Tag: relationships
‘Dangerous’ didn’t always mean what it does today… Isabel Davis reveals what it meant to be a ‘dangerous woman’ in the Middle Ages. You’ll be surprised!
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Last month we featured an article that briefly mentioned the role of flappers as a crucial moment in women’s history. Here, Amy Williams takes a more in-depth look.
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A ‘bad and dangerous’ woman?
Today’s Scottish PEN post is Jenni Calder’s wonderful account of writer Naomi Mitchison, who self-identified as ‘a witch, a priestess, a shape-shifter’.
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On the danger inherent in postnatal depression
With this powerful short story, Teresa Sweeney explores the harrowing experience of a mother struggling with postnatal depression.
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An autobiographical standpoint
“I am a ‘dangerous woman’ because I do not fit into the model… defined by traditional men.” Abigail Zita Seshie mixes research and autobiography to examine culturally embedded gender inequity.
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“We are resilient, because we are dangerous.” In her short story, Priya Guns mixes culture and conflict through her protagonist’s journey from Sri Lanka to Canada, childhood to womanhood.
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We are Magdalenas and we are dangerous
Aisling Walsh discusses the Guatemala chapter of growing feminist movement ‘Magdalenas’ who seek to reclaim the image of Mary Magdalene as an expression of their refusal to remain silent and accept the subordinate position of women.
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Sarah Dyer shares a short story, set prior to marriage equality, on the difficulties of being true to yourself in a dysfunctional family.
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What is dangerous about Anaïs Nin?
Ruth Charnock researches contemporary literature, including Anaïs Nin. Here, she asks why it feels dangerous to read women writing, fearlessly, about sex…
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