Month: January 2017
Marjorie Fleming and her contemporaries were widely censored to preserve an image of childish innocence. Lois Burke explores the original manuscripts.
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Nan Shepherd and Jane Austen compare notes in a Twitter chat
Both recently commemorated on currency, what would a Twitter DM session between Nan Shepherd and Jane Austen have looked like?
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Redefining danger as a ‘softer but more durable quality’
“A mother with aspirations may be entirely natural but it’s also dangerous.” Natasha Rivett-Carnac reflects on balancing motherhood with professional life.
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Siobhan Shields traces the expectations and symbolism of women’s hair through her journeys of hair loss during chemotherapy.
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“How dangerous to claim your body as wholly your own” : Tara Pixley gives us a snapshot of the women finding their own feminism and power in neo-burlesque.
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On Amy Winehouse, Cheryl Strayed, and finding yourself
Niki Holzapfel writes about Amy Winehouse, Cheryl Strayed and the idea of finding oneself in the stories of others – and in one’s own.
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“I would be thrilled to be called a dangerous woman.”
“I would be thrilled to be called a dangerous woman.” In today’s post, we spend some time with American critical theorist and feminist, Nancy Fraser.
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Dangerous women and the ‘pink ribbon’ culture
“It is okay to be sceptical.” Adela Briansó introduces the dangerous women who question the ‘pinkification’ of breast cancer.
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