How domestic labour is dangerous
Jackie Gulland examines the gendered history of social security policy including the dangers in recognising–or not–caring duties & domestic tasks as work.
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When Meltem Naz Kaso volunteers to help women from different faiths communicate, they all become dangerous to the persistence of xenophobia & Islamophobia.
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Celebrating South Africa’s National Women’s Day
This time last month, National Women’s Day was celebrated in South Africa. Today, Lynnda Wardle reflects personally on the cultural context of past activists.
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Prostitution in nineteenth century Britain
Using creative and academic voices, historian Lesley Hulonce examines how prostitutes in Victorian Britain were regarded as dangerous and often treated with terrible callousness by authorities.
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‘Educated, attractive, charming when she wishes’.
Ros Parr takes a look back to the mid-twentieth century at the height of the career of Indian anti-colonial activist Viyaja Lakshmi Pandit.
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Glenda Norquay explores how Scottish novelist Annie S. Swan was viewed by many as a dangerous woman by writing sentimental fiction that evoked a way of life and set of values increasingly outmoded in the modern world.
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To celebrate the halfway mark in our year of dangerous women, we feature a powerful spoken word piece from award-winning poet Agnes Török – ‘Reclaim the Internet’.
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Maya Mackrandilal’s art explores the ‘othering’ idea of the monster through performance of Hindu goddesses–confronting the fears of Western social norms.
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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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