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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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A dangerous woman?
Leigh Denton looks back to Victorian times when Josephine Butler challenged the brutal treatment of sex workers and those suspected of being sex workers.
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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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Think you know the Rapunzel fairytale? But have you heard the other side of the story?
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St Margaret of Scotland
Today, Claire Harrill takes a look at danger in an unexpected place – the 11th century Scottish Queen Margaret, who became a saint.
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Janet Lees works with people of all ages & abilities, creatively retelling the Bible. Here, she re-imagines Miriam outside the camp and creation story.
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‘A married woman doing her own, independent thing is threatening to the social fabric.’ Wendy Pillar recounts being a ‘dangerous woman’ on holiday.
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‘Don’t mind if the boys pull your hair or even if they trip you or take your lunch…’ Today’s creative take on the dangerous women question is from Savanna Scott Leslie.
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Kayleigh Tervooren argues that our understanding of female agency, particularly when it comes to violence and terrorism, needs to move beyond Western ideas of gender binaries.
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