Intersectional writing in times of protest: Conversations with young woman journalists

This discussion is hosted by the Wits Institute for Social and Economic Research (WiSER) in collaboration with Wits Media Studies.

Four young black South African women, who are former and current Wits students, will discuss issues of writing and intersectionality during the #FeesMustFall protests and the movements surrounding them when they were working as student journalists at the time.

They will consider the consequences and problematics of explicitly framing oneself as feminist or rejecting that label entirely; of trying to write, or not write, about #FeesMustFall from within and outside of Wits structures; of public writing as an act undertaken by the journalist-activist; of the tensions between being both a journalist and an activist; of engaging with power structures from a student position; and of operating within physical and online spaces that can be hostile to diverse voices.

Speakers include:

• Michelle Gumede (Journalism/Vuvuzela);
• Pontsho Pilane (Media Studies/Daily Vox);
• Zimasa Mpemnyama (Journalism/Vuvuzela); and
• Aaisha Dadi Patel (Media Studies/Daily Vox). Discussant: Khadija Patel (WiSER/ Daily Vox) 

Chair: Dr Nicky Falkof (Lecturer, Media Studies)

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