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Mary Kingsley

Mary Kingsley

Breaking the Mould

23rd November 201624th November 2016
Breaking the mould, Mary Kingsley posed a threat to those whose status and reputation rested on the pillars of Victorian imperialism. Continue reading

Madge Saunders

‘Sometimes you have to break certain traditions and laws’: a pioneer in intercultural ministry

22nd November 201622nd November 2016
Today, Janet Lees honours the memory of Madge Saunders, a pioneer in intercultural church ministry. Continue reading
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The Dominatrix as Marxist Feminist

Dangerous identities, dangerous ideas?

21st November 201620th November 2016
Liga Strangelove is a Dominatrix. Here, she explores what that means when you also identify as a radically intersectional Marxist feminist–a dangerous idea? Continue reading

Dancing While Married

Can a wife only dance with her husband?

20th November 201619th November 2016
  Eloísa Pérez-Lozano grew up bilingual and bicultural in Houston, Texas. She graduated from Iowa State University with her M.S. in journalism and mass communication and her B.S. in psychology. She is a long-distance member ofContinue reading Continue reading

Glass ceilings and other challenges

Editorial: 250 days of dangerousness

19th November 201618th November 2016
We can’t believe it’s really here – we’re at 250 posts, which means that, at the end of this month, there will be less than 100 to go to the finish line! Thank you soContinue reading Continue reading

A case study

Dangerous Women and the Nineteenth Century Lunatic Asylum

18th November 201616th November 2016
Cara Dobbing examines the difference between mental illness and being perceived a dangerous woman in a nineteenth century lunatic asylum. Continue reading
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Switzerland

Nation of brothers with late arriving sisters

17th November 201616th November 2016
Did you know women in Switzerland were only granted the vote in 1971? Before that, women’s suffrage was considered a dangerous idea, as Stefanie Kurt explains. Continue reading

The Dangerous Women of My Family

16th November 201615th November 2016
Swati Ali gives us insight into the dangerous women of her family over several generations of life in India. Continue reading

The Dangerous Women of Irish Mythology

Mess with them at your peril.

15th November 201617th November 2016
Sharon Blackie is a writer with a PhD in behavioural neuroscience from the University of London, an MA in Creative Writing from Manchester Metropolitan University, and she is completing an Ma in Celtic Studies atContinue reading Continue reading
Josephine Butler

Josephine Butler

A dangerous woman?

14th November 201627th November 2018
Leigh Denton looks back to Victorian times when Josephine Butler challenged the brutal treatment of sex workers and those suspected of being sex workers. Continue reading

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