Identity & Community
“Yoga – and particularly the women of yoga – have shown me that to live dangerously is to be vulnerable, to open yourself up to exploring, to take risks…”
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A short story
What if you believed your sexuality was dangerous? Literally dangerous? Hannah Simpson’s short story asks this very question.
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Poet A C Clarke examines the life of a rebel: Margery Kempe. Find out more about what made her dangerous to the status quo of medieval society.
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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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When Grace Gelder decided to make vows to herself in an act of self-marriage, it was hard to anticipate that it would go viral, or be perceived a dangerous act.
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Ru Raynor shares her journey into environmental activism, issuing a call to arms that challenges consumerism and capitalism.
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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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Dangerous ‘Chick Lit’
“My favourite dangerous woman in the ancient world is Thecla. Thecla is quite a gal – part Xena warrior princess, part Saint, dispensing alms to the poor.”
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A poem by Marjorie Lotfi Gill
A dangerous woman questions the status quo; unpicks our assumptions by asking questions about them, or lives out questions by not behaving in expected ways.
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