Laura Sjoberg and Caron Gentry argue that gender stereotypes obscure the actual dangerousness of politically violent women.
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The story of a triumphant non-conformist daughter
Chiamaka Umeasiegbu shares the story of a triumphant non-conformist daughter, raised by her feisty widowed mother and campaigning for gender equality in Nigeria.
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Photography, Surrealism, and Beyond
By reviewing the story of Lee Miller’s life, Patricia Allmer explores how the woman artist occupies a permanently impermanent position, constantly discovered and then re-discovered.
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Three poems by JL Williams
Through her poetry, JL Williams explores the challenge of expressing emotions freely as a woman in a patriarchal society.
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Comments from a Dangerous Woman on dangerous women
In this extract from the Ruth Adler Lecture 2016, Shami Chakrabarti reflects on what it was like to be branded ‘the most dangerous woman’ in Britain, and then highlights some of the most important campaigners for human rights in the UK today.
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Branded a threat to communism
Kelly Hignett highlights the story of Dagmar Šimková, imprisoned in Czechoslovakia for alleged anti-communist activities in the 1950s and 1960s.
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Susanna Crossman’s short story ‘The Tally’ explores a woman’s journey to seek vengeance.
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Looks are a danger
Jelena Džankić considers the implications of being a tall academic woman and reaches the conclusion that looks can be dangerous
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Eishar Sarkar quizzes family and friends from Pakistan, India and Afghanistan on what they think it means to be a dangerous woman.
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