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In this first We Hate Pink Minitalk, we explore feminist resistance in Iran beyond headlines and Western narratives. We speak with Shora Esmailian , an Iranian freelance journalist based in Sweden, whose work traces and documents 47 years of Iran’s political and social history, from the 1979 revolution to today’s revolts.
From women-led uprisings to workers' struggles, this conversation traces the current situation in Iran back through decades of resistance — to economic hardship, state repression, control over bodies, and enforced silence.
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Rather than isolating feminism as a single issue, we look at how feminist movements are deeply interconnected with broader social, labour, and grassroots struggles.
At We Hate Pink , we reject sensationalism and saviour narratives. This space exists to amplify voices, dismantle orientalist stereotypes, and practice feminist solidarity rooted in listening, political alliance, and accountability.
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If you want to understand what's happening in Iran today through context, history, and lived resistance, this conversation is for you.
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Reading lists
1.⁠ Iran on the Brink: Rising Workers and Threats of War , by Andreas Malm & Shora Esmailian (Pluto Press)
⁠2. The Iranian Constitutional Revolution , 1906–1911, by Janet Afary (Columbia University Press)
3. A History of Modern Iran – revised and updated, by Ervand Abrahamian (Cambridge University Press)
4. Workers and Revolution in Iran , by Assef Bayat (Zed Books)
5. Street Politics: Poor People's Movements in Iran , by Asset Bayat (Columbia University Press)
6. Rebels with a Cause: The Failure of the Left in Iran , by Maziar Behrooz (I.B. Tauris)
7. Modern Iran: Roots and Results of Revolution , by Nikki R Keddie (Yale University Press)
8. All the Shah's Men: An American Coup and the Roots of Middle East Terror , by Stephen Kinzer (Trade Paper Press)
9. Social Origins of the Iranian Revolution , by Misagh Parsa (Rutgers University Press)
10. Revolutionary Iran: A History of the Islamic Republic , by Michael Axworthy (Oxford University Press)
11. ⁠Iran’s Struggles for Social Justice: Economics, Agency, Justice, Activism , by Peyman Vahabzadeh (Palgrave Macmillan)
12. Woman Life Freedom: Voices and Art from the Women’s Protests in Iran , by Malu Halasa (Saqi Books)
13. Women Without Men (novel), by Shahrnush Parsipur (Feminist Press at The City University of New York)