Tag: women writers
“I am walking through the world with no breasts, & I don’t care if that makes you uncertain, if you can’t gender me,” declares Sasha Fisher in today’s post.
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‘A dangerous woman gone mad’
Ashley Orr recounts the career of Nellie Bly, 19th century “stunt journalist” who wrote of “women whose stories might otherwise have remained invisible”.
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“From afar, she shimmers. Her sari is pillar-box red…” Sim Bajwa writes of women perceived as dangerous for defying social and cultural expectations.
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…in conservative Asia
Valerie Wong gives us a wonderful tribute to her mother and aunts, who were proudly dangerous women growing up in conservative Asia.
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Nan Shepherd and Jane Austen compare notes in a Twitter chat
Both recently commemorated on currency, what would a Twitter DM session between Nan Shepherd and Jane Austen have looked like?
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Siobhan Shields traces the expectations and symbolism of women’s hair through her journeys of hair loss during chemotherapy.
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The shocking life of Harriette Wilson
Harriette Wilson: “who captivated, charmed & dazzled her way to the heart of fashionable society, only to shock, anger & terrify her way straight back out.”
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“Watching a film, apparently, is code.” Christina Neuwirth grapples with the ‘Friend Zone’ idea, among other dangerous narratives of socialising & dating.
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“I’d leave the heavy lifting to the boys” – Tree surgeon Millie Earle-Wright responds critically and creatively to the way people perceive ‘men’s work’.
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