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Beyoncé-feminism

Posted inEquality, News/Politics

Some spaces exclude white people, and that’s a good thing

by Louise Ferreira 12 February 201623 February 2016

The Sunday morning after Mumford & Sons’ first Pretoria show, I woke up to a newsfeed and timeline going berserk — but about Beyoncé rather than banjos. I’m not part of the Beyhive, but I watched the Formation video out of curiosity. It’s incredible. What struck me most, though, was the fact that I felt […]

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Feminism isn’t for everybody, but it could be

by Sekoetlane Jacob Phamodi 8 September 201422 September 2014

This morning I read Danielle Bowler’s commentary on the good versus bad feminist debate in her column “We are all bad feminists, and that’s okay”. While I’m all for a nuanced and reflexive critique on feminisms and their limitations in order to better develop and strengthen the movement, I found myself puzzled by what read […]

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