Female Fear Factory | Crushing the Physical and Material Control of Patriarchy
South Africa is a society that thrives on maintaining fears in the hearts and minds of women and children. Women and girls fear being raped, murdered,…
South Africa is a society that thrives on maintaining fears in the hearts and minds of women and children. Women and girls fear being raped, murdered,…
Desiree-Anne Martin is an author, poet, general word junkie and addictions counsellor. Desiree-Anne’s story, Delirium recently won first prize for the Arts24/Kwela short stories entry. The Cape Town-born author also released her searing and brutally honest memoir titled, We Don’t Talk About It, Ever two years back. In this Q&A with EW Blog editor, Desiree-Anne talks about what inspired her winning short story, Delirium, writing We Don’t Talk About It, Ever, and what feminism is to her. Desiree-Anne also has some good advice to young addicts.
Eva Mazza introduced herself into the South African literary industry with a riveting and scandalous debut novel titled Sex, Lies & Stellenbosch. The novel received much love from many South Africans and even the conservative Stellies residents managed to get a copy of the book.
Fiona Snyckers is one of South Africa’s most celebrated writers and a role model to many aspiring writers. She has written seven books thus far, with Lacuna her last novel published by Pan MacMillian. In this week’s EW Blog Q&A session, the award-winning writer chats with our editor, Ezekiel Kekana about writing Lacuna, JM Coetzee and whether men should write books about subjects such as rape and feminism.
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