Month: July 2016
The impact of conversational style on girls’ learning
From mansplaining to a willingness to disagree, Yvonne Skipper shares research into gender differences in communication and the impact on girls’ learning.
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Karin Kukkonen draws threads through literature and history to connect Astrea, the virgin-goddess of antiquity, with the capacity to re-imagine contemporary ideas–such as the possibility of a female James Bond.
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Who was Cleopatra’s younger sister?
Karen Murdarasi explains how Cleopatra became an infamously dangerous woman to the Romans, whereas her sister Arsinoe was simply ‘a woman who was dangerous’.
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We are Magdalenas and we are dangerous
Aisling Walsh discusses the Guatemala chapter of growing feminist movement ‘Magdalenas’ who seek to reclaim the image of Mary Magdalene as an expression of their refusal to remain silent and accept the subordinate position of women.
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Pioneering Aviator
You probably know Amelia Earhart was the first woman to cross the Atlantic in an airplane. But do you know the story of Elsie Mackay, who came before her?
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Rebellion or Conformity?
Rachel Walker revisits the history of Anne Boleyn–the undeniably controversial wife of Henry VIII who commands enduring fascination among scholars and the public.
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Jessica Wolfendale argues that the narrative of the ‘proactively dressed’ woman is dangerous, because it reinforces ideas that women are responsible for men’s behaviour.
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Bridget Fraser recounts the dangerous life of her ancestress Lucy Walter, first wife to 17th century king, Charles II of England.
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Willfully oblivious or truly dangerous?
Take a stroll through the streets of Paris with Marine Desage-El Murr and two ‘dangerous’ women from history: Olympe de Gouges and Marie Curie.
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