Self-styled podcasting celebrities – usually male – more and more frequently stray into journalism’s lane, but writer Khanya Mtshali probes the pitfalls of this using the examples of podcasts The Hustlers Corner and Podcast and Chill
MacG claims to be merely a facilitator, but the shock jock is doubling down and standing by the benefits procured by his misogyny
bell hooks’s refusal to ‘get in formation’ foregrounded healing as the foundation to a communal liberatory agenda
Gender-based violence starts with words, it starts at home when boys learn that girls are inferior
Using an ever-present danger works to benefit men — no matter their education, profession, class or outward social behaviour
Black women and trans artists are worthy of support but it should not come with terms and restrictions
Misogyny and hate speech cannot be left to institutions to deal with internally
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A rape survivor endures a long, bitter struggle to overcome the hate of what he aches to be
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Charles Wooley has been criticised for calling Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern “attractive” and discussing the conception of her baby.
"Several aspects of this violent misogynistic episode, and how it has played out publicly, show us yet again that South Africa is no place for women."
From being a starlet in Sophiatown through to a disfiguring assault, Thandi Klaasen’s capacity for resilience meant she just kept on singing.
Caster Semenya’s moment of triumph illustrates very clearly what the problem really is — she isn’t white.
Fury over the misogyny and hatred in social media is fuel in the fight for a better, equal world.
Arwa Mahdawi started Rent-A-Minority to bring attention to diversity issues in the workplace, but she never thought she’d get actual requests.
The greatest irony is that focusing on Forsyth’s sex life did not highlight the terrible things she did as an apartheid-era spy.
She holds all grand slam titles again, but the greatest female tennis star is still being punished for being an unapologetically strong black woman.
Anti-gay and women’s ‘decency’ laws are sides of the same coin and reflect men’s patriarchy.
Violent men can’t be dismissed as deviant; our society shapes such distorted masculinities.
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Phrases like "Where are your tampons?" and "Are your balls in her purse?" are bandied about … in polite conversation.
For all the flak a restaurant owner received for reported racism, most seem to ignore his sexism. Haji Mohamed Dawjee imagines his jubilation at this.
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Ultraorthodox Jewish men are disrupting El Al flights, causing the carrier to be criticised for allowing it.
Twitter is a useful platform for activism for a variety of reasons, but does it really prove effective when it comes to real change?
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One of the journalists fired by the men’s magazine, FHM, for making light of rape on social media had called women "semen receptacles" before.