Laurie Less
Laurie Less is currently employed as the Shared Services executive at the Film and Publication...
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Toxic masculinity and aspiring to be James Bond
Toxic Hypermasculinity and the portrayal of gendered roles in media
In a society such as ours, with high levels of gender-based violence and public performances of misogyny, it is important to reflect on the impact that representations of hyper-masculinity in the media has on society, as it has the power to shape values, norms and perceptions.
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Is Cultural Sensitivity the new blasphemy?
Cultural identity in a modern constitutional democracy
The Films and Publications Board (FPB) regulates the production, exhibition and distribution of films, video games and some publications, as mandated in the Films and Publications Act of 1996. Whilst executing this mandate the board found itself in the middle of a media storm late in 2017. At issue was the film Inxeba: The Wound.
The film producers felt that the reclassification encroached on the constitutionally enshrined right to artistic expression.
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