Via Florence Masebe Instagram
“We need to make enough noise until producers and channels stop rewarding abusive men with leading roles and billboards,” was the leading message from the actress during her hour-long discussion. Florence added that with the #16DaysOfActivism2020 being at hand she wanted South Africans to think about the various forms of violence against women that practitioners in the arts suffer.
When I was asked to do this I felt a little sad, wondering if all the talking every year at this time and others is ever going to bring us to a place where, in any industry, women would not have to fear the very real daily possibility of violence against them.
Who are they, we won't know unless they speak out
I have been pondering on this issue since the Kelly, Weinstein, and Epstein stories broke. And wondering about RSA.