Shared Feminist Conversations: Christabelle Sethna

On May 15, 2025, we had the pleasure of hosting a new session of the Shared Feminist Conversations series, featuring Prof. Christabelle Sethna (Institute of Feminist and Gender Studies – University of Ottawa) in dialogue with Dr. Agata Ignaciuk (University of Granada).

The conversation revolved around her research Seeing is Believing: Televising an Illegal Abortion, in which she critically analyses the televised representation of an illegal abortion in 1970s Canada, within a broader context of conservative political strategies and feminist resistance.

It was a deeply thought-provoking talk, not only due to the richness of the content and the rigour of the analysis, but also thanks to the way Prof. Sethna shared the research process itself. Her generous and transparent storytelling turned the session into a space of collective learning, allowing everyone present to gain insight into her modus operandi as a feminist researcher.