Without sacrificing her femininity

The Allbright, Mayfair - 2018

Is femininity confining or empowering? Are traditionally feminine qualities only useful as lubricants for social bonds, to catch a lover or to raise a family? What is femininity now?

In the wake of #metoo, these questions and more have come to the fore. In fact, the upsurge in feminist activism led the Merriam-Webster dictionary to change the definition of femininity. It had previously included the following example of how to use the term in a sentence: “She managed to become a female CEO without sacrificing her femininity.” This episode of The O Show continues the process of radicalism and re-definition by featuring a panel of guests who relish in their femininity while stretching its boundaries.

 

  • Produced by
    Baron and Baroness Magazines

    Directed, hosted and edited by
    Oriana Fox

    Guests
    Sam Roddick, Michelle Williams Gamaker Nando Messias, Marissa Begonia

    Director of Photography
    Kai Fiáin

    Camera Operators
    Kai Fiáin, Roman Manfredi, Lettie Precious

    Stage Manager
    Tracey Smith

    Sound Engineers
    Cassandra Rutledge

    Assistant Editor
    Rebecca W Morris

    Original Themesong by
    Paulette Humanbeing

    Special Thanks to
    Matthew Holroyd, Tessa Clarfelt, Silvia Boni, Annika Nicklinson, Lucy Thane, Joshua Sofaer, Angela Monti Fox, Michael Fox, Vilia Hayes, Sven O. Van Damme, Josh Fox, Alex Monti Fox, Janak Patel and City & Guilds of London Art School

GUESTS

  • Woman sitting in front of a gray curtain, wearing a floral-patterned top and a colorful lanyard, smiling slightly.

    Sam Roddick

    Sam Roddick is an artistic pleasure provocateur, erotic entrepreneur, passionate activist, creative thinker, disobedient filthy mouthed feminist, celebrator of loving masculinity and feminine power. Roddick has combined her business pursuits with socio-political campaigning, having founded the ethical sex shop Coco de Mer with an activist arm called Bondage for Freedom to support human rights and end sex trafficking.

  • Person sitting on a blue couch, wearing a gray sweater and colorful bracelets, with short hair styled with highlights.

    Michelle Williams Gamaker

    Michelle Williams Gamaker is a moving image and performance artist based in London. She interrogates cinematic artifice, deploying characters as fictional activists to critique the imperialist storytelling in 20th-century British/Hollywood studio films. She has won numerous awards including Film London’s Jarman Award 2020 and FLAMLIN production award 2022, and is represented by Tintype Gallery, London.

  • Person with slicked-back hair and sleeveless white shirt, sitting on blue chair, smiling, with microphone attached to shirt.

    Nando Messias

    Nando Messias' work straddles performance art, dance and theatre. Their performances combine beautiful images with a fierce critique of gender, visibility and violence. Messias has performed at prestigious venues such as the Royal Court, The Gate, Hayward Gallery, V&A, Tate Britain, Roundhouse, Royal Vauxhall Tavern and ICA, among other spaces across the UK and internationally.

  • A woman smiling, wearing a dark blue blouse, sitting in front of gray curtains.

    Marissa Begonia

    Marissa Begonia is a mother and a domestic worker. She is also the founder of a self-help, grass-roots organisation called The Voice of Domestic Workers, made up of multi-national migrant domestic workers in the UK, to support each other and bring change in national and international politics and on the ground.

 
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