Ericka Huggins, member of the Black Panther Party, advocated for needs-based activism in Cape Town
”I want my learners to be better than the communities they come from.”
Proposing that white women form a movement of their own is exclusionary, racist and contrary to feminism as a body of beliefs and not an identity.
There’s a proud history of women using their bodies as ‘weapons’ of protest that predates #FeesMustFall.
Black Portraiture[s] III takes place from November 17 to 19 in Johannesburg.
As for what Trump’s presidency will actually mean for women in the long term: it’s too soon to tell.
I cast aside male privilege in favour of femininity. Why?
The obsession with uncovering Muslim women isn’t empowering. It’s denying our agency.
The classic Grimm fairy tale’s theme of wild teenage abandon is echoed in popular culture, but the moral of the story is luckily changing.
African feminists have moved away from critiquing Western feminisms to creating spaces where they can embrace themselves, writes Pontsho Pilane.
Pontsho Pilane writes about her deep connection with both her faith and her feminism, and her efforts to make sense of the two together.
Arguably one of the world’s most famous women, Kim K raises more questions than provides answers.
Beyoncé is often overlooked in terms of her cultural contributions and artistic value, but is, in many respects, all things to many black women.
An academic slates the singer for being unfeminist but ignores how young the fans are.
With articles on guitar goddesses such as St Vincent written by women, the magazine dispels the myth that learning to shred is a male-only pursuit.
Women’s Day marks the protest of women against apartheid policies. But six decades on black women have yet to fully embrace feminism as a discourse.
Matt Haig wanted to explore new ideas about masculinity, but found outrage and ire instead.
Modern rebellion is spectacular, it is feminist, and it is led by Charlize Theron.
Readers write in about Biko, oppression and struggle, and the KZN police.
The fight for women’s rights has too often been stigmatised and ignored in favour of race politics.
Fleek’s the new buzzword for trendy. But when it comes to what’s on your feet, only men can be fleek, writes Haji Mohamed Dawjee.
Women gamers are receiving harsh threats online for "poking deftly into the subculture’s most sensitive nerve", writes Alistair Fairweather.
Given the choice between fighting gender norms and period pain, you will be tempted to choose the latter. Don’t do that, writes Haji Mohamed Dawjee.
Men should realise that violence against women is fuelled by our own sexist attitudes.
The struggle for gender equality has often been driven from outside the ANC.
Kate Bush shows how women come into their own if men don’t mess with their creativity.
Where was the missing link that allowed for the publishing of the contentious Grazia tweet? Some of our colleagues at the M&G weighed in.
Sexual discrimination is deeply entrenched in China, but a few brave women are fighting back.
Feminism is dealing not just with sexism, but also its own uneasy relationship with privilege and race.
Tens of thousands of women shared social media pictures of themselves under #nomakeupselfies before Cancer Research UK piggybacked to raise funds.
Feminism is in need of a global rethink that will banish stereotypes and inspire women.
After attending a talk on women in politics in South Africa, Deshnee Subramany feels the discussion moved too far away from the people at hand.