Law & Politics
In the lead up to the US Presidential election, Meryl Kenny looks at gender in politics, from ‘dangerous’ and ‘nasty’ women to the glass ceiling above them.
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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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‘Brick in a soft hat’
Through art and essay, Susan Dessel recounts the work of Martha Gruening, journalist and activist for black civil rights in the United States of the early 20th century.
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Effie Samara takes a look (through the lens of French philosopher Derrida) at Nicola Sturgeon as a ‘dangerous woman’ in a post-EU referendum UK.
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She, the Emperor
Chiew-Siah Tei takes us back to the Tang Dynasty, when a woman would rise from lowly concubine to the first and only female emperor in China.
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A female king
The woman who would be Pharaoh. Stephanie Aulsebrook introduces one of the most determined women in the history of ancient Egypt.
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A ‘bad and dangerous’ woman?
Today’s Scottish PEN post is Jenni Calder’s wonderful account of writer Naomi Mitchison, who self-identified as ‘a witch, a priestess, a shape-shifter’.
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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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