Law & Politics
The dangerous woman concept in the film ‘Black Coal, Thin Ice’
Tingting Hu takes a look at a ‘femme fatale’ in a Chinese context, Wu Zhizhen – protagonist of the award-winning film noir ‘Black Coal, Thin Ice’.
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From Moll Flanders to Tess of the d’Urbervilles
Nicola Lacey draws links between representations of women in literature and their real life treatment under the laws of the 18th century and beyond.
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A dangerously undomesticated Roman wife
Suzanne Dixon shows us the hostile and misogynist historical tradition against Fulvia – perhaps most commonly known today as the wife of Roman general Mark Antony.
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The paradox of Sri Lanka’s elite political women
In the 1960s, Sirimavo Bandaranaike became the world’s first female prime minister, and yet Sri Lanka’s elite political women continue to face gendered social and power dynamics.
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‘Beautiful in bodily shape and gifts of soul’
In this months’ contribution from Scottish PEN, Dorothy McMillan takes a look at the life and career of free-thinking social reform campaigner Frances ‘Fanny’ Wright.
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The Ladies Auxiliaries of Mine Mill and Smelter Workers
Elizabeth Quinlan tells us of the brave women who fought for workers’ rights (and more) in 1940s Canada–deemed dangerous by the police!
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A radical peace activist
Passionate for life: Helen Steven, a radical Scottish peace activist, in her own words and those of Kathy Galloway.
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The killing of Jo Cox
Jo Shaw reflects on the murder of Jo Cox MP – an event that has sent shockwaves across the UK and beyond.
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Was she a dangerous woman?
María Alonso Alonso reflects on one of the first female Spanish authors to publish under her own name – one of the leading figures of the ‘Rexurdimento’, a literary movement that aimed to liberate Galicia from its cultural and political ostracism.
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