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  • South Africa: Lady Gaga - an Avatar for Our Times? [analysis]

    Madonna modelled herself on a sexually unrestrained, powerful and de-sanitised version of Marilyn Munro and rebelled against patriarchal Catholic constraints of the feminine, using... Read more »



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  • Egypt: Nation's 'Open-Ended' Revolution [opinion]

    Commenting on Egyptian president Mohammed Morsi's move to grant himself sweeping powers that has brought Egyptians back to the streets in protest, Hamid Dabashi, Professor of... Read more »



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November 6

  • South Africa: The World Sees Us As Boys and Savages [opinion]

    I met Marikana community member, mineworker and activist, Tsepo M, at a coffee shop in Melville. He had some business to attend to in Johannesburg and a colleague set up the... Read more »



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