**Disclaimer: The primary context of this article is Tradwifes, therefore the disinclusion of Nara Smith is intentional as she has expressly stated that she is not a tradwife. This is not ironic. While the world at large may have cemented a profound synergy with social media influencers and content creators, its cooperation with the rising…
Almost as soon as it began, hookup culture began dying a slow and painful death. Globally, sex rates are declining, which could be connected to bad sex, a lack of communication in sexual relationships, and inadequate sex education. Hookup culture centred the male orgasm, ignoring the importance of genuine human connection, and conflating sex with…
As another year of 16 Days of Activism against gender-based violence draws to a close, South Africans reflect that this social scourge deserves our activism every day of the year. Civil society organisations are at the forefront of preventing and responding to violence against women, assisting survivors, and strengthening the agency of girls and women…
The expansion of personal beliefs widens vigorously as a conscious and subconscious intent to understand the world and self is prioritised across land and sea and amongst every kind of nation. In South Africa, the interrogation around the positionality of femmes and the theoretical and practical work of feminist conceptualisation and practice is one that…
*Statistics mentioned all in relation to the country of South Africa* Recently, TikTok user @kimaotung sparked a conversation about marriage by framing it as social currency. She mentions and elaborates on this point by saying that younger femmes today are not as confined to the pressures of marriage as older femmes were 20 to 30…
There is frequent discourse online about the effects of parasocial relationships, with most discussions viewing them as concerning and invasive. These relationships are the experience of closeness and friendship by audiences and fans with public figures with whom they do not know personally but have come to form connections with them through mass media platforms….
“Abortion is healthcare!” “Abortion is healthcare!” “Abortion is healthcare!” The chants coming from large crowds echo around the supreme court in Washington, DC. It is late at night in the District of Columbia as pained groups of people hold up boards with messages such as “My body, my choice” and “Bans off my body”, in…
Sometimes, a problem is so pervasive, it becomes invisible. Gender based violence — sexual assault, domestic violence, trafficking — seem to capture our attention when a startling statistic or story lands on the front page. But the daily toll gender based violence has on victims and our community is not reflected in the news and…
Cinderella might be one of the most adapted fairy tales on-screen but every few years there is always an attempt to create a version that is “modern”, “fresh” and, worst of all, “empowering”. Of all the criticisms of the version of girlhood and femininity that the Disney Princesses have produced, the idea that Cinderella is…
“Feminism is a collective movement, not simply an isolated practice in which individual women engage, and thus a feminist conception of power must also include an account of solidarity” Lisa H. Schwartzman Whose feminism? What feminism? Why feminism? Those are the questions being asked and statements made through the collaborative project Feminism Ya Mang, Feminism…
A 10-episode revival of series Sex and the City is headed to streaming platform HBO, titled And Just Like That. The reboot is set to include members of the original cast. With little to no information available regarding the plot of the reboot, we find ourselves in the perfect time to question our expectations of…
To be “feminist” in any authentic sense of the term is to want for all people, female and male, liberation from sexist role patterns, domination, and oppression. ― bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism This Womxn’s month as we reflect on a notion that is both so vital yet so patronising we need to…
