Month: March 2016
A dangerous devotional
New York writer and 2016 Nebula Award finalist Brooke Bolander gives us her take on the question: ‘what does it mean to be a dangerous woman?’
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A modern day witch-hunt
Western society’s belief in witches may have come and gone, but what would a witch-hunt look like today? In this comic, Maria Stoian has created a chilling and compelling interpretation of a 21st century witch trial.
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The questions asked in the aftermath of sexual violence
Eleanor Cope reflects on her road to recovery as a rape survivor, facing and dismantling the question: is my sexuality dangerous?
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A dangerously honest and unconventional writer
In the first of a series of posts from Scottish PEN (a centre of PEN International, the worldwide association of writers promoting literature and freedom of expression), Faith Pullin explores the life and writing of Rebecca West.
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From 5th century BCE plays to their contemporary adaptions
In the lead up to a new adaptation of Aeschylus’s ‘The Oresteia’, Olga Taxidou reflects on the dangerous women of classical Greek theatre, and the changing treatment of these characters through the centuries.
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Maria Fusco is a critical and experimental cross-genre, contemporary and art writer. Here, she responds to an image from artist Jaki Irvine.
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Challenging authority, championing equality
Helen Kay explores the career, campaigns and achievements of University of Edinburgh alumna Chrystal Macmillan, who remained ‘a pleasant but dangerous woman throughout her life’.
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One woman’s struggle to become legally divorced in India
Papia Sengupta spent five years seeking a divorce under the Hindu Marriage Act of India. Here, she shares the legal and social challenges she faced along her journey.
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Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon explains what being labelled a ‘dangerous woman’ means for her
The Dangerous Women Project was inspired in part by powerful women being labelled–often by mainstream media outlets–as threats or as outright dangerous. Here, Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon reflects on being given the title ‘dangerous woman’, and what women who challenge the status quo can achieve.
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