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Reflecting on truths, witches and explorers

300 posts… only 65 to go!

2nd January 20171st January 2017
We can’t believe we’ve reached 300 posts already! Catch up on the last 50 posts in this round-up post, featuring truths, witches, explorers, and lots more. Continue reading

Dangerous New Year’s Resolutions

A special community post

1st January 20171st January 2017
We asked the good people of the internet for their own dangerous new year’s resolutions to kick off 2017 with inspiration and guts. Here is a selection – many thanks to everybody who contributed! Do magic. StopContinue reading Continue reading

Tiny Bubbles: The Dangerous Woman behind Veuve Clicquot

31st December 201631st December 2016
Who is behind Veuve Cliquot? Emily M. Keeler examines Cliquot’s life, and the notion of upholding one woman’s success or failure as a marker for all. Continue reading

Victoria’s Secret

30th December 201629th December 2016
Michelle Frost writes about her friend who, after years of prolific writing, received death threats and was forced to stop sharing her work online. Continue reading

How Flannery O’Connor Kicked the Fear Out of Me

29th December 201627th December 2016
Writer Jan Carson talks about Flannery O’Connor, who was an inspiration to her when she needed it most. Read this personal, entrancing biography. Continue reading

From the lookout

28th December 201627th December 2016
Michelle Collins’ short story looks at a dark period of local history in a Melbourne suburb, to a time when a woman committed serial infanticide. Continue reading
Grace Gelder

The dangers of self-marriage

27th December 201626th December 2016
When Grace Gelder decided to make vows to herself in an act of self-marriage, it was hard to anticipate that it would go viral, or be perceived a dangerous act. Continue reading

Camille Claudel: the dangerous French sculptor

Welcoming her back

26th December 201626th December 2016
Through interdisciplinary visual art, poetry and an essay, Elif Sezen introduces us to Camille Claudel, a sculptor of the late 19th and early 20th century. Continue reading

A dangerous woman is an ordinary woman

Lumina Sophie dite Surprise

25th December 201624th December 2016
Vanessa Lee writes about Lumina Sophie dite Surprise, a woman whose spark ignited others in the 19th century French West Indies. Continue reading

The Radical Nude

24th December 201621st December 2016
Shazea Quraishi writes two poems on Egon Schiele’s portraits of his sister. ‘Sneering Woman’ is pictured here – read on and find out more. Continue reading

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