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A commentator demonstrates the exact issue postcolonial feminism tries to tackle, the lack of understanding for cultural differences and feminisms’ place within those differences.

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Barani Maung Maung was born and raised in Myanmar, has lived in Singapore, and currently studies in the United States. In this talk, she explores tensions between different understandings of feminism in relation to her and her family's lived experience, and why listening to silenced narratives is an important tool to critically thinking about empowerment.