Gender Equality
“I would be thrilled to be called a dangerous woman.”
“I would be thrilled to be called a dangerous woman.” In today’s post, we spend some time with American critical theorist and feminist, Nancy Fraser.
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Véronique Desnain examines the legacy of 1600s philosopher Gabrielle Suchon, who believed women had a natural aptitude for ‘Freedom, Science & Authority’.
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“I’d leave the heavy lifting to the boys” – Tree surgeon Millie Earle-Wright responds critically and creatively to the way people perceive ‘men’s work’.
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Michelle Frost writes about her friend who, after years of prolific writing, received death threats and was forced to stop sharing her work online.
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The New Woman Discourses of the Fin de Siècle
Laurie Garrison writes about lesbians depicted in New Woman writing, and how the perspective on women loving women changed throughout this stand of writing.
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For two decades, Lydia Cacho, a Mexican author of 12 books and a women’s rights activist, has been persecuted for her investigative journalism.
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“A Woman’s Place is in Antarctica”
Listen to these fascinating audio recordings of geologist Janet Thomson, the BAS’s first female scientist allowed to work in the Antarctic.
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Event on 23 Nov as part of Book Week Scotland
Every November, Scotland gets a little bookier than usual thanks to Book Week Scotland, but for this year, it also got a little dangerous.
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A research team in Australia has been uncovering the hidden histories of pioneer women lawyers, and have mounted an online exhibition.
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