Identity & Community
Lauded poet Rachel McCrum shares a powerful poem in response to incidences of mass sexual violence against women reported from different parts of the world in recent years.
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Sasha de Buyl-Pisco’s poignant comic asks questions about the masks society expects women to wear.
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‘Woman enough to wear the color of blood and fire without fear and without trepidation.’ Today we feature prose from award-winning author, performance poet and educator Jasminne Mendez.
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Questioning the motivations behind FGM
Writer and former journalist Jean Rafferty considers the relationship between women’s sexuality and the power structures behind the practice of FGM.
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A woman of many dangers?
Artist, intelligence analyst, research psychologist, science fiction writer under a male pseudonym… Alexandra Pierce looks at the many facets of Alice.
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How my mother taught me about bravery, identity and human rights
For barrister Lyndsey Sambrooks-Wright, a dangerous woman is a woman who helps others to find their identity, especially when that does not conform to convention.
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Their dangerous legacy in the post-Yugoslav space
The contribution of ‘partizanke’, or female partisan fighters, to the Yugoslav liberation war was unprecedented in occupied Europe. Here, Chiara Bonfiglioli explores the agency of these women and the reverberations of their actions to the present day.
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A dangerous devotional
New York writer and 2016 Nebula Award finalist Brooke Bolander gives us her take on the question: ‘what does it mean to be a dangerous woman?’
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The questions asked in the aftermath of sexual violence
Eleanor Cope reflects on her road to recovery as a rape survivor, facing and dismantling the question: is my sexuality dangerous?
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