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Author: Kate Ferreira

Kate Ferreira is a freelance journalist, writer and editor based in Johannesburg. She has worked in journalism -- and intermittently in communications -- since completing her degree at Rhodes University in 2005, including stints as the online editor of the Financial Mail and news editor of Grazia SA. She is passionate about South Africa’s palaeoanthropological heritage, her native Eastern Cape and women’s rights. She is a feminist who struggles to pinpoint when and why that word became a dirty one.

Wanna save the world? Empower women

Posted on July 20, 2015August 31, 2015 by Kate Ferreira

There’s a factor in economics — when assessing the economic impact of an intervention or event — called the multiplier. The concept is a pretty straightforward one, even if there are a thousand different ways to quantify it in different contexts: The effect of a cash injection or rates change, for example, is not only…

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Instagram’s misplaced moralism

Posted on July 25, 2014August 13, 2014 by Kate Ferreira

Social network Instagram has a nudity policy that is growing in infamy weekly. It all started with a little bit of celebrity: Young stars like Miley Cyrus and Scout Willis (daughter of Bruce Willis and Demi Moore) have been protesting the rules on what you can and cannot post on Instagram after the social network…

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8…10…13 ways to perpetuate the ‘good wife’ patriarchy

Posted on May 19, 2014July 25, 2014 by Kate Ferreira

If you are on, um, any social network ever (but chiefly Facebook) you will no doubt have been subjected to the sharing of a particular type of internet post about good men, women, husbands, girlfriends and so on. One that is on my timeline right now is “13 ways you know you’re dating a high-quality…

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God bless the anti-airhead, Lupita Nyong’o

Posted on March 6, 2014March 27, 2014 by Kate Ferreira

Ah, how we love the glamour and the gravitational pull of a bright young thing, shining — as Paul Simon would confusingly put it — like a national guitar. Yes, on one level, Lupita Nyong’o is just this year’s version of breakthrough talent grasping an award — at least, I mean, to the plebs like…

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Barbie lets us girls down again

Posted on February 24, 2014March 18, 2014 by Kate Ferreira

What characteristics define an entrepreneur? Is it drive and ambition, or a knack for product innovation and problem solving? What about a maverick approach to business? Or conversely a thorough distrust of authority that means you just can’t bring yourself to work 9-5 for a boss. And how can you spot an entrepreneur? If you…

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