The Joburg Film Festival takes place in the month of November and offers an array of local, continental and international films in the form of week-long screenings open to the public. Not to be confused with the Jozi Film Fesitival, this particular one differs in that directors, experts in film and curators from all over…
TW: Mental illness; drug abuse Gurls Talk is an online platform that advocates for mental health, women’s equality and gives a voice to powerful, everyday women. The platform was founded by executive producer to the stars, Holly Gore and her best friend and face of the brand, Adwoa Aboah; as striking as she is intelligent, a…
Filmmakers based in LA, Jennifer Zahlit and Larkin Bell are the founders and co-hosts for A Female Lens; a podcast series for filmmakers and creatives which highlights women in the film industry. Each episode shares the work, achievements and encouragements from various women in different roles within the industry at different point in their careers….
To travel is to become familiar with the world and oneself. I find myself speaking about plans to travel in hypotheticals, even when I have already begun preparing. Perhaps, it is that the places one visits and inhabits often feel so separate from home that elements of the journey are like part of a dream….
Cry laughing. That’s how I would describe what her story and choice of words did to me in that moment. She made me cry laugh. As I heard her speak about a date in which a guy called womxn “bitchy” and she responded with, a comment on internalized misogyny. But here’s the thing, it’s not…
The Johannesburg nightlife scene is ever diversifying and we are here for it! It’s no secret that queer people in Johannesburg know how to get down and event organizers Lelo Meslani and Khumo Pulumo know just how to throw the right party. Not only have they provided queer and femme bodies with the golden opportunity…
It was July 2018 when the realisation of it all sank in. We were sitting in a workshop and my friend simply said “quarter life crises is real”. I had never thought of such a thing. She seemingly had it all (from my point of view anyway). She had a top position at her company,…
Ebumnandini is rapidly becoming more than a simple event, it’s becoming an institution and with a name which serves as a nod to Kwaito godfather Doc Shebeleza, the party has made waves in both Cape Town and Johannesburg. Ebumnandini is the brainchild of industrial/post-kwaito Stiff Pap members Jakinda and AyemaProbllem and fully captures the DIY…
The internet is political. People have been using the web to activate for (and against) things that get their heart rates up since the days of floppy disk connections. The 2000s saw the internet move from a distant space above us to an integral part of our everyday: fundamentally changing the way that everything from…
I remember adolescent me questioning my sexuality. I remember the Google searches. I remember what came up when I typed in the keyword ‘lesbian’. Pornographic imagery… what a harrowing experience for a young teenage girl simply trying to learn about herself and others like her. Luckily such experiences might be a thing of the past…
There are a plethora of reasons that someone might quit drinking: choosing to forego a dreaded hangover, the ever increasing price of colourful cocktails or the stark realities of addiction. A growing trend seems to have appeared questioning the narrative of normalized or socially ingrained drinking patterns, ranging from the 12-step programme to people wanting…
Minding Our Business is a six-part podcast series dealing with mental health and wellness in the visual arts. The series is done by Rera Letsema in collaboration with the Visual Arts Network of South Africa (VANSA) and looks into such topics relating to mental health as the romanticization of mental illnesses, stigmas surrounding mental health,…
