 min

Can Standing up for What We Believe in Make Us All Feel a Little Less Powerless?

It’s all a bit overwhelming, isn’t it? Inequality is rising, and services are being cut to those who most need them. Our eco-system is teetering on the edge, and oil companies are controlling the climate agenda. Multinationals are booming off the labour of the poorest, racism...

No Longer Powerless

Underrepresentation of Women in Textbooks Means People Are More Likely to Attribute Inventions to Fictional Men Than Real Women

In the spirit of back-to-school season, we thought we'd help New Yorkers brush up on their knowledge.

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I Am A Girl (2013) (trailer)

There is a group of people in the world today who are more persecuted than anyone else, but they are not political or religious activists. They are girls. Being born a girl means you are more likely to be subjected to violence, disease, poverty and disadvantage than any other...

3 min

LaDonna Harris: Indian 101 (2014) (trailer)

LADONNA HARRIS: INDIAN 101 from Comanche filmmaker Julianna Brannum, chronicles the life of Comanche activist and national civil rights leader LaDonna Harris and the role that she has played in Native and mainstream America history since the 1960s. In this new verite style...

4 min

Inside Her Sex: Where Shame And Sexuality Collide (2014) (trailer)

While we live in a highly sexualized society, the messaging around female sexuality is distorted and rife with shame. What women should look like, who women should want, what women should desire...in fact, who women should be, is dictated to us from screens and pages and people.

3 min

Living Thinkers: An Autobiography of Black Women in the Ivory Tower (2013) (trailer)

LIVING THINKERS examines the intersection of race, class and gender for Black women professors and administrators working in U.S. colleges and universities today.

5 min

Reflections Unheard: Black Women in Civil Rights (2013) (trailer)

Where do black women activists fit into the epochal struggles for equality and liberation during the 1960s and 70s? This feature-length documentary unearths the story of black women’s political marginalization—between the male-dominated Black Power movement and second wave...

3 min

Feminism Inshallah: A History Of Arab Feminism (2014) (trailer)

The struggle for Muslim women’s emancipation is often portrayed stereotypically as a showdown between Western and Islamic values, but Arab feminism has existed for more than a century. And its unique history is shaped by, and inseparable from, assertions of national identity...

2 min

Private Violence (2014) (trailer)

Private Violence explores a simple, but deeply disturbing fact of American life: the most dangerous place for a woman in America is her own home. Every day in the U.S., at least four women are murdered by abusive (and often, ex-) partners.

3 min

The Supreme Price (2014) (trailer)

The Supreme Price is a feature length documentary film that traces the evolution of the Pro-Democracy Movement in Nigeria and efforts to increase the participation of women in leadership roles. Following the annulment of her father's victory in Nigeria's Presidential Election...

10 min

50+ Films About Women That Will Inspire You, Anger You, and Make You Want to Change the World

Here are 50 documentaries, short films and other videos that focus on women's issues, perspectives and struggles. We're hoping to expand this list over time so feel free to share links to anything we missed via our contact page. Thanks!

Films For Action

Three Things Gender Intelligent Men Do Differently

Earlier this month, I hosted a conversation on Gender Intelligence from the male point of view at The Hult International Business School's San Francisco Campus. The purpose of which was to explore gender intelligence on two fronts: 1) the implications of gender intelligence...

Cari E. Guittard

Malian Singer's New Video Shows 4 Generations of Women Standing Up for Peace and Freedom

Malian-French soul pop singer Inna Modja shares the music video for “Tombouctou,” her latest single off the upcoming Motel Bamako album. The visuals, shot in Bamako at Malick Sidibé‘s studio, follow the aesthetic of the iconic Malian&nbs

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Because You're Worthless - Challenging The Current Economic System in 3 Minutes

Poem by Agnes Török on the news of a new Conservative budget. Based on experiences of living in Britain under austerity as a young, queer, unemployed, female immigrant student - and not taking it any more. More info on: www.agnestorok.org Facebook Twitter

3 min

Dr. Maya Angelou: Love Liberates

Words to live by from Dr. Maya Angelou. Love each other.

5 min

Every Serena Williams Win Comes with a Side of Racism and Sexism

Serena Williams is widely regarded as the best female tennis player of all time. But her career has been followed by severe racism and sexism that taps into stereotypes about black women.

2 min

Awaken the MOTHER Mind: Powerful message from Zulu healer Credo Mutwa

Zulu Sangoma (healer) Vusamazulu Credo Mutwa calls on all human beings to awaken the mother mind, that part of human consciousness that feels what is happening in the world.

2 min

Activists Illustrated - Women at the Heart of Global Struggles

Latin American Artist María María Acha-Kutscher takes photographs from social and feminist movements and turns them into stunning pop art illustrations

María María Acha-Kutscher

Selling The Girl Next Door (2015)

Selling the Girl Next Door takes viewers into the world of underage American girls caught up in the violent sex trade. Thousands of girls under the age of 18 are ensnared into lives of prostitution annually, according to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children...

45 min

Meet the Activist Who Wants Women Everywhere to 'Free the Nipple'

Most American cities are full of breasts. They are everywhere: On billboards. On storefronts. On

4 min

Take Up Space - A Clarion Call to All Women from Poet Vanessa Kisuule

Vanessa Kisuule calls on all women, whatever their age, creed or class, to stop shrinking themselves, and instead, take up space!

5 min

Indigenous Knowledge Systems / Alaska Native Ways of Knowing

'The depth of indigenous knowledge rooted in the long inhabitation of a particular place offers lessons that can benefit everyone, from educator to scientist, as we search for a more satisfying and sustainable way to live on this planet.'

Ray Barnhardt and Angayuqaq Oscar Kawagley

We Need a Sexual Revolution in the Middle East

'Let's face it, the Arab Spring failed women. They are no closer to liberation than before the uprisings.' Mona Eltahawy, who was beaten and sexually assaulted by Egyptian riot police in 2011, argues that feminism is a vital movement wherever you are - both 'over here' and...

4 min

An Open Letter to the Everyday Sexist

Dear Everyday Sexist,

Alia Al Ghussain

The Top 100 Documentaries We Can Use to Change the World

A more beautiful, egalitarian and regenerative world is possible. Take this library and use it to inspire global change!

Films For Action

Climate Change Is About...Women

Climate change is about...food, water, extractivism. Climate change is about...women, in leadership, in unity. Climate change is about...much more than climate change.

2 min

Our Culture's Unhealthy Ideas Surrounding Masculinity Is Killing Men: On The Roots of Men and Trauma

“The three most destructive words that every man receives when he’s a boy is when he’s told to 'be a man,'” —Joe Ehrmann, coach and former NFL player If we are honest with ourselves, we have long known that masculinity kills men, in ways both myriad and measurable. While...

Kali Holloway

Anarchy Lives: Rojava

There is place where sex, creed and ethnicity do not harbor division. A place where everyone is military trained so that having a police force becomes obsolete. A place where civilian females, instead of asking for permission, instead of waiting for outside help, have taken...

8 min

I Never Said Yes (2012)

A woman is raped every ten minutes in the UK and yet thousands of rapes go unreported and conviction rates remain low. Pips Taylor explores why, in powerful interviews with young rape survivors. She confronts those in authority about the failures in the system and speaks to...

56 min

Women and Biodiversity Feed the World, Not Corporations and GMOs

Biodiverse ecological agriculture in women's hands is a solution not just to the malnutrition crisis, but also the climate crisis.

Vandana Shiva

Things Not to Say to a Trans Person

BBC Free Speech got together some people from the transgender community to pick out questions they often hear. We asked, so you don't have to!

8 min

Comedy Sketch Shows Deep-Seated Sexism in Advertising

This is a clip from the BBC comedy series 'That Mitchell and Webb look' satirises sexism in advertising.

1 min

Early Men and Women Were Equal, Say scientists

Study shows that modern hunter-gatherer tribes operate on egalitarian basis, suggesting inequality was an aberration that came with the advent of agriculture

Hannah Devlin

Stop Telling Women To Smile

Stop Telling Women to Smile is an art series by Tatyana Fazlalizadeh. The work attempts to address gender based street harassment by placing drawn portraits of women, composed with captions that speak directly to offenders, outside in public spaces.

6 min

Anita Sarkeesian: "What I Couldn't Say"

Talking about the most intimate fears and insecurities, accusations of "playing the gender card", "first-world problems", jokes made 'too soon' - why are some topics still too hard to talk about, & what are women losing by keeping them to themselves.

5 min

The Hunting Ground (2015) (trailer)

From the team behind THE INVISIBLE WAR, comes a startling exposé of rape crimes on U.S. campuses, institutional cover-ups and the brutal social toll on victims and their families. Weaving together verité footage and first-person testimonies, the film follows survivors as they...

2 min

10 Words Every Girl Should Learn

"Stop interrupting me."

Soraya Chemaly

Qahera: a superhero

This is less of a superhero comic and more of a tribute. I remember at one point during the revolution, people would use statistics of attacks on women to discredit political movements – and Egyptians – at large. This keeps happening, consistently, both locally and...

Deena Mohamed

The Gulabi Gang

In this week's show an homage to women everywhere, a look at the trolls from the Men's Rights Movements and how the Gulabi Gang in India who are beating down rapitsts with big ass sticks. On the music break, Bambu with "The Queen is Dead."

15 min

25 Invisible Benefits of Gaming While Male

Many women have courageously spoken out about how they experience alienation and harassment in gaming. Despite this fact, too many male gamers still dismiss the issue as "no big deal" and insist that there isn’t really a problem. One of the luxuries of being a member of a...

5 min

Patriarchy Is Killing Our Planet

The global epidemic of violence against women and their systematic exclusion from the power structures that rule us are integral to man's violent exploitation of Earth and her resources, writes Nafeez Ahmed. The fight to save the Earth must begin with the empowerment of women...

Nafeez Ahmed

In 5 Minutes, This Student Destroys Our Double Standards For Men And Women

Tyler Kingkade

#WhoWillYouHelp: Canada Releases Anti-Sexual Assault PSA

Thanks for... wtf?

1 min

Looking for Leaders on Climate? Follow the Women Farmers

Across the globe, countless women are standing up to the ravages of climate change – and to the governments and big businesses who are allowing it to destroy the world "I give you a message from my heart," she says, "let's move forward and work together for the benefit of...

Jon Queally

Reimagining Feminism

Every morning I read my one-year-old daughter a fabulous children's alphabet book. When we get to the letter F, it goes "F is for Feminist, Fairness in our Pay." Of course a children's book is limited in its ability to express nuanced layers of analysis, but I often wonder...

Harsha Walia

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