Author: IASH Team
(for dangerous times)
Fiona Mackay meets Jane Mansbridge, “one of the leading scholars of democracy for our time”, for a conversation on feminism, politics and dangerousness.
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Rachael Cloughton introduces the dangerous mothers of Peffermill to us – an excellent example of the change women can make when they work together.
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Eilidh McCabe writes about her grandmother’s letters, notes and other papers, in which she discovered a gentle kind of dangerousness.
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Bas relief by sculptor Meredith Bergmann
This striking piece by sculptor Meredith Bergmann shows a mother and child with a glock, responding to rising gun crime and the idea of dangerous mothers.
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Ruth Boreham writes of Mary Somerville, Scottish science writer and polymath – a truly dangerous woman defying expectations in the 19th century.
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A poem by Dorcas Agbogun
Nigeria-based writer and Mass Communications graduate Dorcas Agbogun writes a poignant poem of what it can mean when others promise to keep you safe.
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Amy Blakeway writes on Marie de Guise, Queen of Scots from 1538 to 1542, who was the mother of the more widely known Mary, Queen of Scots.
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The Dangerous Women Project is almost over. We want to include your voice! Contribute to the final post – What has a year of dangerous women meant to you?
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Why living with many languages is dangerous
“There are many ways of being human, but the thing that remains constant, the common thing we share, is being human, whatever language(s) we speak.”
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