Sexuality
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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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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A dangerously honest and unconventional writer
In the first of a series of posts from Scottish PEN (a centre of PEN International, the worldwide association of writers promoting literature and freedom of expression), Faith Pullin explores the life and writing of Rebecca West.
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Maria Fusco is a critical and experimental cross-genre, contemporary and art writer. Here, she responds to an image from artist Jaki Irvine.
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