Jessie Cohen

Reading Naked Girls Reading: Are we dismantling or reinforcing gendered expression?

Article Jessie Cohen - 22 Jul 2016

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

Article Jessie Cohen - 26 May 2016

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

Article Jessie Cohen - 7 May 2015

Can the mostly male-directed films in the 'A Woman's World' film festival truly capture the female voice?

Do not pass Van Gogh

Article Jessie Cohen - 23 Apr 2015

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

Article Jessie Cohen - 7 Apr 2015

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

Article Jessie Cohen - 27 Mar 2015

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

Article Jessie Cohen - 12 Mar 2015

Frizz is fine for men, but women must iron out or wig up? That sheitel ain't funny, girl.

Fifty shades of sexual ambiguity

Article Jessie Cohen - 19 Feb 2015

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

Article Jessie Cohen - 19 Feb 2015

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

Article Jessie Cohen - 12 Feb 2015

The African Sexual Healing Tour is empowering, but bruised by its bland approach to heterosexual cliché.

This is where the bodice is buried

Article Jessie Cohen - 5 Feb 2015

A headmaster's memoir dips into risqué territory, but what principles lie behind the lurid prose?

When cinema casts gay desire as deviant behaviour

Article Jessie Cohen - 23 Jan 2015

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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Inaugural Ocean Economy Skills Summit to address economic growth and skills development

Beware of scammers

UNICEF vacancy announcement

The challenges and opportunities for manufacturing CFOs, now and in the future

Sona 2021: More talk without the actual walk?

Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) Solicitation

Unpacking the 2021 SoNA

Wits scientist on global commission that cautions against using gene-edited embryos for pregnancy