The follow-up to her post on women prophets of the ancient Mediterranean, Jill Marshall explores danger and prophecy in the New Testament.
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Robin Brooks considers the danger in the belief that a woman must be beautiful to be valuable–even when that attractiveness comes through cosmetic surgery.
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Adrienne Gerhäuser, Corinna Kawaters and the ‘Red Zora’
Katharina Karcher delves into the history of Red Zora, a German feminist group that claimed responsibility for forty-five arson attacks and bombings between the 1970s & 1990s.
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Emma Cooper’s calls for us to “overcome our plant blindness & develop a new generation of plant-savvy scientists”– dangerous women among them.
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Rosemary Harris gives us a research-led creative take on the activism of Rosa May Billinghurst, a suffragette who would let nothing get in her way, including her own disability.
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On gendered speech patterns
‘Often all it takes to be a dangerous woman is to speak.’ Laura Waddell sounds a call to arms – speak up!
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In our 6th post from Scottish PEN, Margaret Elphingstone explores ideas of safety and danger in the life and work of Scottish novelist Margaret Oliphant.
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The War on Women: And the Brave Ones Who Fight Back
Today we feature an extract from Sue Lloyd-Roberts’ book ‘The War on Women: And the Brave Ones Who Fight Back’, along with an introductory note from Allan Little.
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On the danger inherent in postnatal depression
With this powerful short story, Teresa Sweeney explores the harrowing experience of a mother struggling with postnatal depression.
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