Month: February 2017
Photography by Heshani Sothiraj Eddleston
Heshani Sothiraj Eddleston is an Edinburgh-based photographer and documentary film maker who grew up in Sri Lanka and fled during the Civil War. Much of her work to date has focused on children’s and women’sContinue reading
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Who was the historical Lady Macbeth?
Meher Shiblee explores the historical woman who was the inspiration for Shakespeare’s Lady Macbeth – and what makes her a dangerous woman.
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Reflections on the portrait of Sarah Malcolm
Dilys Rose reflects on Hogarth’s portrait of Sarah Malcolm in this creative piece and looks through history into this woman’s eyes, imagining her thoughts.
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Viccy Adams describes feeling like a dangerous woman for the first time as she becomes aware of the mysteries ascribed to her private body in public.
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Getting women and girls into science
Talat Yaqoob is the Director of Equate Scotland. In this post, she writes about women in STEM and the related event at the Audacious Women Festival.
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by Jane Rogers
“Dangerous, difficult, brilliant, honest; one of the towering writers of our times,” writes Jane Rogers in today’s post about Doris Lessing.
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Changing universities from within…
Mary Bownes reflects on a long career in science and university leadership, contemplating whether being a ‘dangerous woman’ is to change an institution from within.
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Sally Wainwright on the Audacious Women Festival
Sally Wainwright tells us about the background of the Audacious Women Festival, its inception, its plans, and the power in its inclusivity.
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A poem by Alison Jones
Alison Jones explores the mainstream media representation of women who are fleeing conflict or are otherwise experiencing forced displacement.
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