Crime
“We need you to look more like a lady…” the narrator in this poignant story is told. Why do appearances matter when the judgement is already made?
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Amanda Gouws examines the collective action led by young activists against rape and rape culture in South African universities.
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Reflections on the portrait of Sarah Malcolm
Dilys Rose reflects on Hogarth’s portrait of Sarah Malcolm in this creative piece and looks through history into this woman’s eyes, imagining her thoughts.
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Who were the dangerous women of medieval England? Teresa Phipps recovers their stories from legal documents and court records.
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Michelle Collins’ short story looks at a dark period of local history in a Melbourne suburb, to a time when a woman committed serial infanticide.
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A short story by Rebecca Vedavathy
Rebecca Vedavathy writes a haunting short story about a woman who is put in a complex situation, and the transformation she undergoes.
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This month marks the 10th anniversary of the murder of Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya, deemed a dangerous woman for her investigative reporting.
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In a post inspired by a photograph taken in 2015, Jo Shaw explores the imagery of ‘women with guns’.
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The Finnish context
Violence committed by women has become a hot topic in public debate in Finland over recent years. Satu Venäläinen explores the dynamics and implications.
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