Arts & Creativity
Stay tuned for original creative work inspired by ‘dangerous women’, including:
- The first woman in England to demand a divorce
- William Wordsworth’s inspiring sister
- A 19th century astronomer who outshone her male colleagues to discover almost 400 stars.
We’ll also feature commentary and analysis on creative women across the years, from pop sensations to avant-garde painters.
Feeling artistic? Submit your own creative response to ‘what does it mean to be a dangerous woman?’
Sea Sharp’s poem presents the ambiguous figure of Calamity Jane, using the ambiguity in the form of the poetry to mimic the ambiguity in Jane’s identity.
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Photography, Surrealism, and Beyond
By reviewing the story of Lee Miller’s life, Patricia Allmer explores how the woman artist occupies a permanently impermanent position, constantly discovered and then re-discovered.
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Three poems by JL Williams
Through her poetry, JL Williams explores the challenge of expressing emotions freely as a woman in a patriarchal society.
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Susanna Crossman’s short story ‘The Tally’ explores a woman’s journey to seek vengeance.
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Eishar Sarkar quizzes family and friends from Pakistan, India and Afghanistan on what they think it means to be a dangerous woman.
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Where dangerous women swim
Victoria Leslie explores the connection between women and water–physical and metaphorical–in myth, history and the writing of Virginia Woolf.
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…of Williamina Fleming
On the birth date of Scottish astronomer Williamina Fleming, we present a poem in memoriam from Gerda Stevenson.
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Giving greater voice and visibility to older women
Kate Clayton shares the story of the Silvery Tay-haired project, drawing public attention to the social and political issues entwined with women’s hair colour and the ageing process.
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Lilah Grace Canevaro examines how women in Homeric epic used objects and technology as a dangerous negotiation of agency within the gender constraints of their time.
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