Reading Naked Girls Reading: Are we dismantling or reinforcing gendered expression?
Adhering to normative aesthetics should be avoided when attempting to empower the natural.
Sex exhibition is fair on representation but short on alternative heterosexual sex
The Sex exhibition, at Stevenson Gallery in Braamfontein, doesn’t go far enough to explain the problems specific to our generation.
European Film Festival: The gender catch-22
Can the mostly male-directed films in the 'A Woman's World' film festival truly capture the female voice?
Do not pass Van Gogh
A new film shows the artist’s work in incredible detail, but fails to explore new paths into his turbulent mind.
Stories that push the boundaries of the female experience
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 bokkie stops here: Let’s make feminism fashionable again
The fight for women's rights has too often been stigmatised and ignored in favour of race politics.
Face the fro and say hello, gorgeous
Frizz is fine for men, but women must iron out or wig up? That sheitel ain't funny, girl.
Fifty shades of sexual ambiguity
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.
To wax lyrical for a lad – or not
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.
Sexual healing: An African sex safari
The African Sexual Healing Tour is empowering, but bruised by its bland approach to heterosexual cliché.
This is where the bodice is buried
A headmaster's memoir dips into risqué territory, but what principles lie behind the lurid prose?
When cinema casts gay desire as deviant behaviour
A former wrestler's furious response to his portrayal in the Oscar-nominated film underscores society’s resistance to sexual difference.
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Auditor-General of South Africa seeks request for information
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Former bursary student hits a six and lands top job at WPCA
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SANRAL to professionalise its finance division with world-class professional accounting designations
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Empowering his people to unleash their potential
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What is an AGA(SA) and AT(SA) and why do they matter?
If your company has these qualified professionals it will help improve efficiencies and accelerate progress by assisting your organisation to perform better
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Mining company uses rich seam of technology to gear up for Covid-19
Itec Direct technology provides instant temperature screening of staff returniing to the workplace with no human contact
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Covid-19 and Back to School Webinar
If our educators can take care of themselves, they can take care of the children they teach
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5G technology is the future
Besides a healthcare problem Covid-19 is also a data issue and 5G technology, with its lightning speed, can help to curb its spread
