In this episode, founder of Ere Wellness, Karina Karunwi takes us back to her childhood, reflecting on growing up in an all-girl household and society’s judgement, her journey with image perception and eating disorder which inspired her business in the wellness industry.

In this episode, South African writer, poet, and singer, Natalia Molebatsi talks about her early encounter with feared spaces, inherited toxic masculinity, victim blaming, safe spaces and the power of community. 

This episode features activist, researcher and writer, Chitra Nagarajan. 

In telling her story of the fear factory, Nagarajan reflects on her first experience of gender based violence from street harassment, the culture of silence, adult and child relations, what this means for young girls and more.

Female Fear Factory is published by Cassava Republic Press https://bit.ly/3DqUrFn

In this episode, author, Pumla Dineo Gqola takes us through her lived experience of the fear factory. The South African academic, writer, and gender activist reflects on the inspiration behind coining “Female Fear Factory” and rape culture. Gqola illustrates how the factory works to weaponise fear as a form of control.

Female Fear Factory is published by Cassava Republic Press https://bit.ly/3DqUrFn

Inspired by the book, Female Fear Factory by Pumla Dineo Gqola, this podcast is a space where people share their experience with fear inherited from the systems designed to keep certain people from stepping into the joy of their personhood.

On this podcast, you will hear about when fear has hacked and when communities heal. 

Female Fear Factory is published by Cassava Republic Press https://bit.ly/3DqUrFn