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Unveiled

1st February 20171st February 2017
Jasmina Bolfek-Radovani is half-Algerian. She writes about unveiling, in a physical sense and through writing in French – an unveiling of the language. Continue reading

Growing up dangerous…

…in conservative Asia

31st January 201730th January 2017
Valerie Wong gives us a wonderful tribute to her mother and aunts, who were proudly dangerous women growing up in conservative Asia. Continue reading

Dangerous Diarising of Nineteenth-Century Girls

30th January 201728th January 2017
Marjorie Fleming and her contemporaries were widely censored to preserve an image of childish innocence. Lois Burke explores the original manuscripts. Continue reading
Nan Shepherd

Fortunes Large or Small

Nan Shepherd and Jane Austen compare notes in a Twitter chat

29th January 201728th January 2017
Both recently commemorated on currency, what would a Twitter DM session between Nan Shepherd and Jane Austen have looked like? Continue reading

On art, careers & motherhood

Redefining danger as a ‘softer but more durable quality’

28th January 201727th January 2017
“A mother with aspirations may be entirely natural but it’s also dangerous.” Natasha Rivett-Carnac reflects on balancing motherhood with professional life. Continue reading

No hair, don’t care

27th January 201725th January 2017
Siobhan Shields traces the expectations and symbolism of women’s hair through her journeys of hair loss during chemotherapy. Continue reading
Neo-burlesque

Neo-Burlesque’s Neo Feminism

26th January 201726th January 2017
“How dangerous to claim your body as wholly your own” : Tara Pixley gives us a snapshot of the women finding their own feminism and power in neo-burlesque. Continue reading

Bein a Girl

A poem by Leonie Dunlop

25th January 201725th January 2017
On Burns Night, we feature a poem by Leonie Dunlop. Continue reading

Out from the Lost and Found

On Amy Winehouse, Cheryl Strayed, and finding yourself

24th January 201723rd January 2017
Niki Holzapfel writes about Amy Winehouse, Cheryl Strayed and the idea of finding oneself in the stories of others – and in one’s own. Continue reading
Nancy Fraser

Nancy Fraser

“I would be thrilled to be called a dangerous woman.”

23rd January 201718th January 2017
“I would be thrilled to be called a dangerous woman.” In today’s post, we spend some time with American critical theorist and feminist, Nancy Fraser. Continue reading

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