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            It’s a Feminist Thing

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            CHR Acting-Director Professor Heidi Grunebaum was a guest on Soul City’s ‘It’s A Feminist Thing’.

            The episode engages with feminism and feminism in the South African context; “what has been achieved” and “why do we all need feminism?”

            Guests

            • Table Guest: Gail Smith – Feminist Writer & Journalist
            • Elders Corner Guest: Heidi Grunebaum – Activist & Acting Director at the Centre for Humanities Research, UWC
            • Allies Corner Guest: Mthetho Tshemese – Clinical Psychologist

            Language Term

            Feminism: Tumelo mo ditshwanelong le kgololesego ya bomme/basadi

            Quotes

            • Feminism is for everybody. – bell hooks
            • You must never behave as if your life belongs to a man. Your life belongs to you and you alone. – Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
            • Take up the battle. Take it up. It’s yours. This is your life. This is your world. – Maya Angelou
            • I am a feminist because I am a woman living in a world where if I am not vigilant, I will be erased, exploited or dehumanised. – Siphokazi Mthathi
            • There is a rich tradition of feminism in Africa – it needs to be documented and publicised! – Hakima Abbas
            • Women have found their personal will to stand up and be counted by refusing to be victims and spectators in a world of inequality. – Mabel Ule
            • Women are the people who are going to relieve us from all this oppression and depression…It is the women who are on the street committees educating the people to stand up and protect each other” – Albertina Sisulu
            Source: https://www.soulcity.org.za/media/its-a-feminist-thing-talkshow/episode-1-feminism-101
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