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A dangerous woman speaks of her bewilderment…

4th October 20163rd October 2016
Jo Clifford wonders at how dangerous she is perceived to be, particularly in response to her writing and performing a play which imagines Jesus coming back to earth in the present day as a trans woman. Continue reading

On women and essaying

to be genre-bending is to be dangerous

3rd October 20161st October 2016
‘To be genre bending is to be dangerous’. Today, we hear from Elizabeth Reeder on women and essaying. Continue reading

What does it mean to be a dangerous woman?

2nd October 20161st October 2016
Charlie Rawson is a movement artist-researcher based in Bristol. She holds a BA (Hons) in Fine Art and a BA (Hons) in Geography and International Relations. Working between bodies and space, her practise looks atContinue reading Continue reading
Hatshepsut

Hatshepsut

A female king

1st October 201630th September 2016
The woman who would be Pharaoh. Stephanie Aulsebrook introduces one of the most determined women in the history of ancient Egypt. Continue reading
Norns

Dangerous Agencies

Norns, Games and Aesthetics of Emergence

30th September 201629th September 2016
What do Norse myth, Macbeth’s witches, visual art, digital games and gender roles have in common? Today’s post from Tanya Krzywinska explores the links. Continue reading

Eat Them All

29th September 201626th August 2020
Bi Visibility Day was last week. Today, we feature a reflection and poem from Siris Gallinat. Continue reading

I became a Dangerous Woman on Good Friday 1977

when I got my first period…

28th September 201628th September 2016
Through autobiographical reflection, a provocative image and narratives of struggle in Ireland, Catherine Harper explores issues around women’s reproductive autonomy from puberty onwards. Continue reading
Raden Adjeng Kartini

R. A. Kartini and the ‘Clover Leaf’

27th September 201626th September 2016
Annee Lawrence explores the life and writing of R. A. Kartini who left a powerful feminist, intellectual and nationalist legacy in Indonesia. Continue reading
Clare Archibald

Paper Dolls Join Together with Dots of Whispered Steel

26th September 20167th March 2017
‘A dangerous woman is one who whispers in the ears of others, blowing the wind of change…’ Read Clare Archibald’s creative take on the Project question. Continue reading
Naomi Mitchison

Naomi Mitchison

A ‘bad and dangerous’ woman?

25th September 201622nd September 2016
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’. Continue reading

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