In 2018 I released Feminism Is: South Africans Speak Their Truth and was really grateful that it reached a wide audience and sparked some interesting conversations.
I was interviewed by Fadiyah Rabin for UCT’s Her Campus for an article titled 20 questions for Jennifer Thorpe. We spoke about feminism, writing, and tackling the patriarchy.
The North Coast Courier covered the book launch of Feminism Is in Ballito where I spoke with contributors Larissa Klazinga and Olwethu Makhathini about their work in the book. We spoke a lot about violence, anger, and the importance of both.
In an article titled How SA feminists are speaking their truth, IOL journalist Marchelle Abrahams interviewd me about Feminism Is, my definitions of feminism, and the process of compiling the book.
I was interviewed by the Kombucha and Colour podcast about the importance of telling your story. We spoke about feminism, the creative process of writing and compiling books, and what it means to be a feminist.
I talked with Polity about Feminism Is from my sister’s living room in Joburg. We talked about the process of compiling the book, what it means to think about feminism as a doing word.
On Cape Talk I talked with Blue Masoka about Feminism Is, where South Africa’s feminism was at, and the importance of the personal being political.
Shaazia Ebrahim of the Daily Vox interviewed me from Exclusive Books about why I decided to compile Feminism Is, what I learned from each essay, and why feminism is vitally important. This was also covered in an article for the same publication. You can watch the full interview via the article link.
I was also interviewed on the Clement Manyathela show on 702 about the book.
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