Adhering to normative aesthetics should be avoided when attempting to empower the natural.
The Sex exhibition, at Stevenson Gallery in Braamfontein, doesn’t go far enough to explain the problems specific to our generation.
Can the mostly male-directed films in the ‘A Woman’s World’ film festival truly capture the female voice?
A new film shows the artist’s work in incredible detail, but fails to explore new paths into his turbulent mind.
A no-holds-barred insight into what it is like to be a woman in present-day South Africa, fraught as it is with taboos and dangers.
The fight for women’s rights has too often been stigmatised and ignored in favour of race politics.
Frizz is fine for men, but women must iron out or wig up? That sheitel ain’t funny, girl.
Fifty Shades of Grey takes a nuanced approach to sex and power, but it is far too pedestrian to be called truly provocative feminist cinema.
In the best possible scenario he’d pay attention to the process I’d undergo for him and he’d get a shiver down his spine at how unnatural it all is.
The African Sexual Healing Tour is empowering, but bruised by its bland approach to heterosexual cliché.