Month: July 2016
“We are resilient, because we are dangerous.” In her short story, Priya Guns mixes culture and conflict through her protagonist’s journey from Sri Lanka to Canada, childhood to womanhood.
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The dangerous woman concept in the film ‘Black Coal, Thin Ice’
Tingting Hu takes a look at a ‘femme fatale’ in a Chinese context, Wu Zhizhen – protagonist of the award-winning film noir ‘Black Coal, Thin Ice’.
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Kate Schneider illustrates the vision of influential 20th century architect Alison Smithson and the gendered criticism she faced during her career.
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Pioneer botanist
In the 18th century, Jeanne Baret disguised herself as a young man to secure passage on a 3-year sailing expedition around the world, proving herself a skilled botanist in her own right.
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Anita MacCallum reflects on the pressures for women to be ‘superhero’ levels of resilient in their busy lives, and the importance of recognising the dangerous impact of stress.
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From Moll Flanders to Tess of the d’Urbervilles
Nicola Lacey draws links between representations of women in literature and their real life treatment under the laws of the 18th century and beyond.
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On encounters with Martha Gellhorn
Playwright and theatre director Julia Pascal recounts her time spent with Martha Gellhorn, one of the greatest war correspondents of the 20th century.
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‘Who’s going to visit you when you’re old?’ By choosing at a young age to never have children, Jasmine Tonie finds herself in the category of ‘dangerous woman’.
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Queen Mother of the Ashanti Confederacy
Strategic leader of the Ashanti Confederacy army in the fifth Anglo-Ashanti War, Yaa Asantewaa cemented her place in history as a dangerous woman.
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