Careers & Livelihoods
Glass ceilings? The challenges of leadership? Does a woman have to choose between care giving and her career?
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Breaking the Mould
Breaking the mould, Mary Kingsley posed a threat to those whose status and reputation rested on the pillars of Victorian imperialism.
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‘Sometimes you have to break certain traditions and laws’: a pioneer in intercultural ministry
Today, Janet Lees honours the memory of Madge Saunders, a pioneer in intercultural church ministry.
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Dangerous identities, dangerous ideas?
Liga Strangelove is a Dominatrix. Here, she explores what that means when you also identify as a radically intersectional Marxist feminist–a dangerous idea?
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Swati Ali gives us insight into the dangerous women of her family over several generations of life in India.
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Mathematician Elizabeth Gasparim talks about what being a dangerous woman means to her, in Latin American as well as UK & US contexts.
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A danger to herself?
Clare Stainthorp takes a look at Victorian-era poet and intellectual Constance Naden, believed by men of the time to be a danger to herself for being too intelligent for a woman.
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Stella Khachina Busolo shares the story of why her mother is a dangerous and inspiring woman, defying the cultural norms of her Kenyan village.
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An outspoken critic of colonial inefficiency and corruption, writer of novels and short stories
Juliet Shields teaches British and American literature at the University of Washington in Seattle. She’s currently writing a book about nineteenth-century Scottish women writers, many of whom were quite dangerous. Flora Annie Webster Steel (1847-1929),Continue reading
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Day of the Imprisoned Writer
In the lead up to the Day of the Imprisoned Writer on Nov 15, Lucy Popescu highlights the case of imprisoned Turkish journalist Aslı Erdoğan.
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