Interviews

From time to time I’m interviewed about my writing, or about my gender advocacy work. Here are a few links to those interviews.

2019

IOL: Femicide in SA, are these the solutions https://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/western-cape/femicide-in-sa-are-these-the-solutions-31757793

2018

Cosmpolitan https://www.cosmopolitan.co.za/politics/feminism-is-editor-jen-thorpe/

Daily Vox: Jen Thorpe: Feminism is a Doing Word https://www.thedailyvox.co.za/jen-thorpe-feminism-is-a-doing-word-shaazia-ebrahim/

Cape Talk: Feminism Is Interview https://omny.fm/shows/capetalk/feminism-is-south-africans-speak-their-truth

Kombucha and Colour Podcast https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/kombucha-and-colour/episode-36-bravery-valuing-2kPrvmTBYuH/

Stay Woke with Sibs Podcast https://player.fm/series/stay-woke-with-sibs/the-f-word

IOL: How feminists in SA are speaking their truth https://www.iol.co.za/entertainment/books/reviews/how-sa-feminists-are-speaking-their-truth-15376738

North Coast Courier: Feminism on a War Path https://northcoastcourier.co.za/105902/feminism-war-path/

UCT Her Campus: 20 questions https://www.hercampus.com/school/uct/20-questions-jennifer-thorpe

Centre for Law and Society: Lunchtime talk on feminism with Dela Gwala http://www.cls.uct.ac.za/audio/feminism

2017

The Other Stories Podcast http://www.theotherstories.org/peculiars-jen-thorpe/

2016

SAFM: Jen Thorpe on her novel The Peculiars https://iono.fm/e/262276

2015

This Is Africa: The Feminist Books that Inspired Us https://thisisafrica.me/arts-and-culture/feminist-books-inspired-us-part-1/

2014

Women’s Month: Maintaining that fine balance https://www.enca.com/womensmonth-maintaining-fine-balance

2013

Mail and Guardian: Women Left Out in the Wilderness https://mg.co.za/article/2013-08-08-00-women-left-out-in-the-wilderness

2012

I talked to Yewande Omotoso about My First Time for the Talking heads project here. 

Daily Maverick: No Violence Against Women and Girls: 16 Days is All You Get https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2012-12-13-no-violence-against-women-and-children-16-days-is-all-you-get/

Daily Maverick: The Great NGO funding Crisis: https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2012-07-23-the-great-ngo-funding-crisis/

Daily Maverick: When all else fails Togolese women choose to withdraw sex https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2012-08-29-when-all-else-fails-togolese-women-choose-to-withdraw-sex/

Slipnet: Women Writing, Women Publishing https://slipnet.co.za/view/event/women-writing-women-publishing/

2010

Mail and Guardian 200 Young South Africans https://200youngsouthafricans.co.za/about/

Cleo Magazine – Blog Therapy https://showme.co.za/lifestyle/blog-therapy/

Memeburn: 10 of SA’s top women bloggers https://memeburn.com/2010/12/10-of-sa%E2%80%99s-favourite-women-bloggers/