Living While Feminist

Today on the podcast I’m talking to Aaisha Dadi Patel. Aaisha holds an MA in media studies from Wits, where she also lectures part-time. She began her career as a journalist at just twenty years old with the Daily Vox, and has made a mark on the South African media landscape covering everything from politics to polar bears. She is currently on the Wall Street Journal’s Africa desk, covering curren...

Today's episode features award-winning poet, an award-winning translator, an editor and a narrative non-fiction writer-at-large for Daily Maverick – Karin Schimke . Karin has worked trained as a journalist and worked as a political writer. She has been a freelancer for the past two decades. Her features and news features have appeared in more than two dozen print publications and she currently wri...

Today I’m speaking to Desiree-Anne Martin. Desiree-Anne is a published author, poet and general word junkie – her writing can be found in anthologies, online, and in the Living While Feminist collection – the piece we’ll be talking about today. In 2018, she published a poetry collection called Believe More Deeply , and a short story called ‘Orange, White and Blue’ in the Life Righting Collective a...

Today on the podcast I talk with Shari Maluleke. Shari is a feminist writer who is committed to dismantling the patriarchy and fighting for the rights of black womxn and queer people. Activism and writing are two things she is most passionate about, and she considers herself lucky to do both at the same time. Shari is 20 years old and is currently studying towards a Bachelor of Arts at Wits univer...

This week I'm talking to Kerry Hammerton about making your own way, and the power of poetry and feminist choices. Kerry Hammerton is a Cape Town based writer who has published prose and poetry in various South African and international literary journals and anthologies. Kerry has an MA in creative writing and is a lecturer and supervisor for the Masters in Creative Writing at Rhodes University. Sh...

Feminist, Activator and Strategic Rockstar.  Carla Watson thrives in collaborative spaces to strategically shape the future for the marginalised and often overlooked. She was recognised as one of the Top 200 South Africans for her contribution in Education (2019)  and at just 31 years old she has just been recognised as one of 50 Most Powerful Women in the country by Mail and Guardian. S...

Welcome to the Living While Feminist podcast! How exciting! Today I speak to Tiffany Kagure Mugo about many things, but mostly about Call Out Culture, Good Sex, and Feminist Kindness. Tiffany is so many wonderful things it feels difficult to describe her but I’ll do my best. She is the (self-described) ‘intoxicatingly scary’ gatekeeper and co-founder of HOLAAfrica, a Pan African queer womanist dig...

Living While Feminist is a weekly podcast where I speak to feminists about the ups and downs, ins and outs, and the emotional rollercoaster ride of living a feminist life. I'm your host, feminist writer, researcher and author Jen Thorpe. Find out more about me here https://jen-thorpe.com/ Launching, mid-September 2020.