Women’s Bodies
A poem by Alison Jones
Alison Jones explores the mainstream media representation of women who are fleeing conflict or are otherwise experiencing forced displacement.
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“From afar, she shimmers. Her sari is pillar-box red…” Sim Bajwa writes of women perceived as dangerous for defying social and cultural expectations.
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“We were Eve, Lilith, Circe, Pandora. They watched our transition from pink to red, their hearts in their throats,” writes Lily Stojcevski.
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Hips that Changed History
Victoria Shropshire tells the story of Josephine Baker, inspirational artist and resistance fighter. She also shares her own story and its dangerousness.
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Jasmina Bolfek-Radovani is half-Algerian. She writes about unveiling, in a physical sense and through writing in French – an unveiling of the language.
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Siobhan Shields traces the expectations and symbolism of women’s hair through her journeys of hair loss during chemotherapy.
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“How dangerous to claim your body as wholly your own” : Tara Pixley gives us a snapshot of the women finding their own feminism and power in neo-burlesque.
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“The deepest scars on my heart… I put there all on my own.” Sandra Engstrom reflects on her own personal journey towards becoming a dangerous woman.
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