On Agency and the Female Gaze: Writers, Artists, Filmmakers & Activists Share Their Stories

Today, on International Women's Day, we hear from writers, artists, filmmakers and activists who have used their work to question old hierarchies and give expression to the fullness of women’s experiences.

(0:00) Manuela Lucà-Dazio  (Exec. Director, Pritzker Architecture Prize · Fmr. Exec. Director, Dept. of Visual Arts & Architecture · Venice Biennale) on Analyzing and Acting

(2:01) Siri Hustvedt (Novelist, Scholar, Memoirist · Author of ‘Ghost Stories’ and ‘What I Loved’) on Listening and the Essence of Dialogue

(3:35) Hala Alyan (Psychologist, Author of I'll Tell You When I'm Home)

(5:11) Ana Castillo (Novelist & Poet) On Xicanisma and Indigenous History

(6:55) Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy (Academy Award-winning Filmmaker) Film As A Tool For Change

(8:37) Sara Ahmed (Scholar) On The Feminist Killjoy

(10:40) Marilyn Minter (Artist) on Owning Sexual Agency

(11:23) Ellen Rapoport (Showrunner, Writer, HBO’s Minx) on Feminism and Sexual Expression

(12:07) Intan Paramaditha (Author) on Tiger Mothers, Monsters and So-called Bad Women

(15:07) Ada Limón (24th U.S. Poet Laureate) Motherhood, Grief And Poetry

(18:11) Ami Vitale (Photographer & Filmmaker) How Being a Woman Gave Her Access to Different Stories

To hear more from each guest, listen to their full interviews.

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