Tag: identity
Nina Mega is a Dangerous Woman because she is autistic and proud of it. Her mother Catherine Simpson tells us why in words and pictures.
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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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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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Where dangerous women swim
Victoria Leslie explores the connection between women and water–physical and metaphorical–in myth, history and the writing of Virginia Woolf.
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Higher education, social work, and a career as a dangerous woman
Another senior academic woman – Viv Cree – shares her history of ‘dangerousness’ from the 1970s until the present day.
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Columnist Mireya coaches 1950s Mexican immigrant women on dating, working and belonging
Soledad Quartucci takes us back to the southwest U.S. of the 1950s, when advice columnist Mireya was both a lifeline to first generation Mexican Americans and a danger to traditional values.
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‘…I will always be, always be, to them a dangerous woman.’
Does racism overshadow everyday life in Scotland? Nadine Aisha’s poignant piece captures a sense of fear and danger in familiar streets.
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The contentious legacy of Brenda Fassie, South Africa’s pop princess
Chisomo Kalinga explores the life and career of Brenda Fassie, against a backdrop of traditional values and stereotypes of black female sexuality.
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