Literature
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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In 1888, uneducated, penniless, single-mother Louisa Lawson began Australia’s first feminist newspaper, The Dawn, championing the rights of women.
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by Katelynn E. Carver
Katelynn E. Carver responds to the project question with a piece that is not a poem, not a song, not a picture. Moving, powerful and melodic.
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Scottish Women Compositors in the Late Nineteenth Century
‘What we do know for sure about the Scottish women typographers of this period is that men saw them as dangerous…’ Robyn Pritzker looks back to the 1800s.
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“I am walking through the world with no breasts, & I don’t care if that makes you uncertain, if you can’t gender me,” declares Sasha Fisher in today’s post.
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Short story by Mary Paulson-Ellis
Mary Paulson-Ellis is a writer living in Edinburgh, Scotland. Her debut novel, The Other Mrs Walker (Pan Macmillan 2016) was nominated for the Edinburgh International Book Festival First Book Award and has been selected asContinue reading
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“We need you to look more like a lady…” the narrator in this poignant story is told. Why do appearances matter when the judgement is already made?
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‘A dangerous woman gone mad’
Ashley Orr recounts the career of Nellie Bly, 19th century “stunt journalist” who wrote of “women whose stories might otherwise have remained invisible”.
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An intertextual poem by Joanie Conwell
Joanie Conwell’s intertextual poem A Dangerous Woman describes some of the many inspiring dangerous women who have inspired her.
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