Category: WB Column
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The Ethics of Ambiguity: Recognition Revisited
Read more: The Ethics of Ambiguity: Recognition RevisitedOn overcoming small battles In The Ethics of Ambiguity (1947), Simone de Beauvoir argues that in every relationship – whether it’s between friends, family or anyone else – there is always a distance between two people; a certain small battle and a certain instinct to deny each other as subjective beings that must be…
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Unnecessarily Gendered
Read more: Unnecessarily GenderedAs a feminist and someone who is interested in gender theory, I like to observe how gender plays out in our society. A while ago, I found an advertisement on the internet for – yes – manly detergent. The ad was an overdose of robust, dark colours, earthy patterns and vintage pictures of men in…
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A Piece on Body Image – We’re Not Done Talking About It
Read more: A Piece on Body Image – We’re Not Done Talking About ItA few weeks ago, my father celebrated his 65th birthday. As usual, in getting ready for the big party he was having (at which I was due to perform a few songs in his honour) I found myself lapsing into a woman’s fit – that is, I tried on every suitable outfit in my wardrobe…
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Banana-Danger: Just the Facts
Read more: Banana-Danger: Just the FactsOn the language of the news and telling stories Quick! Look behind you. There’s an explosion, and someone is furiously backflipping over crocodiles, while at the same time clutching three incredibly small animals in one hand and performing an unbelievable interpretative dance of her religious beliefs with the other. Meanwhile, the stock market has…
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End of the Watch
Read more: End of the WatchA discussion of Harper Lee’s long-expected second novel Go Set a Watchman When 31-year-old Harper Lee first entered the office of publishing house J. B. Lippincott & Co., neither she, nor her editor could have expected her manuscript to become the global phenomenon it has become. The manuscript, titled Atticus, fell into the hands of…
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