Sense8 – The full spectrum of life and love
Although I have done work on the astonishing Netflix television series, Sense8 (a play on ‘sensate’) before, it was restricted to the first season. Since then, I have viewed the Christmas Special, the...
View ArticleDo we still need an International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and...
By Pierre Brouard Do we still need an International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia (IDAHOT), to draw attention to the violence and discrimination experienced by lesbian, gay,...
View ArticleWorking with men towards ending violence and promoting positive masculinities
By Refiloe Makama & Sipho Dlamini Violence has remained a longstanding characteristic of the country. Gender-based violence (or more accurately: violence perpetuated by men against…
View ArticleIntersecting gender and resiliency – especially during Covid-19
By Amori Marais The grip of calamities is tightening across the world: Covid-19 is causing a global pandemic; parts of Australia are (still) burning; and…
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Why is it still so hard for civil society to talk about internal racism?
Appointing Black women to leadership positions is a drop in the ocean of the real work that needs to be done to truly transform organisations, especially in the nonprofit world
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Revisiting an old favourite in the new Star Trek: Discovery
Viewers will find in the series an exemplar of the exploration of forms of otherness most people have never dreamed of, as well as of divergent ways to act in unison
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Pronouns are small but mean a lot
For trans and non-binary Africans like Matthew Blaise, sexual identification and acknowledgment is a daily struggle
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Why we don’t say ‘most’ men are trash
A rebuttal against the #MostMenAreTrash, #NotAllMen and basically any other alteration of the #MenAreTrash movement
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Your dreams are valid, girl child
The only way out of gender inequality is to live an example to other girls, and to seek representation for women at every level of society
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The different dimensions of gender equality
Women are not a homogenous group and the notion of gender equality cannot be reduced to power struggles between women and men, Catherine Albertyn, Constitution,
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