Provocations are historical and contemporary material that are not original Feminist Futures content, but are related to the themes we are exploring on this platform. The material on this page is meant to further creative and intellectual connections on issues of feminism, feminist theory, and feminist-led movements.  

ژن (Woman)

A film by Gilnaz Arzpeyma and Arash Akhgari

Sound design: Nick Lavigne; subtitles: Guity Nadjafie; song: students at Tehran University of Art (November 2022); voiceover: Elaheh Mohammadi (Qarchak Women’s Prison, February 2023).

From the creators: It has been a year since the murder of Jina Amini in the custody of the Iranian Regime's morality police, an event that ignited the ongoing feminist revolution in Iran. Since then, thousands have been murdered, arrested, blinded, tortured, and imprisoned. 

To Jina, Niloufar, Sepideh, Elaheh, Vida, and all those beautiful souls that keep the flame of Womxn, Life, Freedom alive.

ژن (Woman) is the first part of a trilogy that engages with the Iranian feminist revolution from the vantage point of the diaspora. Through documentary media showcasing protesters on the streets, the film presents their civil disobedience as a collective performance, and explores the emerging narrative for woman, life, and freedom.

july 13, 2013–July 13, 2023

Patrisse Cullors July 13, 2013: declaration: black bodies will no longer be sacrificed for the rest of the world's enlightement. i am done. i am so done. trayvon, you are loved infinitely #blacklivesmatter

Patrisse Marie Cullors-Brignac, #blacklivesmatter, July 13, 2013

i want a president

I want a dyke for president. I want a person with aids for president and I want a fag for vice president and I want someone with no health insurance and I want someone who grew up in a place where the earth is so saturated with toxic waste that they

Zoe Leonard, “I want a president,” 1992 © Zoe Leonard

Climate Literacy and Female Political Prisoners in Iran

*Following Niloufar’s survey and research findings on climate literacy in Evin Prison, she and her fellow inmates developed a 9-week climate seminar series which was designed to increase awareness and knowledge about climate change, its impacts as well as mitigation and adaptation actions. One important output of this 9-week climate course was an Open Letter signed by women political prisoners in Evin calling for climate action in Iran.