Tag: gender in literature
Fanny van de Grift Stevenson and Robert Louis Stevenson
Penny Fielding explores the dangerous collaboration between Robert Louis Stevenson and his wife, Fanny: granting female agency on the page and in life.
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(Or Things My Wife and I Found Hidden In Our House)
In today’s post, writer Kirsty Logan weaves a magical short story of dangerous women and Scottish myth.
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Writer Hélène Cixous was revolutionary in her efforts to talk about ‘dangerous’ subject matters, as Raquelle K. Bostow explains.
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Jonatha Kottler reflects on encountering, at different stages of life, the figure of Guinevere in popular culture.
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A danger to herself?
Clare Stainthorp takes a look at Victorian-era poet and intellectual Constance Naden, believed by men of the time to be a danger to herself for being too intelligent for a woman.
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From a member of the project team
A member of the Dangerous Women Project team shares her experiences of being labelled dangerous, and urges others to join the discussion.
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Think you know the Rapunzel fairytale? But have you heard the other side of the story?
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Semiotic power of Her story
Ana Pavlić looks at the writing and activism of Marija Jurić Zagorka, who worked against the politics of her time to expose and improve the status of women.
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Janet Lees works with people of all ages & abilities, creatively retelling the Bible. Here, she re-imagines Miriam outside the camp and creation story.
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