Nature
A Brief History
Today’s post asks questions about the uncomfortable relationship between eugenics and feminism, historically and today.
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S. Dickinson works with guns every day. Is something dangerous just because it is unusual? Here she writes about perceptions and experiences.
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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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“A Woman’s Place is in Antarctica”
Listen to these fascinating audio recordings of geologist Janet Thomson, the BAS’s first female scientist allowed to work in the Antarctic.
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Planting, growing, and garden politics.
“On day one of my new allotment, my whole allotment, the allotment that was mine, Jimmy appeared.” Alison Swanson on planting, growing, and garden politics.
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Janet Lees works with people of all ages & abilities, creatively retelling the Bible. Here, she re-imagines Miriam outside the camp and creation story.
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Mary Anning’s story
The next time you attempt the tongue twister, have a thought for Mary Anning, the incredible woman that inspired it. Rebecca Smith explains.
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The Enduring Legacy of the Original Dangerous Woman
Katie Scott-Marshall explores the enduring legacy of ‘the original dangerous woman’, from art and literature to contemporary pop culture.
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Norwegian storyteller Georgiana Keable recounts the life and works of Wangari Mathaai, who won the Nobel Peace Prize for her conservation work in Kenya.
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