UCLA

This paper analyzes the “Hmong Story” YouTube channel as a site of care and activism where Hmong women address violence in their communities through neej neeg storytelling. Situating “Hmong Story” within the genealogy of Hmong oral traditions, the paper reimagines storytelling and listening as a form of Hmong feminist practice that enacts anti-violence work rooted in cultural knowledge and community care. “Hmong Story,” through the storytelling practices of the host and her community of listeners, creates space for Hmong women to creatively counter and transform conditions of violence through culturally grounded feminist care practices.