The idea of mothers killing their children, while shocking, is not as isolated as one may believe, but is a transcultural, decipherable and preventable issue
feminism
Posted inEnvironment
Jobs or clean energy: is it better to go nuclear or to melt down?
SA’s black female unemployment crisis forces us to think differently about job creation and the effects of human behaviour on the planet
Posted inGender violence
Women’s rights are human rights
We are a far way from realising our lofty ideals of gender equality, but we must keep working towards them
Posted inGeneral
African feminism and its project of decolonisation
African feminism is engaged in the project to recoup indigenous knowledge systems and to salvage identities that were destabilised by foreign incursions
Posted inGeneral
Winner: Hear our Voices competition
Welcome to Mo’s is a creative essay in response to the competition’s prompt: How do art and social justice influence each other?
Posted inGender violence
Why we don’t say ‘most’ men are trash
A rebuttal against the #MostMenAreTrash, #NotAllMen and basically any other alteration of the #MenAreTrash movement
Posted inEquality, Gender violence
Gender-based violence in a slave economy
The stereotyping of women as caring, soft-hearted mothers is a dangerous ideological construct
Posted inNews/Politics
The notorious, dissenting RBG
Ruth Bader Ginsburg understood the consequences of her death, and that the cold political calculus of replacing her on the US Supreme Court would take centre stage. Her supporters should take heart from her persistence
Posted inEquality, Gender violence, Health, Lifestyle
An open letter to my students: Cat-calling women is not okay
By Kerry Frizelle While I was lecturing, a female student arrived late*. As she made her way to a seat, another student cat-called her (a whistle). The female student was already conspicuous because she was late and the cat-call drew the entire class’s attention to her. It took me a while to process what was […]
Posted inEquality, Gender violence, General, Health, Media, News/Politics
Why women suffer in our society
I have written about the position of women in our patriarchal society from various perspectives on this site several times before – in the context of guns and violence against them, on a fundamental level on the link between patriarchy, writing and images, on why one should respect women for their extraordinary qualities, and on […]
Posted inEquality, Gender violence, General, Health, Lifestyle
For black women, marriage is not a happily ever after
By Refiloe Makama On the 19th of May 2018 the world watched the wedding ceremony of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle at St George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle. With over 29 million people watching, the wedding was filled with every detail that marks a ‘true fairy-tale‘. Right here at home, every Sunday on the popular channel Mzanzi […]
Posted inEnvironment, Gender violence, General, Media
The allure of Louisa Punt-Fouché’s poetry
Poetry is alluring. Who is there so insensitive among us that evocative poetic phrases would not move us? Yes, I know – there are indeed such people, but I believe that even they, when given the opportunity to learn from a gifted teacher, would develop a modicum of receptivity to poetry. Blake’s “He who binds […]